Couchfish Day 258: The temple that protects Thailand

Sitting on the back deck of the Narathiwat Hotel, the waters of the Bang Nara River flow by. Its northern mouth sits just a few kilometres north of town, where it empties out by Narathat Beach.

I say “northern mouth” because the river has a second mouth, around 30 km to the south as the crow flies. The river though takes double that to make the loop, wi…