text: [{"text_idx": "#000042", "text": "Nong Bua Lamphu to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000053", "text": "Songkhla to Nakhon Si Thammarat"}, {"text_idx": "#000054", "text": "Sukhothai to KalasinSukhothai to Khon Kaen"}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000077", "text": "Koh Yao Yai to Langkawi"}, {"text_idx": "#000092", "text": "Prachuap Khiri Khan to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000117", "text": "Sunthon Phu Museum in Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000119", "text": "Sunthorn Phu was born at a time when Bangkok had been recently founded as the new capital city at the start of Thailand\u2019s Chakri Dynasty, which remains the royal family of Thailand today. Sunthorn Phu had a colourful life during which he came into close contact with Thailand\u2019s Royal Family, influential foreigners who visited the country at the time, he also travelled around Thailand extensively, spent time in prison and had an unsanctioned love affair with a member of the Royal Family. The things Sunthon Phu saw and experienced were recorded in the epic poems he wrote. His most famous poem, Phra Aphai Mani, was written over a period of 22 years and tells a tale involving a Prince, a mermaid and a yak could that transform itself into a beautiful young woman. As well as being an entertaining story, the poem includes informative commentary on the development of Thai society during the early 19th Century and of the introduction of Western ideas and technology to Thailand."}]