Upon his personal journey to a lot of cities in the north of Siam in 1904, there was a time when King Rama V and his entourage paid an anonymous visit at a house in Muang Krung Kao (the old city in Ayutthaya Province today) which was considering big enough to ask for a place to rest and cook dinner.
The members of this family were very friendly and some even helped the King’s people cook and everything. It appeared that everyone on both sides had great fun that evening.
The family of the house had no idea whom they were hosting until the King and his men had left a few days later.
The warmhearted welcome from that family had touched the King so much that on the next personal visit, 2 years later, he decided to drop by at the family’s house again.
This time the members of the family were aware of who was visiting them. So, the welcoming acceptance was quite formal and… less fun.
Upon this time, the King brought every one of them presents.
(The computer colored photo taken by King Rama V shows the said family during his second visit)
[The B&W photo shows the atmosphere where the King’s people cooked in the house’s kitchen. The hosts, the couple who were the heads of the family, were seen (the man on the right facing the camera and the woman on the left with her back facing the camera). Also, in that photo, there is one more person seen that I used to tell his story, Kanung, the maniq boy (page 27/668)]