The Governor's House

Back in the relative tranquility (and lack of dust) that is Thailand, we're spending a couple of nights in Nakhon Phanom before moving on 'up North'.

Today's outing was to see the former Governor's House, built between 1912 and 1914.

In 1955 the late King and Queen paid an  overnight visit to Nakhon Phanom and stayed at the Governor's House.

  In preparation for the visit, the governor at the time gave the place a full makeover. 

Once the Royal Couple had left the building though,  it dawned on the governor that it would be completely unacceptable and very disrespectful to sleep in the place where the King ( a living god after all) had once slept and so the place was abandoned until 2008 when it was restored and is now a museum.

As regular readers will know, here at Gullible's we love a museum and particularly one with desperate exhibits.

In that respect, the Governor's House was like a dream come true. 

As the only thing of note to happen was the visit by the King and Queen in 1955 there can't have been much for the aspiring museum curator to work with.

How else to explain the following?

And perhaps most baffling of all.....

The Royal Bedroom was, quite rightly, protected by velvet ropes and the rest of the upper floor was out of bounds.

Disappointing. 

(Although to be fair, there was evidence of renovation being carried out)....