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  Laem Son-on

 

Thailand

The northernmost part of Laem Son-on, a spit of land in Songkhla known in English as the ‘Peninsula of Young Pines’, is home to a small park that doubles as a traffic roundabout.

 

This recreational area is named ‘Garden of the Two Seas’ for its position in between the two large bodies of water, i.e. the Gulf of Thailand and Songkhla Lake.

 

  Laem Son-on

 

The very tip of the peninsula features a large statue of a naga that [normally] spews water from its mouth and which in more than one way is reminiscent of the Merlion in Singapore's Marina Bay (fig.). The pine trees for which the isthmus is named are also seen here.

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