We finally got to my grandparents home in Bang Tabun, Thailand.The word Bang Tabun means "place of tabun trees", tabun is a Thai term for Xylocarpus granatum, a type of mangrove plant that grows heavily in this area.Bang Tabun River or Khlong Bang Tabun, a tributary of the Phetchaburi River flows through the area and empties into the Ao Bang Tabun (a part of Bay of Bangkok) here.Bang Tabun is a waterside and coastline community that has been referenced in Thai history since the late Ayutthaya period. It was a place where King Suriyenthrathibodi (Sanphet VIII) come to fishing.In the year 1831 corresponds to the early Rattanakosin period, Sunthorn Phu had traveled here and wrote a poem in his work entitled "Nirat Mueang Phet" (Journey to Phetchaburi).
