There is a HUGE Muslim population here - a mosque right down the street. Hard to hear the call to prayer over the subway screeches, tuk tuk horns and protest whistles. Evidently, the current King has given sanctuary to many, many refugees from China, India and all of Southeast Asia - plus there remains a strong residual influence of the former French in Indochina, British trade. Add the influx of Australians, Americans and Europeans to round the population to over 8 million. The result is the most culturally and religiously diverse city I have ever visited.
Exhausting!
Exhausting!
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