Inside the House of the Raja: My journey to a forgotten palace in Thailand's troubled Deep South

Forgotten in Thailand's troubled Deep South, on the border of Malaysia, stands a dilapidated wooden palace once home to a Malay ruler, the last of his dynasty. Locals call it the ‘House of the Raja', a place suffused with loss and solitude, laden with the region's glorious past and tragic present. Intrigued by this little-known borderland, Xavier Comas chances upon this mysterious house, built in the Terengganu style. Crossing the doorway, he falls under its spell and feels compelled to del...