Hat Yai Travel Blogs

People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Julia (Russia) Our trusty Lonely Planet informed us that the train station in Sungai Kolok was only a few hundred metres from the immigration office, so once stamped into Thailand we foolishly declined the offer of a tuk tuk ride and kept…

Hat Yai is part of the southern states of thailand that are included in the governments 'Places NOT to go' list. This is because these states have a separtist terrorist group that regularly set off bombs. We assumed that we would only need to be here for around half an hour before getting on a bus …

Nach einem Frühstück bestehend aus zwei Bananenpalatschinken ging um 09:00 Uhr das Boot von Phi Phi Island nach Krabi am Festland. Dort wurde ich am Hafen abgeholt und in einen Minibus verfrachtet - mit weiteren 11 Personen, der Bus war also überfüllt. Einige Kilometer später wurde ich quasi a…

We bought ourselves a minibus transfer from Penang to Krabi in Thailand, throught a cafe in Georgetown. Our guesthouse sold the same tours but for quite a bit more money, so we went to buy it elsewhere. When the minibus appeared not to be turning up they refused, in no uncertain terms, to help us p…

before heading down to malaysia i stopped over in hat yai to break the journey from ko phi phi to penang. it's a funny near-border town and quite interesting (as far as border towns go at least ) with a mix of malay, muslim, chinese and thai culture with english pubs thrown in. took the ferry…

Travels of Livia and I around South East Asia,and what accidently included China and Hong Kong as well (we were due to fly to Bangkok during the December riots, thus the airport was closed and got diverted to Hong Kong...) NB: The title is a mix of our surnames

I am back in Thailand, it has been 13 weeks since I arrived here the first time.  The first time I arrived by plane from Honolulu to Bangkok, this time by bus from Kuala Lumpur to Sadao.  It was even my responsibility to hand the bus passenger manifest to the immigration official at t…

Photoblog about my current travels through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.

SE asia trip with some friends from college, the very first trip without my family i.e. parents..

Its a weird feeling being in Hat yai.. the people looked malaysians but the spoken language is thai.. just a mix feeling of pleasure and astonishment.. a cultural melting pot.. Its my last stop before heading home to Singapore... what awaits is an arduous bus ride through Malaysian highways... I ta…

2005 and the past

my round the world trip...

I found some good food and variety here in Hat Yai. The shopping was not so great, in my opinion. But for whatever reasons, that is always why people (especially Malaysians) seem to come here. Over the years, there have been a number of bombings in and around the city, so do be careful. I felt much…

as soon as i got off the train in thailand i was impressed both of the country and that i managed to make it their. my first goal was to try some of the famous thai red bull. then i met up with a guy from england we went to a bar rented a room to played pool and wait for our train to Bangkok.

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