Jeremiahnewton Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 My wife and I are looking at taking the Stamford College course in Hat Yai. I wanted some honest appraisals of the situation in the south from people who actually live there. Is it currently safe to be in Hat Yai area for about a month or 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Hat Yai town is, I believe, largely Chinese. Things have been pretty quiet in that area lately, any Hat Yai residents out there with any info? What course is this you are planning on taking, out of curiousities sake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiahnewton Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Tesol course I know I know doing the English Teaching bit but a man has to pay his way somehow. Was actually also going to see if they had a welding vo-tech in the area if I found it safe enough. Not to actually do in Thailand as a profession just wanted to brush up on my skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donx Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 I don't live in Thailand, but my in-laws live about an hour drive away from Hat Yai. Last year when we visited I went to Hat Yai several times. At that time they had removed the street trash cans for fear of someone placing a bomb in one of them. Personally, I didn't feel afraid at all and think that the chances of there being any problems are about the same as they are for Bangkok and Koh Samui. In fact, last year on Samui they had guards check our car's trunk for bombs when we went to shop at Tesco Lotus. Although there are a lot of ethnic Chinese running businesses, Hat Yai does have a large Muslim population. Where my sister-in-law used to live, you could hear the call to prayers on loadspeakers every morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiahnewton Posted April 19, 2006 Author Share Posted April 19, 2006 Don Thanks for the info We might just have to check it out ourselves usually things end up fine and dandy airplane tickets are cheap enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 If you act proper, dress conservatively, act respectfully, and don't advertise you nationality and stay out of harm's way.. Then you'll be fine. However, if you act and behave like a..... then you'll have a thrill.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiahnewton Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 No mowhawks here yet atleast lol Always tried to keep to the old adage treat people with respect and atleast you know you did the right thing at the end of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Actually I have been heading out there for movies and western food. Not bad, certainly a alternative from Phuket and Bangkok. Go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Hi, I am a regular visitor to Hatyai from Malaysia. It takes me about a five hours drive from my home to Hatyai. The three Southern Thai muslim majority States are very near to the city of Hatyai. The three muslim majority States are Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala. From Hatyai to Yala town is about a two and half hours drive. You have to be very cautious and alert when you move around. Sometime about two years ago, three bombs exploded in the Province of Songkhla causing some casualties. One exploded at Hatyai International Airport, one at Carrefour, and one at the hotel entrance in Songkhla. For quite somtime now it has been very quiet and peaceful. You will never know when the next attack may come. I stlll go there very often and I am very cautious and alert when I move around. If you ask me whether I am afraid when I am there. The answer is ' yes ' ..... I am a bit nervous and I have to be more careful. As the saying goes, life is always uncertain. Only a few days ago, a bomb expolded in the market in Pattani causing two fatal casualties and some other minor casualties. Last year a few Malaysian visitors suffered fatal injuries when a bomb exploded in the bar at Sungai Golok, a town south of the border, just next to Malaysia. That is the risk you have to take when you are there. Be careful and have a pleasant trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbos Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Fox, You forget to mention that Hat Yai railway station has been bombed twice already. In my opinion Hat Yai is safe to go around in and it always pays off to be carefull, wherever you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdinasia Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 I was down in Hat Yai at the end of last month ... had a GREAT time ... felt safe ... wandered everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diyexplorer Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 For more information about Hatyai, you may visit: http://www.geocities.com/diyexplorer.hatyai Cheers Diyexplorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diyexplorer Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) For more information about Hatyai, you may visit:http://www.geocities.com/diyexplorer.hatyai Cheers Diyexplorer This is a brief to explain about this website. This website serves to enable travelers who wish to explore the Thailand's southern city of Hatyai on their own, by providing as much information as possible for them to do so. These information are collated from various forums and websites, which has proven to be highly informative and useful to all, including first-timers to Hatyai. We strive to provide travelers to Hatyai with reliable, comprehensive, updated and independent information, based on the experiences being shared in internet forums. Therefore, we do not accept kickbacks, payment or favours in return for information or positive reviews provided. Furthermore, you need not have to register as a member in order to access the database provided. Please feel free to explore this site, and hope that you find the information useful to your expedition. Cheers Diyexplorer Edited June 15, 2006 by diyexplorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beammeup Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 I live in Songkhla 30km from Had Yai. You are more likely to get in trouble at Disneyland. They would love you if you had a mohawk!! The only danger is the traffic!! They had a couple bombs there a while ago but its all gone quiet there. The Muslems don't target westerners, there beef is with the Thai government, besides all the trouble is a few hundred miles to the south. Come on down and enjoy yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udon Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 diyexplorer your site is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaoboi Bebobp Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 diyexploreryour site is dead. It's still dead . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diyexplore Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 (edited) diyexplorer your site is dead. It's still dead . . . Sorie, you may go to my blog for the website url to both Hatyai and Danok: http://diyexplorerhatyai.blogspot.com Edited September 9, 2006 by diyexplore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 diyexplorer your site is dead. It's still dead . . . so is diyexplore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 He's a spammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Hi, I was told that some Hatyai hotels are haunted, particularly after the big flood. Has anyone experience it over there or is this story true. More info is needed. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Bomb blasts in Hatyai. Four killed including one farang English teacher. 8 Malaysian visitors injured. And now the Coup D'etat. What will become of Hatyai? The answer: Hatyai will be a ghost town. No more tourists from Malaysia and Singapore for a long long time. Hatyai would loose millions and millions of Bahts in terms of tourism. The tourism industries, hotels, shop keepers, hawkers, restaurants, and the sex related business would all be badly effected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udon Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Bomb blasts in Hatyai. Four killed including one farang English teacher.8 Malaysian visitors injured. And now the Coup D'etat. What will become of Hatyai? The answer: Hatyai will be a ghost town. No more tourists from Malaysia and Singapore for a long long time. Hatyai would loose millions and millions of Bahts in terms of tourism. The tourism industries, hotels, shop keepers, hawkers, restaurants, and the sex related business would all be badly effected. A similar fate that befell Bali....... The economy ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The latest bomb blasts and the coup d'etat has a very very devastating effect on the economy of Hatyai. The people who would suffer most are the tourism trade, shopkeepers, road side hawkers, restaurants, hotels, food vendors, tuk-tuk drivers, night clubs, bars, entertainment industry, and the sex related industry. Under normal circumstances, no fewer than five thousand visitors from Malaysia (mostly 90% Malaysian Chinese) and Singaporeans go in daily, by car, van, bus, tour bus, taxi, motor-cycle, train, and some just walk in. During week-ends and public holidays, all hotels would be fully booked. Today Hatyai, Thailand's third city, is a ghost town. During the 50's (1950), Hatyai was a small village town and unknown to the world. It was the night life and the sex related industry that attracted the attention of the Malaysians (particularly the Malaysian Chinese) and the Singaporeans to visit this exciting and lively village town. And because of all these, this unknown village town has become Thailand's third city. It would take a very very long time to get the visitors back, and if the situation do not improve, then Hatyai and its economy will go to the dogs, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Latest Update on Hatyai. This info was reported in the Malaysian press some time ago. " If you cannot come to Hatyai..... Hatyai will come to you ". It was reported that the Thai sex related industry has come over to the border towns in Malaysia. The pretty young thing has come over to ply their trade in undisclosed locations. Interested and bona fide clients would be taken to those secret locations. The Malaysian authorities are tracking them down. The pretty young thing came in with a tourist visa. Working without a work permit is a serious offence. Being a Muslim nation, the authorities are taking a very serious stand against the sex related industry. Some have gone down to Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Genting Highland and beyond. They are playing hide and seek with the Immigration and other law enforcement agencies. If caught working illegally..... convicted, sent to jail, and after that, deported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaoboi Bebobp Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 I was planning to go to LOS and Hatyai in mid-November. Still am. I haven't heard of any terrorist activity since the bombings in mid-September and the coup, which seems to have quieted things. Is this correct? Thank you KB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micky Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Inspite of the peace talks between the Thai authorities and the separatists in Langkawi about three months ago, the above bomb blasts just happened last month. As far as Malaysian and Singaporean visitors are concerned, Hatyai is now a very dangerous place to go. The Malaysian authorities have gave warning to its citizens not to go in unless they have very good reasons to do so. The situation there is highly volatile. As the saying goes, ' Enter at your own risk. ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udon Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I was planning to go to LOS and Hatyai in mid-November. Still am. I haven't heard of any terrorist activity since the bombings in mid-September and the coup, which seems to have quieted things. Is this correct?Thank you KB. Why do you want to go to a dangerous area in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompeysi Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 I lived in Hat Yai for 2 months earlier this year and loved the place. Does anyone know how the trouble in the south has been effected since the coup? I am aware the military leader said he is willing to talk to the people behind the violence in the south, IF he can find who they are. What has happened since then? I may be back in Hat Yai for a day or two next month as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Inspite of the peace talks between the Thai authorities and the separatists in Langkawi about three monthsago, the above bomb blasts just happened last month. As far as Malaysian and Singaporean visitors are concerned, Hatyai is now a very dangerous place to go. The Malaysian authorities have gave warning to its citizens not to go in unless they have very good reasons to do so. The situation there is highly volatile. As the saying goes, ' Enter at your own risk. ' I've been to Hat Yai already and its a poor substitute for Phuket or Chang Mai etc. Its geared up for the Malays/Singaporeans, think of it as a smaller version of Bangers but slightly more unfriendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udon Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I got the same impression, but it was back a few years, no hurry to visit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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