Trip to Hatyai, Thailand

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In March this year, I visited Hatyai following a tour organised by my mum-in-law’s friend for 3 days. It was quite an interesting experience. We deliberately went for a no-frills, low budget approach. And that meant almost 2 days in a bus. But it was a cheery trip both ways, with the whole bus singing away at karaoke’s greatest hits.

For the life of me, I can’t remember the name of the hotel I stayed in, but it was quite new and near Lee Gardens Hotel. In any case, we didn’t spend much time in the hotel, basically just using it for quick pitstops and a place to bed down for the night.

As is the norm when travelling with a bunch of aunties, we visited *quite* a few temples.  These included the Guan Yin temple, the Four-faced Buddha temple and the Stainless Steel temple.  Of course, no trip to Thailand is ever complete without a massage.  I have to say that whilst the massage felt good, I could’ve gone for a better choice of venue as the place we went to had WEIRD smelling bath robes. Note to self: don’t skimp when going for a massage.

Hatyai’s day and night markets, whilst not very different from the ones we see in Malaysia are still different enough for you to realise that you’re not in Malaysia.  All the Aunties bought stainless steel pots and pans. I on the other hand only bought a few small steel cups (so my son won’t break them when he drops them) and a tiffany to pack food.

We also bought some pork and duck noodles at the shops just before border. It seems that it is one of the ‘must buy’ items when visiting Hatyai. The other things popular with Aunties is medicated oil.

Visit my Facebook album for some photos of the trip.