My colleague and I went to Hatyai, Thailand recently. The town was quiet and not much foreigners to be seen in town. We stayed at the Hatyai Paradise and Resort Hotel, somewhere at the old town, away from the town center.
We have local friend to take us around for shopping and dining, there were many muslim restaurants around and tomyam were aplentiful! I have previously stayed in many hotels in Hatyai, Novotel, Golden Crowne and Lee Garden Plaza are the better choices for their location. For now, off-season rate are cheap, room rates were about RM 75-95 per night.
We were there during fruits season...WOW, cheap..cheap fruits everywhere! Rambutans was RM0.50 Sen per kg, Dukong also same price..freshly harvested maybe RM 2 per kg and Matakucing for RM2.50 a kg.
We went to Songkla for a short visit and enjoy the South China Sea breeze..small city but lively with local visitors, mostly school children from rural areas. The visit would be less perfect if you don't have a photo session with the Mermaid....at the beach. At the end of our trip, we had Suki dinner at a friend's restaurant, just opened a few weeks earlier opposite the Hunza Entertainment Center.
