Hatyai Reports Printable View. Show post s from this thread on one page Page of First Especially Kataman for his comprehensive report, and for the HatYai map that Phil. Uk-net put on the internet. This encouraged me to visit Hat Yai for the first time. I had a good time, but not as great as I had hoped. I contemplate the experience. Was it better than Pattaya? It was cheaper, I drank less. Fewer lady drinks. I also realize it was Low Season. There is no beach nearby to enjoy, and almost no hotel pools.
I did not find the performance of the ladies to be any better or more pleasing than the ladies of Pattaya. Perhaps I am still learning how to monger properly, and I should trust my doorman more? Read on. I have been to Pattaya twice and Phuket once, and was interested in trying somewhere new. I was intrigued with the idea of going somewhere that white falang tourists don't usually go, and that the ladies might perform better to meet the Chinese monger's expectation.
My big vacation time is during my work's Low Season in October. It is low season and rainy season in Thailand also, so I keep my expectations low, enjoy fewer crowds, and look for lower prices. I read that 4 bombs went off injuring 8 people, and a 5th bomb was found near the flats in Prince of Sonkhla Hospital and diffused.
This caused me some concern, but not enough to make me change my plans. I did see policemen every day at the Lee Garden Plaza area, and I saw army men on occasion also.
I went to the nearby "Tuptim Phallic Shrine" at the north end of Wireless road. It is a Buddhist fertility shrine on the grounds of the Swiss Hotel, go through the deep parking structure by the klong to the other side, in the trees. Many Phallus' big and small. I took the underground Metro to Hualumphong station, and go to see the nearby Golden Buddha for 20 baht.
