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| We are located in the south of Thailand, about 25 kms inland from the east facing coast of the central isthmus.We are in the center of the 3rd largest city in Thailand, HatYai; it is the main city in the southern province of Songkhla. Travel due south by road, and within 40 minutes you will reach the Malaysian border. If you travel west by the same means, then within about three hours you will reach the coastline that boasts some of the more famous islands and beaches of Thailand, such as Krabi, Phuket, PhiPhi and others. In fact,Phuket is only a 40 minute plane ride from HatYai International airport and the cost is quite cheap - about 800 baht one way. Getting to Bangkok is easy should you need or want(are you mad?!)to go there. By plane it's about an hour and ten minutes, or for less money you can take the overnight sleeper train; it leaves HatYai at 6.00pm and arrives in Bangkok about 9.00am. Actually, HatYai is quite a good place to live. Even though it's the 3rd largest city, it is quite compact. It's a bustling little commerce town with approx 200,000 inhabitants. As a comparison, Bangkok has approx 8 million inhabitants! Getting around town is cheap and easy, and it only takes 20-30 minutes to cross town completely from one side to the other by public transport, you can be out of town and into the surrounding countryside within 10-15 minutes, and the local beach areas are about 30 minutes away. The amenitites of HatYai are more than sufficient, there are a lot of hotels, restaurents and quite a selection of nightlife places. The are a few cinemas with English language soundtrack, shopping is really what HatYai is famous for, and subsequently most things are relatively cheap to buy here; all kinds of consumer goods are available. All kind of foods are available, from excellent cheap Thai food to excellent expensive Thai food, and then excellent quite cheap western style food to excellent expensive western style food. One thing's sure: you won't go hungry in HatYai! Accommodation is easy. You can rent a small appartment for about 3,000 baht per month, or a small house for about 6,000 baht per month. Deposits are usually only one month in advance, and the utilities are very cheap; figure on about 200 baht per month maximum for water and electric. |
| HatYai | Songkhla | Thailand |
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