hat yai VS chiang mai/rai

[kurt_629]

thinking of bringing my elderly mum sometime next year for a road trip.

She told me things have changed pretty much in Hat yai while i'm more keen in chiang mai/rai.

I did some goggle on hat yai, seem kinda boring and not much attractions.

We have been to hua yin, khao kho etc.
intend to do the same, rent a car and drive around.

some sharing and suggestion please

 

[rrr2015]

thinking of bringing my elderly mum sometime next year for a road trip.

She told me things have changed pretty much in Hat yai while i'm more keen in chiang mai/rai.

I did some goggle on hat yai, seem kinda boring and not much attractions.

We have been to hua yin, khao kho etc.
intend to do the same, rent a car and drive around.

some sharing and suggestion please

imo just bring her to hatyai lah … probably she just wants to rekindle her past in hatyai? also don't try to drive around hatyai, traffic lights can be very frustrating

chiang mai/rai u can go anytime later

 

[hwaa]

hatyai for us is quite boring but the elderly is pretty keen.

been there once with inlaws and in an open mind i find there quite ok, abit boring but still manageable.

a few interesting places to eat.

 

[kurt_629]

imo just bring her to hatyai lah … probably she just wants to rekindle her past in hatyai? also don't try to drive around hatyai, traffic lights can be very frustrating

chiang mai/rai u can go anytime later

but hatyai, really nothing much.
- the mermaid
- Klong Hae Floating Market
- Wat Hat Yai Nai

 

[kurt_629]

hatyai for us is quite boring but the elderly is pretty keen.

been there once with inlaws and in an open mind i find there quite ok, abit boring but still manageable.

a few interesting places to eat.

i think she saw hatyai - asean trade centre
in recent facebook live.

so i'm right, its really boring..

 

[rrr2015]

i think she saw hatyai - asean trade centre
in recent facebook live.

so i'm right, its really boring..

i think when I'm old, i wont be interested in new but prefer to go back old places i been, see if there are any new changes etc

I go around thailand few times already, actually many attractions more or less about same.

anyway no right or wrong, just different kind mindset lah, up to you

 

[ApeTruelove]

Just bring her go Hatyai la 3d2n enough le...

 

[hwaa]

Just bring her go Hatyai la 3d2n enough le...

yah to them 3d2n they can shop and buy really many stuffs.

 

[beanstalk6]

Don't know how much time you have or how much of driving you are ready to do. I can imagine a 5 day road trip to include Songkhla, Hadyai and a waterfall in between.

 

[kurt_629]

i think when I'm old, i wont be interested in new but prefer to go back old places i been, see if there are any new changes etc

I go around thailand few times already, actually many attractions more or less about same.

anyway no right or wrong, just different kind mindset lah, up to you

if i may, apart from chiang mai, rai, hatyai, kao kho, hua hin what else is worth going?

 

[fredriv1929]

if i may, apart from chiang mai, rai, hatyai, kao kho, hua hin what else is worth going?

How many days you have in mind for drive trip???

 

[kurt_629]

How many days you have in mind for drive trip???

probably 5 days of drive?

i'm thinking of something like this:
Hatyai 4D3N,
then fly to chiang mai, 4D3N, drive around.
Then fly to BKK for another 4D3N

kinda ambitious , i know..

 

[fredriv1929]

Sorry maybe confusing but you are driving your own car from SG to Hatyai, and then park ar Hatyai and fly to chiangmai and rent a car there??

 

[rrr2015]

if i may, apart from chiang mai, rai, hatyai, kao kho, hua hin what else is worth going?

u seems to like driving. have u tried mae hong son loop? sunflower fields at mae u kor around Nov (different species from those in lopburi) looks fantastic!

 

[beanstalk6]

From Chiang Mai, I suggest Pai. From Bangkok, visit Kanchanaburi.

 

[kurt_629]

Sorry maybe confusing but you are driving your own car from SG to Hatyai, and then park ar Hatyai and fly to chiangmai and rent a car there??

no no, i will be dead in midway..

no longer that young.. last time still can from sg to thai border..
now, even going ipoh.. i also need a resting place for a night or two.

i be renting a car in thailand.

 

[kurt_629]

u seems to like driving. have u tried mae hong son loop? sunflower fields at mae u kor around Nov (different species from those in lopburi) looks fantastic!

nope, never.
so far, we went khao yai and khao kho to view the sunflower..
kinda disappointment but least, better than SG

 

[kurt_629]

From Chiang Mai, I suggest Pai. From Bangkok, visit Kanchanaburi.

Noted! thank you

kanchanaburi, went before.
visited the death railway, the waterfall also kinda dry when i went..
pretty nice place.
slow pace, nice food, nice people

 

[rrr2015]

nope, never.
so far, we went khao yai and khao kho to view the sunflower..
kinda disappointment but least, better than SG

i think lopburi/saraburi one of better places for sunflower fields. easy access can drive up from BKK

 

[Avante7227]

From Chiang Mai, I suggest Pai. From Bangkok, visit Kanchanaburi.

Pai is more for the hippies and layback farang. I don’t think it is suitable for OP and his mother