Songkhla Travel Safety: Check the Advisory for Your Route
Check Songkhla travel advice by nationality, district and route, with practical planning steps and a clear distinction between old and current warnings.
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Travel warning for south Thai airports
The PAD in south Thailand threatening to close airports again and the five airports are Hat Yai, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani and Phuket. They told the press that they will start blocking the airports on Saturday when the new PM trying to visit his home town. The PAD wants him to back to…
Will there be peace in south Thailand now
If you want to believe the current government of Thailand and off course you do, then there is a cease fire with the south Thailand insurgents. They declared that 11 insurgents groups have stop fighting and any other groups that continue fighting would be eliminated. To really point out how serious they were they managed…
Songkhla Travel Guide: Old Town, Samila Beach and Southern Culture
Editorial update: 18 October 2026. This practical destination guide replaces outdated details in the original article. Check local arrangements before travelling. Songkhla is a southern Thai province with more than one personality. There is a historic port city, a famous Gulf-facing beach, a lake landscape and the busy commercial centre of Hat Yai. Travellers who…
Thai Police have discovered 17 bombs Hat Yai
The Thai Police have discovered 17 bombs in the Southern town of Hat Yai one of the biggest towns in South Thailand. The Police bomb unit managed to diffuse all of the bombs before anyone triggered. If the bombs had gone off it would had created big havoc in the center of Hat Yai. The…
I would not fly with One-Two-Go in Thailand
The same air line had another incident just one week after it was a plane it was the flight from Bangkok to Hat Yai yesterday had a minor crash landing, but the pilot managed to control the aircraft. Some passages got minor scratches If I was an air traveler right now I would NOT fly…
147 Thai insurgents in Military custody
The military in the south are stepping up its efforts to make them look more human in the eyes of the Muslim population in south Thailand. The Thai military currently holds over 145 insurgent’s suspects in two different locations. The Thai military promises to let the families and friends see the suspects and to treat…
11 soldiers and 5 Muslims killed in South Thailand
After the bloody attack on the city of Yala in South Thailand 11 soldiers were killed when a bomb exploded under there truck. The once that did not die in the blast was shoot in the head by the Muslim insurgents. You might think that the government and military should find a safer way to…