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Many of Yala's cheapest lodgings double as unofficial brothels. There are excellent res-
taurants scattered around the park's perimeter.
Yala Rama
( 0 7321 2815; 21 Th Sri Bumrung; r 500-600B; ) Like most hotels in the region, this central
and reputable place would be more expensive if it wasn't in the tourist-free Deep South.
Clean, comfortable rooms and an OK attached restaurant.
HOTEL $
Getting There & Around
There are five daily buses to and from Bangkok's southern bus terminal (689B to 1218B,
14 hours). The 2.30pm bus from Bangkok carries onto Betong.
Yala's bus station is south of the city centre. Four trains a day run between Bangkok
and Yala (22 hours). Six trains travel daily from Yala to Sungai Kolok (three to four
hours). The train station is just north of the city centre.
Buses to Hat Yai (160B, 2½ hours) stop several time a day on Th Sirirot, outside the
Prudential TS Life office.
Minivans to Betong and Sungai Kolok (120B, two hours) depart hourly from opposite
the train station.
Four trains a day run between Bangkok and Yala (22 hours). Six trains travel daily from
Yala to Sungai Kolok (three to four hours).
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