Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
( 0 7361 1401; 45 Th Charoenkhet; r 600B; )
Functional but clean and reasonably sized
rooms are at this Malay-Chinese-owned place 400m walk from the train station. Little
English spoken.
HOTEL
$$
Genting Hotel
( 0 7361 3231; 250 Th Asia 18; r 700-800B; )
More respectable than most hotels in
town and, if you're the nervous type, the security is efficient. But the midrange rooms are
rather scuffed for the price. It's a few hundred metres west of the train station on the oth-
er side of the road.
Kakyah Restaurant
(43/11 Th Charoenkhet; dishes from 30B; 10am-10pm)
Decent Malaysian food is on offer at this re-
liable, alcohol-free, Muslim-run place.
MALAYSIAN
$
Night Market
It's a small night market, but exceptionally good and cheap eats can be found at the stall
in the centre that only has Chinese characters.
MARKET
$
Information
In addition to the one at the border, there is an
immigration office
( 0 7361 4114; Th Charoenkhet;
8am-5pm Mon-Fri)
opposite the night market with helpful, English-speaking staff. A tour-
ist police office sits at the border. There are plenty of ATMs in town as well as foreign-
exchange booths, which are open during border-crossing hours.
Getting There & Away
The long-distance
bus station
( 0 7361 2045)
is an office on the corner of Th Wongwiwat
and Th Worakamin in the east of town.
There are four buses daily to and from Bangkok's southern bus terminal (741B to
1481B, 17 to 20 hours).
Minivans heading north to Narathiwat (80B, one hour), Pattani (130B, 2½ hours), Yala
(120B, two hours) and Hat Yai (200B, four hours) depart frequently during the day across
the road from the Genting Hotel.
