Hat Yai Update | 12th August 2021

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Video Description

The Glorious Twelfth, or วันแม่ in Thailand (Mothers' Day and the Queen Mother's birthday). I have done a couple of these Hat Yai walkaround videos previously, but the Covid situation has changed quite a lot since then. In 2020 everything changed, but Thailand was seen as one of the best countries in the world with regard to controlling the virus. That perception changed early in 2020 after virus outbreaks at fish markets near Bangkok.


With the borders still closed (along with all the tourist infrastructure) Hat Yai is now completely devoid of tourists and foreigners probably don't know what the town is like at the moment. This video should give you some idea.

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