At Hadd Yai

     At Hadd Yai,Sunday is the day for bullfighting,which is a native sport of the South.It is held twice a month on the first Sunday of the month at the arena next to the Nora Hotel on Sunthon Withi Road,and on the second Sunday at the Hadd Yai Areana on Highway No.4 Southern-style bullfighting is a contest which pits one humpbacked bull against another. Two animals are brought face to face. They lower their heads. Ther fight may last minutes or a couple of hours.It ends when one bull gains the ascendancy by pushing the other back,back,back or when one simply turns and takes flight.

     From Hadd Yai visitors can travel to Songkhla by  bus,taxi or train.A pleasant excursion in Songkhla area is to Koh Yoh, situated in Songkhla Lake,being connected to the sea,and its waters are brackish. Enroute to Koh Yoh a stop may be made at the Fisheries Station where enormous white Plakapong are bred.Koh Yoh is renowned for its locally woven cotton called "Pha Koh Yoh" and has a number of ancient Buddhist monuments.But the real joy is the tranquility of the idyllic in compari-son to which gentle Songkhla becomes a bustling frenetic metropolis.