THAILAND (Backpacker's Diary) - Hatyai

 

Hi peeps,

Maka bermula pengembaraan pertama yayadoe merentas samudera. Over nau

Plan kasi jadi bersama officemates berakhir dengan jayanya. This trip cost us below 1k sahaja untuk seorang.

Day 1

Our group consisted of 6 adults and 1 kid so we took a midnight bus from JB to TBS station (Rm40/one way). Reached there around 5.00am because of the heavy traffic sebab lagi 2 hari Deepavali holidays. HAHA

We got only 2 hours to settle everything lepas sampai station TBS (Breakfast/Buy Tix Klia Transit via kiosk) so from TBS station to KL Sentral we used KLIA transit (Rm6.50/one way). We need to catch our morning KTM train at 7am - KL Sentral to Padang Besar (Rm105/one way). Nasib sempat beli nasi lemak before kejar train. Rushing gila ya dengan macam-macam ragam. Each one of our team members dah assigned specific tasks throughout this trip. So tak ada istilah goyang kaki jadi pak turut. Semua harus proaktif ya!

Basically, our journey was estimated around 5 hours and Alhamdulilah everything went smoothly. At Padang Besar KTM station, memang banyak simcard vendors yang offer their service and we just get our sim card there sebab nak senang. We chose telco sim card yang for 7 days (Rm21) and from KTM station to Immigration P.Besar & Thailand naik VIP Van Service (Rm30/pax) to Hatyai.

The view sepanjang perjalanan ke Hatyai, sama je macam Malaysia tapi cuaca redup tak panas sangat. HAHA. Btw, urusan dekat Immi Malaysia & Thailand sangat cepat ya hari jumaat. Less than 1 hour sudah settle without any questions from officer. Takpayah nebes sgt  So please avoid sabtu & ahad bcos the que memang panjang sampai luar office. Oh, Thailand lambat 1 hour so 1pm settle Immi Malaysia dan terpaksa tunggu van untuk pickup ke Hotel, around 1 hour jugak la tersidai dekat Immi Thailand sebab peak hour.

Accommodation for 4 days and 3 nights was booked via Agoda.Sakura Hotel, Rm180 for 3 nights - 2 pax. Murah but not recommended walaupun depan Hotel ada banyak tuktuk and money changer rate nice (7.5baht). Old hotel so semua nampak agak umm usang lol, lift dia sumpah seram. Max 3 org dan pernah la kami aci naik 4 org sebab nak cepat. Lif stuck weh. Anxiety terok sebab lift tu kecik. My room nice je besar sangat cuma spoil shower head malfunction and malam bising bc sebelah hotel ada karaoke/pub so please request middle room. Kurang la sikit pencemaran bunyi.

After solat, mandi and rehat terus gerak cari tuktuk. Lapar wei.

The first destination was the Khlong Hae Floating Market, which is 15 minutes from Hatyai main center. The varieties of street food were insane guys! Semua nak beli.HAHA the price after convert around rm3-5 per portion. So far everything is below 100baht. If you guys are on a tight budget boleh makan sini je.

From Floating market ambil tuktuk untuk ke Lee Gardens Plaza. Public transport sangat senang cuma kena pandai nego sahaja. We just roaming around Lee Gardens Plaza cuci mata tengok environment malam di center Hatyai, sangat meriah dengan busking & street foods stalls.

Disebab kan masih kenyang so I just bought passport cover & shower gel viral dekat Boots. Menyesal tak try banana pancake and coconut ice cream situ.HUHU 

Sempat singgah 7/11, I just grab few burgers and snacks untuk makan pagi esok. 

The cashier so friendly to us siap ajar cara bayar bcos kami masih pening nak faham baht punya currency. Waktu bayar dapat 2 sticker gambar minions and they informed us next purchase boleh pakai sticker if tak cukup small change, 1 sticker = 1 baht...wow 7/11 malaysia take note please, madah bagi free sticker tapi kena cukup 10 baru boleh redeem merch.

Tak sampai 2 jam jalan-jalan dah penat nak balik Hotel. We decided to jalan kaki bcos check google map less than 10mins walking distance sahaja tapi ya Allah rasa jauh gila.

bersambung to next entry untuk Day 2.

with love & happy new year,

hakuna matata