Dec 9, 2008
-City of Hatyai- Sawadeekap,I'm back to Thailand,the land of the elephants again, but this time it's Hatyai . The trip was long cuz Hatyai is just at the border of Thailand, so my father drove there it took like 9 hours b4 reaching there. Anyway this is with my family,my cousin sister and some of my father's fren.But just b4 we reach there we took our lunch in Ipoh(pic below)
Our lunch(1st day-M'sia)
After that we went to someplace near the border where we park our car,take our luggage out and transfer it into a van where we then go to the imigration b4 entering the country,and becuz on that day was their king's b'day so it was full of people,good thing i dont have to do that again,then we go to our hotel-The Sakura Grand View Hotel.It wasn't as good as the one in Bangkok but it was still ok,(didn't take any pic of it) then the first thing when i and my bro check in into the room,we saw the our towel folded into the shape of an elephant (pic beolw)or izit hippo not sure,but i think its elephant cuz its their national animal.
Elephant shaped towels
After that we went to all the shopping centre there was, well after all we did go there to shop.The clothing there is much more cheaper than here in M'sia plus they have more choices but some are still very expensive.B4 we left the shopping complex, I saw most of their fast food restaurant like Mcdonalds and KFC and also got pork,which is impossible to see here in M'sia.For dinner we went to some restaurant called some green curry,fish cake and some dishes,i was really tired that day dont really remember wat dishes there was and didn't have appetiteto eat much. As we walk home from our dinner place to our hotel we saw ppl selling "Tang Yuan"(Soup Rounds if directly translated)its was about 30 buht,it had 4 "biji",plus gingko nut really nice but the soup was had too much ginger.
T'land's "Tang Yuan"(1st day-T'land)
The next day, we decided to go for more shopping, but b4 that we had breakfast. We went to some shop had some noodles, some of us having porridge,we also ordered "Yao Zha Guai" but their yau zha guai was really cute it looks like a butterfly,we ate it with kaya cuz thats what they give us when we order.
butterfly yao zha guai (2nd day)Then we went for more shopping, after that we went for lunch in some place called the Sky Buffet,it is located at the highest floor(33rd floor) in Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel which is also a shopping complex. Anyway, the buffet was nice but so was the view.
-View from the Sky Buffet-The buffet was great it had all kinds of food like rice ,noodles,soup,dessert,fruits and icecream.This is the picture my brother took of the icecream.
-yam and coconut flavoured-
After that we went back to our hotel took a bath and went out for dinner.The dishes are in the picture below.
-2nd night dinner-When back to the hotel,watch some tv,all of their tv channel's program is all dubbed in thai seriously,the 1st day(after checking in not long) was watching rush hour in thai ,they sound freaking funny.That night i found a channel which movies are all english(thank god)after that slept like pig.3rd day when to some shop nearby had some chicken rice for breakfast, then continue shopping.During teatime, we bought some donut from some shop called Mister Donut,is something like J.Co and Big Apple here.They dont havemuch flavours but they have different design like twist and bowtie.(pic below-got no bowtie)
Our teatime (3rd day)We when to some supermarket's food court to eat it then actually bought some stuff from the supermarket,its like we've gone shopping crazy even a supermarket also can shop like 2 plastic bags,but the stuff we bought there are like potato chips cuz its cheaper there than here and we bought a whole lot of chewing gum cuz its cheaper too plus it comes in container which paper inside so that u can wrap it and dispose properly,M'sia should do this too,its cleaner.
Went back hotel taking i think total of 8 plastic and paper bags(@.@)then we took a bath and had out for dinner this time went to a more chinese like restaurant ,had a really great appetite ate about 3 and a half plates of rice cuz their rice is really tasty.
That night, i went with my parents for foot massage really ticklish,trying hard not to laugh.That night we have to pack our bags becuase we goin back the next day.i counted my stuff,amazingly i bought 2 shirt,4 round collared t-shirt,1 collared t-shirt,3 pants,2 pajamas,1 pair of shoes and a pendant(^.^)
Next morning ,after bathing took our luggage and waited for the van.After the van arrived,went through all the imigration stuff and we are back to M'sia(not really actually in between M'sia and T'land)went to the duty free shop bought some chocalate and my fater bought some wine then we went to last imigration stuff and the van took us back to the place we left our car pack the stuff into the car(almost couldn't fit in) and left.
For lunch we head to some place called Bukit Tambun its near Penang,went to a restaurant called fish village restaurant, had some weird snail thing(pic below)
-pointy snail thingy-(our lunch-last day M'sia)
After the lunch,we said goodbye to my fathers frens.we reached home 6 hours later,tired as hell but i was really happy....
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