Trip to Southern Thailand - Sungai Golok to Hat Yai

This is the last minute plan. Crazy! Sekejap jadi, sekejap tak jadi since both of parents memang tak kasi green light langsung. I never think about the negative sides  hahahaha. Ayah cakap boleh pergi but kena naik plane. But both of us, nak sangat roadtrip, nak tengok kampung, scenary and everything. Kalau naik plane, zapp dah sampai. So considered as the first time, we keluar Semenanjung Msia by road. Sangat berbahaya to travel across the Southern Thai, wilayah bergolak. But but Insyaallah selamat...

Since this was a last minute plan and a budget travel, we change RM to Thai Bath about RM1000 for 4 days and 3 nights to Hatyai and Krabi. Tukar duit pun a day before, cari backpack, toiletries travel size pun kelam kabut. Print out everything the map, the road, interest places, do and dont and everything. Pap pap pap they fit in our 2 medium size backpacks.

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So, pagi tu bangun awal jam 6 pagi selepas solat subuh di Rantau Panjang, kami berdua dah terkedek berjalan lepas border Malaysia. Sampai border immigration, cop passport and fill forms semua. Tersenget senget my bahu. I said to Azuar "Papa, at last dah lepas border nih!".

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Sampai Sg Golok, kami terus cari  transport to Hat Yai. Kami naik van tersebut dengan harga TB200 seorang ke Hatyai dalam 3 jam perjalanan. Van sangat selesa aircond sejuk, fits for 14 people. Mostly kalau nak travel by road di Thailand, memang they provide van macam ni. I cant sleep all along the way, sibuk nak tengok luar. By road, we cross Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani. I heard yang wilayah Yala selalu dok bertembak-tembak, takut juga. The van stop at RnR in Pattani, so people can go to toilet and get some foods.

Over decoration of toilets

The pit-stop

Dalam jam 10, kami dah sampai sana. The first thing yang we all buat, we get Thai sim card, nak guna no sini. Azuar nak surf internet on the road, senang nak cari apa-apa.

The boss sampai senget bahu kiri kanan, I memang terus dah tak larat nak sandang bag lagi. Azuar cakap if I yang carry the bag, lagi lambat berjalan. Dari bus stop, kami nak ke Hat Yai Central dengan menaiki tuk-tuk untuk cari hotel. Kami pilih hotel yang dekat dengan Lee Garden Hotel, since its in the central. Tuk tuk charged about TB30 per person for the distance.

First timer

Sekitar Lee Garden Hotel, kami cari hotel at reasonable price since our main priority is to Krabi. Hat yai just nak kenal tempat. Kami dapat hotel dalam harga TB400 per night, close to everything. Gambar hotel cap ayam tak ambil tapi its still okay for me, i cant give any comment, aircond pun ada, cuma buruk je, an old hotel.

Letak bag, solat segala, then kami keluar cari makan. It easy to get Halal food here, dont worry. We choose to have lunch at Hamid Restaurant, in front of Lee Garden Hotel. Tak sedap and mahal but we had no choice darling.

Tengah survey muslim restaurant pun jumpa macam-macam restaurant. Roasted pork.

Lepas makan, baru we all berjalan sakan, perut penuh, hati pun senang.

Lee Garden Hotel and Mall

The street

Central mall

Bos letih sangat

Awek siam

Then, malam tu, kami bersiap untuk ke Khlong Hae Floating Market. Dari central to the place, about 10kms macam tu. Kalau naik tuk-tuk, it cost TB400, sekali pergi balik, mahal juga dalam RM40, tp boleh fits smpai 6 people macam tu. Macam kami berdua saje, terasa lah mahal, since kat sana jual food murah sangat, sangat tak berbaloi kan. But its okay for experience.

Floating market ini dibuka pada hari Jumaat, Sabtu dan Ahad at 3pm-8pm. Food kat sini sangat sedap and mostly Muslim yang menjual. Harga pun sangat murah about TB20-40. Boleh try macam-macam. I found many Malaysians here since from Padang Besar border to Hatyai only 1 hour. Barang-barang at their night market pun murah and I bought palazzo about TB 220, rsnya sini dalam RM40+.

We end up our day with foot massage. Battery camery terus mati. Harga massage pun sangat murah di Thailand and I got twice in Hat Yai and Krabi. Foot massage about TB200 per hour. Harga range from TB200 to TB500, so boleh buat macam-macam. They really have the massage skills, Azuar siap burp tak cover, memang tak malu.

Malam tu, we slept early for a long journey to Krabi tomorrow, about 4 hours.