Due to last minute decision, all 4 stars hotel in Hatyai was fully booked. Thus, we booked a 3 stars hotel, Diamond hotel. RM95 for 2 person a room and van fare from swiss travel, Penang is RM56 (2 ways).
My trip started on 18 June 2011 end on 19 June 2011. The van came to my apartment to pick me up at 5am and we departed Penang at 5.30am, reached custom at 9am, 10am reached Hatyai town and checked in. This is first time hotel keep our passport, you may get it back by pay 500 baht. We decided not to take it back as limited budget but it's pretty unsecured though. First time, really first time stayed in a hotel with cockroaches and warm air-cond.
Luckily we managed to get a better snack at roadside, a little bit pandan smell with coconut, coconut ice cream with pulut in front of our hotel.
After a while, we take 'tuk tuk' to their big market for shopping and food hunting as well. Tuk tuk is a well-known transport in Hatyai, it's cheap and you can see it everywhere on the road.
Well, after back from big market, our thai baht almost finished, so we went to local money changer for exchange. I found that exchange from local money changer can get higher rate compared to Malaysia money changer. After exchanged, my friend bought a deep fried cempedak for us (with sesame).
Our next destination, floating market. All foods in floating market are 20 baht and plenty of choices.
After back from floating market, we went to Lee Garden hotel 7th floor for body massage, 300 baht for 1hr 45mins. After massage, we go to mall which under Lee Garden for our supper. Look, it's pork burger, tuna pie, pineapple pie and corn pie and I just know Hatyai has no refill service. T^T
Hehe, this is my favourite drink in Hatyai, a big bottle of Vitagen only cost 25 baht. You can easily get it from 7-11.
The floating market look nice~
ReplyDeleteyea yea, and cheap as well. eat kah lu pa leng dao
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