Day 1 in Hat Yai..

19th August 2008 - Day 1
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sawadeeka~
after 9 hours of journey,
finally i arrived thailand at 8am (7am in thailand)..

Thailand Huan Ying Nin
continue with 1 and half hour of journey and reach hat yai at 9:30am..

Welcome To Hat Yai
checked in to our hotel in hat yai..

Novotel
c'est l'hôtel france quatre étoiles..
j'aime..
12 of us (relatives + me) staying at floor 21..
while the other 14 strangers staying at floor 9..
non of my business..
so the normal elevator only reach floor 18,
and we have to switch to a mini elevator or walked 3 floors stairs to reach our room..

The Mini Elevator

my lil cousin sis in it..

see..
we tried to squeezed 4 person,
and it rang =.= ..

1 - floor 19
2 - floor 20
3 - floor 21
ding dong bell..

i was there..
let's talk about the room..
la kitchenette..

Glass Bottled Water
u could see it everywhere in thailand..

play safe with dom dom..
la kitchenette with microwave oven and cooker..
salle de bain avec douche, wc et lavabo..

Le Savon
shower with nice city view..
bath naked in front of the city..
hahaha~
=D

La Chambre
il y a deux petit lits dans la chambre..

tv with a lot of thai channel..
i got no idea what the hell were they speaking in the tv programme..

Le Coin Salon
and the view beside the bed..

not bad..
just the window a bit dirty..

Purple Room Key
purple i likey..

Purple + Pink DND Door Hanger
drop our luggage and out for lunch..
before that..

Bahtsss
no money no talk..
the spa in the hotel..

it says in love with life..
and the small cafe in the hotel..

looks nice but i don't think they are delicious..
i wonder ?
during day time along the street,
a lot of fried food and fruits stalls..
the prawn was as big as my punch..
i don't dare to eat because it doesn't seems hygine..

reach to a lousy yet damn pack restaurant 2 street away from our hotel..
they serve pork rice and noodle..

Sugar Cane Juice
all the sugar cane juice in thailand is serve like this..

Soya Bean
why not yeo's brand ?
=@
then here comes the yummy one..

Roasted Pork
this siu yoke is for you mange-Lee..
and let me tell you it was damn yummy..

Pork Soup

Braised Pork
this lunch cost us 450 baht..
then went to some random temple for visiting..
some random shots along the journey..

Red Yellow Blue Green
on the street..

some random building..
so we took this tuuut tuuut car to the temple..
it was kinda far..
and it was damn hot during the afternoon..

Tuuut Tuuut Car
travel to short distance with it no problem la,
but if long way then better not..

some random street..

is this consider as high way ?

why aren't their arrow curve ?
after 45 minutes,
finally we reach an extremely quiet temple..
=.="

top part of the temple..
looks like an up side down ice cream cone..
=O

Semut
so many there, which 1 is you ?
i love this photo..

Reflections
stayed there for around 1 hour+ and we gone back to our hotel area..

why is it named as ^Reath Dace^ ?
isn't it suppose to be ^Death Race^ ?
i'm confused..
and then the commercial bank in thailand..
it's purple !!

Thailand Commercial Bank
with 2 purple big balls in front of their entrance..

Purple Commercial Board + Purple Umbrella
then i went to the mcd located in the mall opposite the hotel..

Mak Dong Lou Shuk Shuk
me and my cousin had something that mcd malaysia don't have..

Strawberry Milk Shake Float
better than coke la at least..

they called it hot sauce..
but it's not panas at all..
=S
and i personally love these the most..

Taro & Spinach Pie
taro pie was sweet..
spinach pie was special..
they also have pineapple pie but not apple nor banana pie..
my cousin ordered this..

Cheesy Fries
feel like being conned of this..
nothing special..
=.="

Purple Taro Pie
weee~

The Bill
with 7% tax..
then took tuuut tuuut car and headed to the wet market nearby in the evening for a walk..

Turtles
selling for cooking method..
but they are not water fish..

Froggies
disgusting..

Cockroaches ?
something like that la..
luckily i only found 1 stall selling these..

Timun Besar & Timun Mini
cutenya..

The Chillies
assorted kinds of chillies..

Warna
some kuih-muih stall opposite the hotel..

Warni
bought almost every type..
they were more yummy than i expected..
and,

Taro Thong Shui
owwwh..
cantiknya..
and the atm macahine in front of the mall..

Barney~
back to hotel and took a short rest before went out for dinner..

Good Evening Hat Yai

and i saw this from my room..
kinda attractive..
=)
so at night, we get into the tuuut tuuut car again and went for our dinner..
to some place which like jungle so much..

Log Terrace
it's kinda huge inside..
u might get lost if u gone too far..
and it's kinda dark,
which means kinda scary..

washroom but not for u nor me,
for sheman..

washroom for disabled..
i love their washroom interior..
dinner..

Roasted Pork Hand

Fried Egg With Oyster
aka hoh jien..
almost had this every day during in thailand..

Tom Yum Guung
super sour and spicy..
not my cup of tom yum..

Coconut Curry
with mixed seafoods inside..
taste good yet spicy..

Stir-Fry Vegetables
normal la..

Steam Fish
nothing special..
went back to hotel area around 9pm (thai) and walk around at the area..
a lot of stalls but nothing much for me to buy..

as the building which attracts me earlier on,
i walked there and have a closer look..
purrrpleee~
back to hotel around 10pm,
took a bath and chit chat with relatives then went to dream my nong poy around 12am..
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