9-10 June 2015 Hatyai Trip
at 33 Buffet Restaurant, for lunch at Lee Garden Plaza. Food is nothing to shout about. But we really filled up our empty tummies after a long train journey from Alor Star.
We set off at 7.56 am sharp, which was such a surprise considering we were taking the KTM. Arriving at Padang Besar Railway Station after an-hour of comfortable train ride and after clearing both immigration without hassle, we had to wait almost 2 hours for the Thai train engine to arrive to take the KTM coaches into Hatyai. KTM engines are not allowed into Thailand. We arrived at 12+ after an hour's journey.
at our hotel
outside the hotel
We had delicious herbal beef koey-teow for dinner. The bowl with the egg is pork noodle soup - also very tasty. There was concentrated markisa juice in the small round bottles and mango juice for drinks.
The next morning we had dim sum of course!
Waiting to checkout the next day.
The 2D1N trip went well except for the Hatyai-Padang Besar portion of our return train journey. We were scammed and had no train seats for the one-hour journey. We were not the only ones. There were about 20+ people who were also in the same boat. We had to stand ALL the way. I believe this scam is run by KTM northern station staff working in cahoots with their Hatyai counterparts. So travellers BEWARE. There is no such thing as "free-seating" on the KTM Hatyai-Padang Besar train coaches.
Still green...maybe in 3 to 4 weeks time...
at 33 Buffet Restaurant, for lunch at Lee Garden Plaza. Food is nothing to shout about. But we really filled up our empty tummies after a long train journey from Alor Star. 
at our hotel
outside the hotel
We had delicious herbal beef koey-teow for dinner. The bowl with the egg is pork noodle soup - also very tasty. There was concentrated markisa juice in the small round bottles and mango juice for drinks.
The next morning we had dim sum of course!
Waiting to checkout the next day.
