Alvin was planning to go to Hat Yai this year. Initially we were planning for may be 4 days, after did some research we decided go to Phatthalung with this trip too. Thus we planned that we will go to Hat Yai by bus by night and may be come back Kuala Lumpur by train.
The intention is to let the children experience different experiences travelling with the bus and the train. Thus the date was set to go on 22nd and back by 30th December. All together about 7 days.
We had purchased the Alisan Golden Coach tickets departure on 22nd 9.30pm departure at Terminal Bus Selatan (TBS) last Tuesday. Yesterday evening we went to TBS by LRT. We are indeed lucky that there is a LRT station nearby our house – Puchong Prima LRT Station.
The coach is clean and nice. Annabelle and Issac sit together in double seat, Alvin and I sit in front of them in double seat as well. Our coach was delayed till 10.00pm only arrived at the station. It was almost 10.30pm that the coach headed out towards our destination.
The coach was considered fast as we arrived at the Malaysia Bukit Kayu Hitam border immigration building about 4.00am. We were not only the bus that queuing. The immigration building is going to open at 6.00am. We woke up for toilet breaks, and waited for 2 hours. We got off the bus and queuing with others from different bus companies.
As Malaysians, the officer just checked, scanned and chopped on our passport. Foreigners need to have their both index finger to be scanned electronically. Then, we got on the bus again and we across Malaysia-Thailand border and got off at Thailand Sadao Immigration. The queue was considered long but it was considered fast.
This time our fingerprint to scan the both right and left hands 4 fingers and finally both thumbprint and lastly they would snap a photo of your face by asking you to look at the camera. I have difficulties in scanning my fingerprints as usual, but after apply the lotion provided it works.
Outside the immigration building, I saw a counter as that is for the Malaysians whom drive their own cars into Thailand, they need to provide the relevant documents for verification and purchase Thailand local car insurance and fill up the relevant forms and other necessary procedures.
It was an hour drive from the immigration to Hat Yai city. We reached Alisan Golden Coach’s office in central Hat Yai within an hour. It was around 7.35am local time. It would mean 8.35am Malaysia time, as Thailand time is earlier than Malaysia by an hour.
We got down from the bus, taken our luggage. Alvin bought a Thailand sim card for the internet about a week for our usage here.
Then, we hired a TuK Tuk to the Silom Boutique Hotel. the Tuk Tuk is different from what we saw on the TV. I think that it is a modified or new version of Tuk Tuk that we have here at Hat Yai.
After settled the luggage in the hotel. We began our journey by exploring the neighbourhood around the Silom Boutique Hotel which we stays.
It is sort of mixture of residential area and shops. We found a self-service laundry which we intend to come and wash our laundry.
We were heading to the Gym Yong Market which is at the other side of the railway station. We crossed the overhead highway and walked towards to the central of Hat Yai.
After we walked down from the highway, we came under the bridge. There were so many small stalls underneath the bridge, mainly selling second hand shoes, framing the deities statues, and so on.
I do not know that here are also the place to do business as well.
We walked further down then crossed over the main road to have a peep into the famous Gim Yong Market. See what there have inside.
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