Floating Market - Hatyai

After all the snacks that we bought from the market, everyone took a nap before the next stop, floating market, except me. I was super energetic, god knows why. 

Floating market in Hatyai is not as grand as the one in Bangkok, so don't expect too much. But still, it is a floating market that sell authentic Thai food. I would called it a mini floating market. :) 

Floating market is a little far from our hotel. Usually, the tutu charged 20 baht per person, per way but because you are carrying the "tourist" title, they will charge you a little more. The tutu charged us 200 baht for two ways, for the four of us, which is like 50 baht (RM 5) per person, it is still considered cheap. If you go with a bigger group, of course it will be more cheaper because you can share among your group. The tutu do not have limit like taxi, only 4 persons can fit. As long as there is space, you can just squeeze in. Of course, safety come first. :) :)  

Keep in mind you have to take the same tutu for two ways, you don't go to a place with tutu A and come back with tutu B. That is not how it works over there. Or else, you will have to take your own sweet time in getting a tutu to go back to the hotel. So, stick to the same tutu, if they charge you overprice, you can always NEGOTIATE!!!!! 

My first time taking a tutu. It's very cooling but all the dust will be on your pretty face. That's the only sacrifice you have to take.  

The couple, Jia Yik and Sai.

Group picture and the sky is getting dark.

The tutu dropped us there and will meet us back few hours later. People in Hatyai are really punctual, so don't bring Malaysian's time over alright. Be punctual. 

It was drizzling when we reached but it stops later on. *Thank God* or else we will not be able to walk around.

Ta~~~dah~~~ We are finally here. :D :D :D :D :D

The epic expressions, I don't really recall what happened, I guess is the photographer. 

Group picture on the bridge. 

Food hunting start now. :) 

The hello kitty cup. The drink will be served in the hello kitty cup and after that you can have the cup. FYI, the cup is fill with ice instead of drink.

The uncle that sell yummy ketupat. It's really good and they have filling in the ketupat as well. It's only 10 baht (RM 1). 

Does it looks like fake jelly in the picture below?? I bet it does but the jelly is edible. Look at the colouring. I dare not eat it. 

Grilled squid and fish.

Oyster with egg. This is really good.

Yummy~~~

Now this jelly look more normal and it taste good as well. :) 

Yours truly waiting for tomyam. 

Thailand ice kacang.

Happy kid that love food.

Try to read this if you can because I can't. 

They do provide seats for you to eat. 

Jelly in heart shape.  ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

The tomyam taste a little different, not as good as we expected.

Trying to take a picture with all the stalls in it but...

The are booths that selling all sort of things which you can buy and bring back for friends or family for souvenir on the other side of floating market. It's something similar to "fun fair" we had in Malaysia. We walk around and found mini sushi. AHAHAHA...is damn mini. 

Four mini sushi for the four of us.

It's time to leave, heading out. The tutu uncle is waiting for us.

On the way out, there is a stall selling fried insects, you name it they have it. OMG! We stood infront of the stall quite a while and thinking should we give it a try. 

O.M.G. I know it full of protein and whatever is good for the body but...but...but...

Sorry. We are chickens therefore we give up. 

Don't ask what is that.

This is the famous cockroaches. It gives me goose bumps!!!!!!!!!

The end of floating market, can't wait to go back to the hotel to shower and sleep. 

Once we reached hotel, it still really early but all the shops are closed except 7 - eleven. 7 - eleven is so much different than ours. Their 1 looks more interesting and have more choices in food and drinks. When we were there, we treat 7 - eleven like our second home, we went there every morning before we went out and before we went back to the hotel after spending a long day outside.

They even have mini coca cola in classic glass bottle and it costs around 10 baht ONLY. We even bring 1 home to display. 

Chilling at lobby and that is the only place that have free wifi connection. AHAHAHA...

snacks

Went back to the hotel, shower and start our mini party with FREE TIGER SHOW from Jia Yik and Sai. LOL!!!! The winner of the tiger show goes to Jia Yik. 

YAY!!!!!

Coca cola for me and Xiao Hou, Sprite for Jia Yik and Sai. There is nothing much entertainment during the night so we ended our night with our own mini party. It was really fun and funny. :D

Are you sick of my Hatyai trip yet? If you are, I am really sorry because so far I have just finished posting our day 1, which means I still have day 2 and day 3. It's still a long way to go. So, if you are bored of our faces already, click the "X" button on the right top corner. :) :) 

If you are not, enjoy reading then. But now I have to head back to my book, I have 1 more paper to go. :) 

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Hatyai Trip #3

All sort of snacks that you could find on the streets of Hatyai. After all the crazy shopping, we decided to hunt for food. This trip is all about food, not so much on shopping because we did't expect there will be anything to shop. We did a little research before the trip and we found out (through bloggers) there are nothing much too shop in Hatyai. 

"nothing much to shop in Hatyai"!!! 

That statement is completely, absolutely WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!! Hatyai have everything!! Literally everything you want and you will be "oh, that is so pretty, I want that" or "If I don't buy that, I will be regret" or "that is so cute, I better buy it because only Hatyai have such things with cheap price". So, don't get cheated by others, trust me!! 

1. prepare loads of cash

2. Be ready to shop

3. Make sure you have space for your haul

4. Keep in mind that you have to carry your haul back to wherever you from, make sure you can carry

Back to snack. :)

We walked down the street and found something like Pasar Malam. 

That is me and Xiao Hou, trying to cross the road.

I don't remember what is that uncle selling, it looks like some oily fried cake.

Grilled fish that we bought.

My favourite stalk. As you know, I love animals intestines, especially pork and chicken.

This aunty grilled different parts of chicken intestines and some taste awful. Not going to lie. It tastes weird but thank God I don't have diarrhea after that.

The best fried rice in Hatyai. :)) Not so sure is the best or not but we titled it as THE BEST fried rice in Hatyai. 

Take away everything and went back to the hotel for feast. :) 

I think this is Thai mee hoon with fried prawn, egg and vegetables. The mee hoon has special sauce come along and the sauce is SPICY like mad. Do not ever look down on the sauce. IT IS REALLY SPICY!!!

Fried chicken. The safest food in every part of the world. Nothing will go wrong with fried chicken, it tastes all the same regardless of places.

Here is THE BEST FRIED RICE. 

The grilled fish, not sure what fish is that but nothing special about the fish.

That's all for road side food, next stop will be mini floating market in Hatyai. :) :) :) :)

Hatyai Trip #2

Reached at hotel around 11am Malaysia time, so is 10 am in Thailand. First stop is to fill our stomach full, due to we don't know what to eat and not sure where to eat, therefore we decided to have McDonald's because we saw it on our way to the hotel. 

The McDonald's is actually inside Lee Plaza (a shopping mall). It's just a walking distance from the hotel to Lee Plaza, I think it takes around 10 to 15 mins. A long the way, there will be a lot of shops and stores at the road side. You don't even realize how far is the place. Trust me, you will be busy looking around, they have everything which you can't get it that price in Malaysia. Absolutely eye candy. 

I know I look like a aunty choosing hat, I was actually looking at fedora for my sister which she requested I-don't-know how many times. Yet, I still can't find her a fedora.  

A typical tourist picture from us. When we reached Lee Plaze, is almost 11am in Thailand, however the mall is not even open yet. There are quite a number of people are actually sitting outside waiting for the mall to open. So, when we started to take picture with uncle McDonald's with a Sawadika pose, the crowds are actually starring at us like we are doing some monkey shows and laughed at us.

McCafe only available in Thailand, they have all sorts of coffee and the best part is they even have cakes and MACAROON. Don't OMG yet, they even have the best latte!! OMG!!! How come Malaysia don't even freaking have a McCafe?? Why?? 

Dear McDonald's, I am a die hard fan of you and I demand for McCafe in Malaysia. If you are reading this please consider my suggestion okay? I really want it in Malaysia. Thank you. :) 

My favourite latte cost 750 baht, which is around RM 7.50. 

There will be no refill of soft drinks in Thailand but their soft drinks come in American's style. Our large is their regular so the one that on the 1st roll, right hand side is their LARGE. It's freaking LARGE okay. 

Xiao Hou is our tour guide, let me tell you she is a pro alright. She basically wrote down all the places that she found interesting in Hatyai on a small note book. Then let us to decide which 1 do we want to go. Thank you for the efforts Hou. Appreciate it!!! :)  

A mini Konsortium stopped outside Mcdonald's. When twin saw this she acted like a jakun. AHAHAHAHA...

That's our brunch. They have more pork than chicken in Thailand. Everybody loves pork! 

After brunch, we walked around Lee Plaza and found an awesome shop that sells cheap and chic shoes. They have for male and female, it is the heaven for shoes, we spent almost an hour inside, you can imagine how big and how many varieties they have. For you information, shoes in Thailand is smaller a size than our usual 1. :) 

Look, look, look, this is where I spent all my money. 

Found a ice cream shop doing promotion, therefore we decided to sit down, rest a little after all the crazy shopping. They have really yummy and authentic fruit flavour. They even provide their customer a glass of plain water because the ice creams are really rich in flavour.  

I wasn't being greedy, I am just helping someone to hold her ice cream. 

The little red hat is so outstanding.

We love ice cream. Passion fruit is still the best.

The 2 poor fellas waiting for me and Xiao Hou. Sorry for keeping you two waiting, especially Jia Yik. Look at his tired look in the picture.

Taking picture on the bench which placed right infront at my favourite shop. They are selling denim short for only RM 15 each and the best part is they have size up to XL. It's a heaven for people like me (big ass). :))  

Meet our new friends, one on the left and the other one on the right.

Look at all those flat. Took this picture while waiting for twin to try on the shoes, due to the size differences, she had a hard time in finding the perfect size and ended up not buying any pair of those. If I have enough money, I will buy a pair for myself.

Me and mirror.

Next coming up will be snacks in Thailand.