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| This hotel is pretty popular among Malaysians |
Reached Hat Yai at about 10AM, and was pleasantly surprised that Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel allowed us to check in early!
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| Early check-in, cool! |
After a quick wash-up, we went downstairs to the local (and only?) McDonalds.
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| Very Xmassy! |
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| Friendly service with the famous Siamese smile |
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| Cat was excited to see what's on the menu |
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| Brendan (who's not a morning person) was also suitably excited |
After breakfast we went back to our hotel room to rest and freshen up. I guess we overslept coz we only woke up at 1:00PM. After showering, we went down and headed to the KBES office just across the street to buy our return bus tickets.
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| The KBES office next to the hotel |
After buying our return tickets, the first tuk-tuk driver we saw recommended us to go see the Plaza Market.
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| The Plaza Market |
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| A good place to buy all things Thai |
We were too tired to shop and were also a bit hungry at the same time, so we hopped on another tuk-tuk with instructions to the driver to take us to a tom yam shop.
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| Why don't they have tuk-tuks in Malaysia? Brendan asks.. |
The tuk-tuk driver took us here (Rose-E Son has since closed).
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| Rose-E Son |
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| Had a hard time ordering coz we barely spoke Thai |
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| Can you smell the aroma wafting? |
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| Yummy! |
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| Brendan preoccupied with the drinking water which he says tastes better |
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| Wonderful authentic tom yam |
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| Check out the squids |
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| Brendan's eating rice! (pretty amazing, since he's usually aversed to rice) |
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| All this cost about 500+Bt, a bit pricey |
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| If anyone's interested, here's the address |
We went back to Lee Gardens Plaza and walked around when we stumbled on this tattoo shop.
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| Artsmaker Tattoo Parlour |
I've always wanted a tattoo of my name in Mandarin (Rén[仁] Lù [祿]) and after some discussion I went ahead! A few hours later and this was this result.
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| Check it out! |
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| Dunno if I'm smiling or grimacing in pain? |
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| Told him he can have a tattoo once he grows hair on his chest! |
There are a bevy of street vendors plying their trade along the street in front of our hotel. Lots of things to see (and eat) at night. Our dinner awaits..
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| Ooo.. Cat found her fav glutinous rice with mango |
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| This stall caught our eye |
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| We couldn't resist, could you blame us? |
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| Brendan had porridge |
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| Cat had mee hoon soup |
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| Check it out |
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| And we had this for dessert |
All in all, each bowl cost us 50Bt. We later learned it was quite expensive, but since it was located right in front of the hotel I guess it was the price we had to pay for convenience.
We all hit the sack pretty early, but I had a fitful night with the tattoo still fresh and sore.
Can hardly wait for tomorrow and what it holds for us.
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