XPDC SOM TAM 2 ~ 2016

XPDC SOM TAM 2 - 2016 (PART 1)

DAY 1 ~ JOHOR BAHRU - KUALA LUMPUR

DAY 2 ~ KUALA LUMPUR - SONGKHLA

DAY 3 ~ SONGKHLA - SURAT THANI

DAY 4 ~ SURAT THANI - HUA HIN

Started our journey from Kuala Lumpur to Bukit Kayu Hitam. We arrive at the border around 7.00 pm and do the border crossing. Once we finished with the border crossing at Malaysia and Thailand CIQ. We stop at Danok to get our local telephone sim card activate and had our favourite dinner "Daging Bakar." After dinner we drove up to Songkhla and put up a night 
at Lake View Resort.

After checkout we went straight for breakfast at infront of  Heedaya Mosque at Khosan Road.
N 7.180570° E 100.616388°

After breakfast we continue our journey to Thale Noi Bird watching Bird Watching at Phatthalung using Route 408 and enter left to Route 4080 at Ranot Town which took us 

around 2 hours to reached there. Thale Noi was jammed packed due to the Bird watching and so we decided to continue our journey to Surat Thani.

Thale Noi - N 7.776586° E 123537°

As we were driving to Surat Thani Cik Gu Din's battery develop a problem so he decided to change a new battery for his car. We stop along the way and changed a new battery to his car.Stop for lunch at Thung Song PTT and continue our journey to Surat Thani.

Arrived Surat around 7.00 pm and when straight check in to Princess Park Hotel.

The room was 600 THB and the room was clean and comfortable.

Group photo with Hotel Manager of Princess Park Hotel, Surat Thani
N 9.102745° E 99.304061°

After settling our hotel bill we continue our journey to Hua Hin for our next destination. We stop for brunch at Khun Sarai Restaurant, Chumphon - GPS: N 10.580778° E99.115980°

This restaurant had a section selling Muslims food  and their specialty is Sop Campur. 
This restaurant also provide a surau  for a muslim to pray.

After our meal we continue our journey. Just few hundred meter after taking a u turn to Hua Hin we saw a big sign by the road side Jae's Garden House Resort - GPS: N10.571702° E99.1137704°  and decided to check the resort. It was a family running business and the rooms are build using a marine container. The owner took us for a room inspection and it was very well maintain and clean. Will try the next time if we stop for a night at Chumphon.

 We arrive at Hua Hin at about 5.00 pm and stay at Mountain View Guest House along route 4. In the evening we went Cicada Market thinking of having our dinner but unfortunately we cannot find any Muslim food there. I really fall in love with the set up of the stall concept selling various type of food. Just opposite of the road there are the night market but we did not go inside as we need to find a restaurant for our dinner.

 We met a group of Malaysian there and ask them about the muslim food and they tell us to go to Hua Hin Railway Station and opposite the railway station there is a muslim restaurant. We found the restaurant and had our dinner there. We met a group of Malaysian Kayak Team having their dinner there. The food was tasty and alhamdulillah the owner can speak malay as they are from Pattani. After dinner I stick my Yellow Cruiser Adventure's sticker at their wall. 

GPS: N 12.566983 E99.955023

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PERIGI BATU BAHAT

PERIGI BATU PAHAT

PANTAI MINYAK BEKU, BATU PAHAT, JOHOR

Today we had the opportunity to visit this historic site in Batu Pahat and it is belived that name of Batu Pahat were taken from the incident happened here. 

GPS: N 1.795615° E102.889263°

Fresh Oyster / Mussel

XPDC SOMTAM, KUALA LUMPUR - HATYAI - KOH SAMUI 14 - 19 SEPT 2014



This XPDC started when Hairel from MPPJ request me to organise a trip to Koh Samui. After a few discussion we decided on the date, 14 - 19 September 2014. A total of 6 cars joing the trips. Hairel and family, Acai and gang from JB, Meklin and family, Hariel's friend, Reena and friends and myself.

Our first stop was Hatyai. We stayed at Plytawan Hotel which is right behind the khlong Hae Floating Markket

PLYTAWAN RESORT, HATYAI







KHLONG HAE FLOATING MARKET, HATYAI





Next morning we travel to Don Sak, ferry terminal to Koh Samui via route 408 and 401.

Arrived at the terminal in the afternoon. In Don Sak there is 2 ferry terminals that can take you to Koh Samui i.e Raja Ferry Port and Seatran Ferry.  The schedule for Raja Port Ferry from Don Sak to Koh Samui start at 0500hr to 1900hr and from Koh Samui start from 0500hrs to 1800hrs. Seatran Ferry start at 0600 hr to 1900 hr from Don Sak and 0730hr to 20.30hr from Koh Samui.



We arrived at the island around 4.00 pm local time. There we meet our friend Pak Nordin (9W2NYC). Pak Nordin lead us to Samui Seabreeze Place, the hotel along the Lamai beach. Later in the evening we went for a dinner at Samui Malay Seafood which located inside the fisherman village. (N9*26'21.2"E100*01'18.4"). I fully recommended this place. The food is very tasty and the price is reasonable. The only problem is that we had to call the restaurant and place the order before going there. If not you had to wait for your food. Tel:0813974090.

SAMUI SEABREEZE PLACE





Next morning we had our breakfast at the same fishing village but this time we bought our food behind the big mosque.



After breakfast we went to  Chaweng Beach. Along the way we stop at the View Point to snap some photo and enjoying the beautiful panoramic view




Hatyai Central

From there we went to the town and stopped at Hatyai Central for window shopping.

Our friends from JB, Acai, Zuraimi and 1 more cannot remember his name, went for a shopping spree until we went to visit Grand Pa and Grand Ma and they are still shopping at the shopping Complex.



At Hatyai Shopping Central we break into 2 group. Acai and Gangs stayed and continue their shopping while the rest of us proceed to our next stop. visiting Grand Pa and Grand Ma.