31-03-2016 Bong & From Koh Lipe back to Hat Yai

We left Koh Lipe island 

in the early morning next day~

Since it was also valentine's day 

at that time,

the thai started decorating the walking street~

We took the long tail boat 

to the pier,

then changed to the speed boat to go back to Pak Bara~

Good bye to the

beautiful

Koh Lipe island~

At Pak Bara pier,

we used a shared van this time

to go to Hat Yai

instead of a private taxi 

since we had more time and did not have to rush~

The shared van took about 12 passengers,

and costed only MYR 10 for one person~

It dropped us at the tour agent 

where we booked for the boat, private taxi 

and the shared van...

And before we left Hat Yai,

we had a simple lunch at this food court 

at an old shopping center named

"Odean Shopping Mall"

Not so much variety...

But the prices were very okay~

We walked to the train station...

and were ready to

experience the Thai train since

we didn't take the train from Padang Besar to Hat Yai~

The train station was pretty much

"old styled"

since they don't have any digital announcement board~

and you could walk 

through the railways to go to the platforms~

Lol!

In between the platforms,

there were some thai stalls selling food and drinks~

and the Thai train

did not look so very sophisticated as well~

Hehe!

We hopped on to the Malaysia train

operated between Hat Yai to Singapore~

And inside there were 

beds for those that traveled for long distance~

Okay...

the departure time has came!

Time to end our lovely Thailand trip~

XOXO

-Bong-

27-03-2016 Bong & Koh Lipe (From Sunset Beach to Night Life)

From walking street,

it takes about 15 minutes walk to the Sunset Beach~

But of course,

if you are lazy,

you can always hire a tuk-tuk

or "taxi"...lol~ 

In such a small island, 

they don't have any car basically~

The sunset there is around

6-7pm...

and when I was there,

the beach was already crowded with

a lot more people than it was in the afternoon...

Other than sunset,

it really has nothing more to offer actually~

lol...

I went back to the walking street

immediately after taking a few pictures of the sunset.

We bought a postcard and sent it to our friend in Norway~

That's something we always go when we travel...

Got ourselves some

barbecue chicken as supper~

But they were quite expensive actually...

Not sure if the prices were marked up, 

since there was no price sign what-so-ever...

We went to one of the bars 

at Pattaya beach~

Besides some regular 

Thai selling things to the tourists,

there were also performances to attract tourists for the bars/pubs

Not to forget to mention,

there were actually 

quite a lot of wild dogs 

on the island....

Some of them even came

and sat right next to tourists...

and I don't think they were so very clean since they were just wild homeless dogs~

That was probably the only thing that was not so nice about the island....

To be continued...

XOXO

-Bong-