Mekong Trip Day 1 and 2

As I promised you guys, I will be posting about my Mekong journey expeditions. This is my first entry for this post and currently, I’m in a car on journey for our second destination Chaam which is 200 kilometers from Bangkok. There would be lot of pictures and also some info about our expeditions, so enjoy while reading this blog.

22 November 2009
1.00pm- All convoys gathered at my kampong in Taping for our lunch. Maktok have prepared lunch for us and it was really tasty. Menu for today are kari puyuh , kari daging, kerang rebus, ikan cencaru goreng, and sambal belacan( benda wajib). Huhuhuhu.


2.45pm- After we had our prayer, we depart from Taiping and papa (En. Ghazi) as convoy leader followed by Uncle Dahlan , Uncle Hassan and Uncle Ali. Uncle Rashid will be joining us in Hatyai for the next morning. Our next destination is Hatyai which is 256 kilometer from Taiping. All cars were equipped with GPS and also wireless mobile radio to make our journey become easier.


6.00 pm- We arrived at Sadao Immigration, Thailand and all driver and passengers need to settle up their passport clearance.


7.30 pm- About 200 km from Sadao is Hatyai and we’re staying at New Season hotel. After we check in, we rushed down to Hamid Restaurant for makan!!


8.30 pm- After makan , it is time for me to shop, I drag along Kak Natrah , my hotelroomate to my favourite spot for shopping that is Lee Garden Complex . It is similar to Sg.Wang for me  because I could get cute shoes, bangles, watches and vintage handbags at there at the lowest price. One shoes’s brand that I really love to buy at there is ‘Belongse’ and the shoes price starting with 199 baht which is RM 19.90. Kak Natrah had bought cute chocolate which have alphabet initial on it for her siblings.


This is cute chocolate with name on it. Ten baht each.


10.00pm- After that we were all lepak at our favorite stall for nasi lemak and ‘teh dangdut’. We called it teh dangdut as it can make movement as we stir it. The tea taste like our own the tarik la. Im having roti pisang and pulut manga. While, auntie ani having pulut durian.



tarik bang!! jgn x tarik..



pulut mangga with santan



roti pisang owhh my fav!



this is tea dangdut!! kak nat with me

11.30 pm- we head back to our hotel and dozed off to sleep as we will be having long journey the next day.



23 November 2009



gambor for second day!! hohoo capub jap

6am- Wake up early morning , get ready for breakfast. It was so cold that morning as rain did never stop from last night. My dad told me , it had been a week since rain started . After that Kak Natrah and I waited for our parents at the hotel lobby.


8.00 am- Breakfast


9.12 am - We started rolling from Hatyai to Chaam which we have another 780 km to go. After few minutes exit to Pathalung highway, we were all stunned by a huge flood over there. I could see ,kids were swimming and houses were flooded by water. The water level is like 4 feet tall and our tires had sunk a bit. We decided to cross the road as our journey had long way to go. My father car were behind lorry’s back and we were lucky as lorry helped us a lot waded through the water.

On the radio , Uncle Hassan informed us that water slowly filling in his car. Basah carpet. At that moment , all of us scared if we will get stranded and enjin would mati. My mum recite any prayer that could give us any strength and i was recording the whole situation there.

Finally , after ten minutes waded through the water , we were all safe and stop at the roadside , waiting for uncle Rashid to come over from Changlun. We were all hope the best for him to get here.



siyes cuak gile time nihh

10.00 pm- After hours driving , we made it to our destination , Chaam. Our hotel is Golden Beach Hotel. Chaam is a beach town and popular among tourist. We arrived a lil bit late and went of to sleep.




mama n papa



kak nat with her mocha iced!




wait for another post guys ..