7. THAILAND (HATYAI) PART 1

Today, I will tell you about my experience and holiday at Hat Yai, Thailand a city in Southern Thailand near the Malaysian border. It was my first time in Hat Yai, the city I've always thought there are nothing much but I was proved wrong. I've seen some new things that I don't know before.  Immigration & Passing through to Thai border
After about 2.5 hours drive, my family and I arrived at Bukit Kayu Hitam (Malaysia) border check point around 9 am. After that, we moved on to Thailand Border Immigration (Danok Checkpoint). It takes another 45mins-1hr to Hatyai town. So right after clearing the Immigration, we stopped over at 7 Eleven (to buy SIM card because my father too busy with his works and also his children can't live without Internet, hehe).  SO, THAT ARE SOME PLACES THAT I VISIT :

• Central Festival Mall

At Hatyai Central Festival there is a food court that provides halal food on the 4th floor. Well, here's a Malay brader who speaks Kelantan dialect make roti canai, he's a lot of info about what food is here. Their foods' price are affordable and worth it. I ordered shrimp fried rice while my family ordered Sup Thai, Pulut Mangga, Somtam and more. Actually we went there because we were hungry & want to find foods not because to buy things or so on. (LOL)

• Chang Puak Elephant Camp

This video I took from Youtube. As you can see from that video, many people took a selfie and picture with an elephant AND some people were feeding that elephant. That elephant so friendly with people. 

There are a lots of elephant were waiting for people to ride. BUT my family and don't ride it because we are an animal lover and we do not want to support any activities that exploit and abuse the animals. It just 500 Thai baht per person for the ride. (30 minutes). I didn't want to comment much because I'm not supporting elephant riding. Overall I think Chang Puak Elephant Camp was okey because I can get experience feeding on the elephants & watch an elephant show.

Songkhla Central Mosque

This is a new central mosque of Songkla province. It has three levels with the main prayer hall on the top most and parking area at the bottom. Offices and school are on the second floor. The main prayer hall is an open air with natural ventilation. It is considered as one of the biggest in terms of its floor area.

"SUBHANALLAH" is the first word that comes out of my mouth when I saw this beautiful mosque. My family and I were very touched because we have the opportunity to come to this mosque and perform the prayers. The scenery & views was so amazing.