Sunrise Beach Restaurant, Koh Lipe

I did some survey on what to eat in Koh Lipe and this was one of the many in the list. 

Located just next door to our resort, we opt here for our first meal in Koh Lipe.

Beach Restaurant. Nice view during lunch.

The menu.

No coconut available that day. So I choose the watermelon juice. THB70.

Hrmm.. the juice was not sweet.

Pad thai. THB 90. Not bad.

Fried Noodles with Spicy Herbs & Basil Leave. THB90. Really spicy!

Fried Rice Crab THB120. This is disappointing me. Tasteless. I can't see the crab!

Overall.. this is not the best Thai Foods I'd had.

The price was a bit expensive than usual, but take into consideration that it face the crystal clear sea.

3D 2N Koh Lipe: Day 1

Our annual trip this year was Koh Lipe, Thailand.

We arrived Koh Lipe from Telaga Harbour, Langkawi.

I'd booked the ferry ticket online, earlier as I worry the limited seats of the ferry.

There are 2 departure time from Langkawi: 9.30am and 2.30pm.

The journey took 90 minutes and cost RM248/pax for return tickets. You get discount RM20 per person for online booking, and there is transaction charge of RM10 per transaction.

Take note that ferry from Langkawi only operates from November until May.

Please also take note to wear short pants and sandals. This is because the ferry will stop at a deeper sea and this long tail boat will come to pick you up from there before drop you on the beach.

Afterall, you are going to sea, sun & sand vacation. So, just put on your shorts & sandals.

Arriving Koh Lipe.

This is the immigration. You need to wait here to collect your passport which had been hand over to the officers in Langkawi. It's a long long wait!

Finally we got our passport and check in to our hotel.

I'd booked Wapi Resort which located on Sunrise Beach. This second row from sea chalet cost RM390/ night. Guess it's due to the high season.

Clean and spacious.

After drop our luggage, we walk to next door (Sunrise Beach Restaurant) for our lunch.

And back to our resort for a relax evening.

We then had a stroll along the beach.

Looking at the local kids enjoying swimming.

And then proceed to Walking Street to hunt for our dinner.

The start of Walking Street.

We had our dinner at Nee Papaya.

Then we saw this! Buffet seafood for only 490THB!

The end of the Walking Street.

Along the Walking Street.

Pooh's cafe.

And so we call it a day.

Hatyai Day 3

Our last day in Hatyai.

Before checking out to head to airport and back to reality, we had our breakfast at Ching Jie Restaurant. Famous with its stewed pork and roasted pork. It is really delicious and worth the try.

This cost THB270 for one pax each type.

There it is. End of our short escape to Hatyai :)

Hatyai Day 2

Day 2. We start our day at the famous dim sum & bakuteh shop, Chok Dee Restaurant.

Bakuteh meal for one person. Yums~

4 baskets of dim sum. The dim sum size is smaller than what we had in Malaysia.

And a glass of Thailand Ice Tea. Yums! Total cost for all above is THB200!

After our breakfast, we proceed for shopping in Kim Yong Market.

What is the bargain here? Of course, Zebra products.

And also nuts and dried berries. I bought a lot of cashew nuts, cranberries and raisins home! :)

We then head for lunch at Kan Eng restaurant.

We ordered seafood tom yam and asparagus. Yums! Total cost for this is THB335.

After our lunch, we proceed with our half day tour booked from Red Planet Hotel tour desk.

The tour which bring us to Municipal Park with 3 temple stops and also to floating market cost THB1200 for 2 pax. Expensive huh?

We spend less than half an hour at the floating market.

The size of the floating market is very small and the weather is too scorching hot.

Nothing interesting for us.

Not knowing where to head for dinner, we simply walk in Mr. Steak as we saw a lot of locals inside this shop. It is a localized western foods restaurant.

I'd ordered Grilled Pork chop.

And hubby ordered Grilled Salmon. Total cost is only THB228.

Haha! But of course the taste of the foods was not tempting.

We called it a day after walking too much!

Hat Yai Day 1

Although we landed at Hat Yai on 12.30pm, after the immigration process, getting lost of where to get the minivan to hotel etc., we arrived hotel at almost 2pm. Starving!~ 

Before I proceed, let me share some information with you. To board the minivan to Hat Yai City Center from airport, once you step out from the airport door, immediately turn to your left side. A small counter located on the end of the left side, and you can purchase the minivan ticket which cost THB10 per person. 

We thought of having chicken rice at Mui Kee Hainanese Restaurant. When we approach the tuk tuk, he told us that the restaurant already close as it is already 2pm. So he introduced us to a restaurant, claiming local people will have the chicken rice here. I'm too hungry, thus not bother to take note of the restaurant name. However, it was located opposite Ching Jie Restaurant which I will introduce later.

We ordered roast pork.

Steamed chicken.

And they introduce us a bowl of meatball soup. This soup was really disappointing.

Overall this meal cost us THB380, which shock us as for us, we can get cheaper in Malaysia.

While the taste doesn't satisfy our tastebud at all.

The only add point was the owner was friendly.

After our meal, he helps to call up a tuk tuk for us and told us that the charges is THB20 each for around city. Deng~ we were con earlier from our hotel to here, as the tuk tuk driver charge us THB30 each.

And on our second tuk tuk ride, we notice that there should be this price list on the tuk tuk.

I saw it in people's blog, but due to the blog was in 2013, i thought price had increased from THB20 to THB30. Apparently, no, it does not change yet although it is already 2016.

After our lunch, we walk around the city and about 5pm, we stop a tuk tuk to bring us to Asean Trade Market. Tuk tuk cost THB100 for 2.

Asean Trade Market was disappointing too. Nothing interesting there.

We then walk to Central Festival Mall. We walk the wrong path and we walk so long!

Finally we found the mall. And we decided to have our dinner here. After scooting around, we found that the foods in the mall was expensive! So we end up in food court for some Thai foods.

Luckily the Pad Thai (THB60) does not disappoint us.

Braised Pork Rice THB70. So-so.

Clean and spacious food court located at the top of the mall which enable us to have some night view.

From Central Festival, we took a tuk tuk (THB20 each) to Greenway Night Market.

Yet another disappointment as we did not manage to get anything here.

Since we are so tired of walking, we just call it a day.