Travel - Betong, Thailand

I’m back from Betong, Sawadeekaa –Thailand.

The journey started by sitting an excruciating 8 hours in the bus and when we reached the border of Thailand and Malaysia in the crack of dawn , I was surprised to see a lot of Malaysian tourist by the bus load all queuing (NOT!) to go through the Malaysia custom. Blardee tired and couldn’t sleep in the bus at all, I was annoyed that some ahjumas(aunties) and ahjussis(uncles) were jumping the queue. A fight nearly broke out between some ahjumas because of it. Haha….like in a drama.

We went to all the tourist attractions in a day. Nothing much. One of them is the Piyamit tunnel. This was taken from the description board at the entrance:-

"The Piyamit tunnel is the Malaya communist's base build for bombshells and storing food suplies, the battlefield bases are located on the mountain top in the midst of the deep forests which separates the boundaries of thailand and malaysia covered the area of yala provinces.
The piyamit tunnel was built in 1977 with the length of 1km and 5-6 feet wide it took three months for excavation of 50 hard manships and there are 9 entrance exit paths."
Piyamit tunnel

Later, in the evening, the tour guide asked us whether we want to see some “sexy performance” at some karaoke shop. It was still early in the evening and all the other shops closes as early as 9pm, therefore I wanted to go and waste my time in the karaoke shop but nobody else was interested, so I have to decline as well. So, we got some beer (darn..thai beer is so cheap!), some supper and proceeded back to our hotel. Thai massages are available in the hotel, so they can always come to the room and give you “any type of massage”. Hey even their board with the list of masseuse indicated massage with double quote like this- “massage”. I wonder why. I opt for the foot massages but I would say the one that I got from my previous trip to Bangkok, Chiangmai and Pattaya was way much better.

One thing I like about this whole trip was the abundance of durian, langsat, rambutan and mangosteen everywhere. The trees are so full of durians unlike the one I see in Malaysia, so we ate lots of lots of it and you can just hope nobody burp and fart in the bus. Most of the people there can speak Chinese (Hokkien, Mandarin and Cantonese) and Bahasa Melayu other than Thai, therefore it’s easy for us to get around and it helps that Betong people are really warm and friendly too. (^-^)

Gasp..brothel city!

I won't be around for the weekend cos i'll be going to a ..gasp.. brothel city! I just renewed my passport yesterday and this evening i'll be heading up north. It was an impromptu decision that was only decided yesterday after i collected my passport. I have never even heard of that place before and I have no idea how big is the group I'm going with or who will be going. So after I said "YES, I'll join", I went and google on Betong Thailand and found out it's known as a brothel city for hamsap/horny malaysian man and some say singaporeans as well. I just hope this bunch of people I'm going with are not there purely for that reason!
*boink myself on the head*.

Well, maybe it won't be as bad as I think. I'm sure they have other attractions as well. Let me go find out and we shall see. I guess my guy friends dont have to go Batam anymore.

The Charm of Cameron Highlands

What do you do when you’re weary and all you need is some quiet peaceful getaway? Cameron Highlands it is. Although the place has lost some of its appeal after so much transformation, it is still one of my favorite places to relax, unwind and enjoy the fresh cool air. How nice is it to wake up every morning to all those unsullied cool misty air unlike those in our city now? Arghh… I wish I could stay there a bit longer and I wish too that they will stop mass building and destroy the rustic charm of that place. Maintain it as it is or it will become another Genting Highlands. We don’t want that, don’t we?? 아니오.아니오.



So what did I do there this time besides sleeping? Eat, going for walks and play cards most of the time. I have a really huge appetite whenever I’m there. Everything tastes so much more delicious up there (the food we cooked though; not those from the restaurants). 진짜.

Scenic view of the tea plantations..

I could spent hours just sitting and drinking coffee while enjoying the view there. 예쁘다. Sigh.. how I wish Hyun Bin is there as well... then everything will be just perfect!! *daydreaming*

The walk up to the tea centre ...(^_^)

P/s: When I was young, I used to have a maid from CH. Her name …well was Susu (yes as in "milk"). She’s an Orang Asli (aborigine). Susu, where are you?? If you have by any chance stumbled upon this though it’s quite unlikely, please, I wanna come visit you!! I miss you!! 보고싶 어.