Cost Effective Travel
We planned a dive trip with my friend, dive master Ben, to Koh Lipe. We were supposed to drive to Pak Bara, Thailand with another diver friend. However, just before the trip he had unforeseen circumstances and couldn’t make it. So we decided to go by ourselves using whatever transport was available to us. I took a train from BM to Padang Besar as a senior citizen. It cost me only RM 5. We reached Padang Besar after 5pm. The local train from Padang Besar to Hat Yai was not available anymore since the last train leaves at 5pm, and it would have cost RM 10. So we took a van instead. It cost us RM 15 each for about a 2-hour journey. We checked into a budget hotel near town for RM 100. Then we had dinner at the famous Lee Garden. There were so many stalls and shops there. We had a sumptuous seafood dinner that came to RM 50 in total. We also had bubur cha and glutinous mango and durian rice. It was so delicious. The next morning we took a Grab to the bus s...