Going to Sadao (Malaysia-Thailand border)

7th August 2014

A post on how I extend my stay in Thailand. 

If any Malaysian students who came to Prince of Songkla HatYai campus and needed to renew your travel visa (is that what it's called? uhm.), I hope this give you some idea. 

I need to go to Malaysia-Thailand border to step into Malaysia land and come back Thailand. Nearest is Sadao border or Padang Besar border. Sadao border is nearer hence, I went to Sadao.

I took a motorcycle taxi to "bor kor sor" (bus station) from PSU which cost me 40baht.

From there, find the counter with Sadao written to buy minivan ticket. It's 57baht.

Tell the minivan driver you want to go to Sadao border. It takes less than 1 hour to reach the border. Usually depends on the driver how frequent he stops to drop off customer or send packages/mails.

Once reached, I thought I needed to take a motorcar to go into Malaysia and come back Thailand cause that's what written in most website i read. 

NOPE. Lucky there's an uncle who can speak English and wanted to renew his travel visa too.

He taught me that I just need to walk to the counter to get my passport cop-ed.

Ask the arrival/departure form from the office at the left side.
Fill in the form yourself (if they fill in for you it costs RM2).

Walk to another side and get your passport cop-ed again to re-enter Thailand. 

Then just walk ahead till 7-eleven to catch a minivan back to Hatyai. The counter selling the ticket is just outside 7-eleven. The ticket back to Hatyai is pricier around 70+baht. The kind uncle paid for me saying I'm still a student. Tell the minivan driver where to stop you. If he's kind enough, he will drop you where you stay. In my case, the driver stopped a motorcycle taxi for me. Hence, I paid another 40baht to get back to my dorm. It takes about 3 hours to go and come back.

Well, can't believe I went alone when I can't speak any Thai. Lucky when I was in the minivan, the girl beside me is a psychologist in PSU Pattani campus. She can speak Malay and a little English. Helped me to tell the driver and so on. Very kind. Even wished me Selamat when she get off. 

Then the uncle who taught me how to get my passport cop and paid for my ticket back to Hatyai. Talk to him the whole journey and he seems knowledgeable. A businessman. A traveller. Deals with plant fertilizers. What I remember most, he said 

"Be good/kind to others. You'll get it back one day. But when you're doing a good deed, never expect for a repay." 

True enough.

Another uncle who sat beside me talked to me too. Turns out he's a Penangite like me! Retired. Having a holiday with family. Very friendly. 

The motorcycle taxi who fetched me back actually stopped at the main road. He offered to fetch me till in front of my dorm. 

I felt like I met so many nice people in this short journey. =3

Thanks for all the help.

God bless all the kind people.