Haadyai Thailand 10 March 2012- We took a few weeks to figure where should we install our aft hard top canopy. It was a 'no brainer' when we found that Haadyai is actually almost 50% cheaper than in Penang.
Adrian and I decided to drive up to 'The Land of Thousand Smiles' on 10 March 2012 for this purpose. The day started early when Adrian picked me up from my mom-in-law place at 10 March 0430hrs. We took a turn to the famous Penang road 'Line Clear' Nasi Kandar stall and 'tekan' two plates of Penangites famous dishes.
We reached Thai border approximately 2hours after we left Penang and it didn't take long (including stopping by Chang Lung for vehicle insurance) before we are Sadao, Thailand.
It has been a few years since I last visited Haadyai by road, but my memory still serves me well and it was only a short while before we found the heart of old Haadyai- Pink Lady shopping mall.
We quickly parked our car and heads off for our morning Thai breakfast including thai handmade pau, fried koay teow, half boiled eggs and hot cuppa of coffee.
Thereafter we took a spin on our Hilux to start looking around for suitable accessories shop in town. My dear friend from Haadyai has already told me approximately price for a 'Carryboy' hard top canopy before we left Haadyai. It took us 03 shops before we decided to go for the 'G3 series Carryboy'.
Installation took us about 4hours and in the meantime, we ventured the old town on foot including chicken rice lunch and some shopping.
Before we leave Thai border, we managed to have our dinner over at Sadao, Thailand for a decent meal... it was fantastic!
Overall, we are very satisfied with the results and the new look of our Hilux. Our short one day venture ends in Penang at 10 Mar 2300hrs when Adrian dropped me back to 3 Mandalay Road Penang.
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