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Travel Blogs from Kota Bahru, Malaysia
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This is a top pick! ... guy (Felix) who was going our way. We walked across the border together and hopped on a local bus to Kota Bahru. The buses in Malaysia are quite modern albeit very cold. Everyone also speaks quite good English. Malaysia starkly contrasts all the poverty ...
A little bit of culture...
This is a top pick! ... Malaysia! But in true Team Smedders style and 5 (oh yes!) buses and a whole day of travel later we arrived in Kota Bahru in the North East of Malaysia (v close to the Thai Border!) This place came as a great surprise as we'd met an Irish couple who didn't ...
Pulau Perhentians
This is perhaps the most gratitous entry ever and I should be ashamed, but it is in this unremarkable little town that we tasted the best stuffed crust pepperoni feast i have ever tasted... Pizza Hut cheese on cheese in cheese ...
The Jungle Railway
so eventually we had to leave the island :( very sad cos it was so beautiful, but we headed up to Kota Bahru. there wasnt much there and we only stayed one night as we were up at 5 am to catch the jungle train nearly half the length of peninsula malaysia! ...
Malaysia - Perentian Paradise and Cameron Highland
... over 90 passengers, mostly travelers... Perentian Paradise and high altitude training in the Cameron Highlands Once in Malaysia we traveled straight to the Perentian Islands off the east coast of Malaysia. We purposefully avoided ...
Besøg i den virkelige malaysiske verden
På vej væk fra bountyøerne, havde vi et par timer til at udforske byen Kota Bahru, hvor lufthavnen lå. Det var en mellemstor by, som nok er det tætteste vi kommer på at se det gennemsnitlige by-Malaysia. Det var hverken "København" eller "Mørke", ...
Back into Malaysia
... 't given it enough justice and seen enough places to warrant much of an opinion. An hour bus journey south and we arrived at Kota bahru - very Muslim - made me wonder what chances of a cold beer later? Had no idea where I was staying, I wandered down ...
Kota Bahru
Abends um 18.00 Uhr sind wir nach fast 12 stuendiger Reise in Kota Bahru in Malaysia angekommen. Es ging mit dem Longtail-Boot um 6.00 Uhr zum Sonnenaufgang am Rei Lee Beach los und dann mit dem Minibus weiter bis zur Grenze. Hatte schon was, zu Fuss ...
An Islamic City
... bigger political parties, so they're worried about riots in bangkok... looks like I timed my trip through there pretty well). Kota Bahru advertises itself as "The Islamic City", and it's pretty much the center of the malaysian islamic culture. ...
Kota Bahru
... , me fui a por el de pollo. Ya comidos y contentos, emprendemos el camino de vuelta al guesthouse y a dormir pronto pues Kota Bahru no es precisamente una ciudad que brille por su ambiente nocturno, de echo es la ciudad mas musulmana de toda Malasia ...
Perenthian to Kota Bahru
... alors attendre la bateau au bar du Tuna. La bateau arrive a l'heure et nous emme a Kuala Besut. De la un taxi nous emmene a Kota Bahru pour 40 Rm. C'est presque une heure de route. Le taxi nous offre un Klapamoda, c'est a dire un jus de noix de coco ...
Paradise
We arived in Kota Bahru, which is the gatway town to the Perhentian Islands, in the early hours of the morning while it was still dark outside. We were directed to a small tourst office which had opened just for our arrival. We ...
Malaysian peninsular and the Perhentian Islands
... did the vine swing! (never again - K) Then it was off to Taman Negara the main primary jungle in the middle of Peninsular Malaysia. After an uneventful night in Jeruntut we caught the boat into the jungle. 3 hours on a long thin boat going up the ...
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Just keepin' track of the cities I've been in...see the blog on the Jungle Railway for a bit about Kota Bahru! Keith ...
Kota Bahru
The guide book made this place sound exciting... Can't say I agree. It si a large place and it is really the place to get money and email before you go to the islands and get your visa for Thailand if you are heading that way. Other than that... ...
From Tana Rata to Kotha Baru
A Day Trip from C-H to Kohta Baru. This was just a stopover for the Pherhentian ...
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