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Kota Bharu Slideshow
Kota Bharu
Travel Blogs from Kota Bharu, Malaysia
On the east west highway
13th May 2009 Jelita Inn, Jeli, Malaysia Kuala Bersut - Jeli (120 kms) It's raining This morning we got up at 5.30, as we normally do, in order to set off at 6am, not even thinking about the time difference. At 6am it's still dark, ...
Journey to Malaysia
... was very easy and much more inviting than "The Kingdon of Cambodia"! Once through we caught a local bus to a little town called Kota Bharu and we found a great backpackers hostel right next door to the bus station. This was only a stop off town really ...
Perenthian Islands
d perenthien island erfuelled wohl jede ferietraum: wisse sandstrand, klars, himmelblaus, warms wasser gfuellt mit fisch und koralle, schildkroete, roche und blacktip haie.. ade waldraend chamer (naebst de abertusig eichhoerndli wo ueberall ...
piouf, pas facil tous les jours!
Voilà, au revoir la Thaïlande! Je suis parti avec un mal aux jambes phénoménal suite à mes expéditions de la veille. Lever 6H pour arriver à l'hôtel à 21h30 après avoir été entasser dans un mini (avec 3 touristes qui avaient du mal à ...
Back on the mainland
We are back on the mainland of Malaysia after 11 days in what can only be described as paradise. Updates to follow ...
Jungle Trail & Stream
6) Finally it's the costing of the entire stay of 5D4N; it's competitive when comparing to those well-established resorts. But when it's comes with a secluded/privacy beach...only sound of waves and bird waking you up in the morning...surprise ...
Kotu Bharu
... ! After the night market we all crashed back at the backpackers. Next day we checked out the town a bit more. Malaysia being a Muslim country has so many incredible mosques around. We even tried to check out the Sultan's Palace but ...
Paradise
9th May 2009 Symphony Village, Perhentian Kecil, Malaysia Rantau Panjang - Puteh Pirsut - Kuala Bersut (97 kms) - Perhentian Kecil (by boat) 70 RM Very, very hot indeed Exchange rate: £1 = 5.2 Ringitt (RM) We are now in ...
Hows your luck?
Kota Bharu. This northernmost city in Malaysia is situated very close to the Thai border. Historically a fishing town, its food today definitely reflects its past. Devoutly Muslim you frequently hear the call to pray (Inbetween birdsong, more on that ...
To poop or not to poop?
International pooping is not an easy "sport." The problem is that much like plug-ins around the world the pooping devices are always different!?! I am talking about toilets people! There really needs to be instruction manuals (including pics) for ...
Other Island Activities
When we were not diving or playing v-ball we certainly were not bored. We spent a bit of time just hanging around the dive shop, talking about diving and stuff in general with the instructors and owner. We did a fair bit of reading on the beach. I ...
Erste Stadt in Malaysien / Getting into Malaysia
Text im naechsten Kapitel, hier nur Fotos / text in the next chapter, just pictures ...
Chinese dusties and a house made for 4
... ! On the way we had a little stop as the driver had to go pray at a prayer room attached to a petrol station. We got into Kota Bharu quite late. We had read about a guesthouse called Cerana but when we got there it was empty, the place was open and looked ...
A few days on the beautiful Perhentian islands
Next we headed to the amazing Perhentian islands which are definitely the most beautiful islands we have been to so far. They are really under-developed and remote and not at all commercial which is beautiful because it means there are no massive resorts ...
Where?
Still raining and with it being our last couple of weeks we decided to make a break back to Thailand in the search for a beach with good weather. Enough of this travelling ...
Days 54-61 - Perhentian (Kecil) Island - Beach Bum
Again the days blur into over a week of exploring and relaxing in a tropical paradise. It certainly gave the Gili's (in Indonesia) a run for its money and neither of us can decide which was better. The amount of locals we met that first night - thanks to ...
Marvelous Malaysia
... day between 6:30-7:45 pm so they could pray and eat after fasting all day. We rode the Jungle Train through central Malaysia going through Taman Negara National Park which is the oldest natural jungle left in the world. After a challenging train ...
To kiss or not too kiss...
I open my eyes, a little disorientated after another nights drinking, and seeing Carolyn padding around our proper room instead of the dingy shed and suddenly it dawns on me that this is it. The end of the road. Not for me, but for Carolyn, and therefore ...
BACK TO SOUTHEAST ASIA - SINGAPORE AND MALYASIA...
... looked like so many years ago. Our final stop in Malaysia before heading back to Singapore was the eastern coast city of Kota Bharu. The Muslim influence is strongest on the east of the peninsula, and although much more moderate than its counterpart in ...
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 ...
U can't eat your puddin, If U don't eat your meat!
... I enjoy watching people come and go from the train. Coming from Thailand that is 95% Buddhist, 4% Muslim and then into Malaysia which is overwhelmingly Muslium. The clothing attire and attitude are obviously different. I was thinking about it today on the ...
Sandy cheeks
... on Thursday afternoon with smiles and good memories. The 'fast boat' was late again but a super nice taxi driver took us to Kota Bharu where we checked into Zeck's travellers inn and put the laundry on. It's onwards to Thailand this weekend, we'll be ...
Back to the Mainland and looking for elephants
12th May 2009 Nan Hotel, Kuala Bersut, Malaysia (35 RM) Hot and sticky We said our farewells to Elaine and took the 12 o'clock ferry from the Perhentian back to Kuala Bersut. The sea was flat as a pancake so if a ride can be THAT bumpy ...
Last Night in the Tropics
Our last stop in SE Asia before heading back to Singapore the Perhentian Islands off the NE coast of Malaysia provided a fitting end to our fun filled adventures. Consisting of two islands - one of which you can walk across in 10 minutes, no roads and ...
Pulau Perhentian Day 141 (8th Oct)
A fairly long bus journey ensued, I got on the bus with John and met up with Mohammed and Leigh, who were also heading to the perhentian islands. After a few hours we stopped off for lunch. We eventually arrived at the jetty at around 5pm, just as a ...
First day in Dabong and the Jungle
When train stopped at Dabong station we were in last train carriage with Mark and Rachael. The train was so long we were not at a platform and only just realised that we needed to get off at trackside in the mud as train started to move forward......we ...
Return to Civilisation
... to come down. Packed up and said goodbye to our adopted neice and nephews!! at basecamp. Yat taking us down and then onto Kota Bharu. The walk down was better but Tony managed to slip 3 or 4 times...quite slippery and very steep in places having to go ...
A night we will never forget!
... Indian restaurant where we had our first banana leaf meal. So yummy! Then we went back to planning for the next weeks in Malaysia, making reservations, figuring things to do, transportation, etc. Then I decided we are totally behind on the blog, so I ...