Kota Bharu Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Today I dove at a different dive ship called Steffen's. It was cool because we dove with this local guy named Rick who could stay under for hours on a single tank of air. The man was a freaking fish! We dove at this site called T3 and I must say, this was the coolest dive site I've ever seen! There were so many fish and the visibility was phenom...

Up late....nice. Updated blog today before we go to Perhentian Islands tomorrow...bit of luxury hopefully after jungle and hostels. Purchased sandals today....two pairs so I really did throw away my old trainers. I noted later that someone had taken them out of the bin....must have been desperate. At the hostel the manager Pawi asked us to talk ...

Turen inn fra Perhentian gikk vel på sett og vis bedre enn turen ut...ingen spruting og ingen overhormonell kaptein som skulle få utløp for ett eller annet...så vi var tørre og fine da vi steg i land :-) Fra kaien er det ca 1 time med taxi inn til byen. Betalte 40 RN for turen, og kom helt frem til "hotellet" vi var blitt anbefalt av en dame som...

English - Fairwell to the Islands and back to the mainland but not as easy as it might seem. First our boat to pick us up is well late. Then when we get on we have to wait on it for half an hour for 6 other people who never turn up. Then the boat driver starts driving us in the opposite direction to the mainland. We have to shout at him for 5 mi...

This is our second visit here after staying a night before our trip to the islands, the guest house we are staying in is indeed 'Ideal' a bit rough around the edges but friendly hosts help to sort out your travel needs. In the back garden there seems to be a whole zoo out there tortoise, terrapins, cats and white rabbits, the later I can never s...

Kota Bharu, considered to be Malaysia's Muslim heartland, is boasted for their night market where the best food in Malaysia is to be found. We were looking forward to an evening feast in the open market, planning to only spend the night and head off to the Cameron Highlands the next morning, when a chance encounter changed our plans. We befriend...