Crystal Lodge Kota Bharu

... VERY seriously and even had bets running on the winner. <br><br><br>Last night we went to the night food market a must see according to the Lonely Planet. It wasn't as big as we thought but it had loads of wonderful smelling meats and curry dishes on little stalls. We tried the chicken body on a stick and Gary had liver on a stick too. He also wondered a what the eyeballs on a stick tasted like..........but they ...

... of Perve Patrol!! Packing the final few bits and pieces, Carolyn goes on ahead to check out and I scan the room for any little its and pieces that might have somehow escpaped my excellent packing-whereby everything got scrunched up and thrown in the bag!! I take one last look at the bathroom floor which is covered in clumps of sand, do you even get clumps of sand?! Who knows...but that is exactly what is littering our bathroom floor!!<br><br>Strolling ...

... til ad geyma tad allt, tvi tad var ju vist frumskogur og fullt af trjam bara tarna rett fyrir aftan og dyr tefa uppi svona mat.. Ok ta attum vid ad vera nokkud oruggar, en vid vorum samt med starandi Geko edlu i loftinu fyrir ofan netid, hun aetladi bara ad hanga tar alla nottina, ok hun atti ad vera alveg meinlaus, og fyrst hun var tar tyddi ad tad vaeru allavega ekki snakar a stadnum (vid hofdum einmitt sed einn svoleidis fyrr um daginn tarna fyrir utan, en strakarnir bunir ad ...

Perhentian Islands We arrived in the border town of Khota Baru near the Northeast tip of Malaysia, it has a strong Muslim presence. I must say, generally that I didn't like the feel of Malaysia. The people are just plain, vanilla, boring, etc. We took the "jungle train" through Northern Malaysia to get here. It was quite beautiful at times, but was without a doubt the most uncomfortable ride of my life. It was about 95 degrees out, the windows were broken so that they ...

It was a short 15min ride from Jerteh to Kuala Besut where we were dropped off at the Bubu Resort office at Samudra Hotel along the coast.. It was a pretty hassle-free process of settling our speedboat tickets and completing the guest forms at the main desk (Ah! The conveniences of getting a package!), but the resort speedboat would only depart at 10am (Ah! The inflexibilty of getting a ...

... 1.5m fish still looks bloody threatening when you're floating about clumsily in the middle of the ocean! Amazing adrenaline rush though! Next stop was Turtle Point..as we began the search the driver pointed to a huge dark shape moving below the surface of the water. The shape gradually became larger and larger until the turtle poked its head out of the water for some air. As it descended again there was a mad rush on the boat as everyone ...

... got on the train at 9:30 pm and quickly found our bunks (2nd class, air conditioned - 1200 Baht per person, including the catamaran ride and transfers - approx $35 USD). After a few photos of the two of us hanging off of our bunks we closed our curtains and tried to sleep. Around 7am the next morning we rolled out of our bunks to check out the train. To our surprise the bathroom, a squatter, was an open hole right to the tracks. So I guess it would be polite to wait ...

After arriving in KL, we decided that it was too much and we must leave. The train north to Kota Bharu was that night, so after checking out a park and eating some good indian food, we were off. After a night train ride we arrived in kota Bharu, an interesting city that is rapidly developing and has major traffic problems. We stayed overnight and left the next morning to the Perhentian ...