Hotel Mawar Kota Bharu

... und anstatt khrop khun ka - terima kasih oder in stead of sawas dee ka - hi or hello;) <br><br>ich bin durch maerkte durch, habe mir den first kings palace of malaye, das 2ww museum angeschaut und habe eine batik art werkstatt besucht!<br>es iust einfach alles so sauber in malaye, man muss 20 euro strafe zahlen wenn man von der police dabei erwischt wird muell auf die strasse zu werfen. es sah i9n kota bharu aus, als gaebe es gar keinen muell. only the ...

... OZ when I departed the UK but when Pete Stark is coming to see you...things change!! When the monsoons hit Penang I decided enough was enough and that I would seek shelter down under until they passed so here goes!!<br><br>Anyway did little else today other than continue to be terrorised by the yellow frogs and the lads at our accommodation...!! Although I did swim out to this massive floating platform with Jack late afternoon. We could see it from the shore and ...

... br>We left K.B. to catch the ferry to the Perhentian Islands and shared a transfer with two young Canadians who had just finished their first year at Uni. (made us feel old!!). They were really nice and we'd met them the night before at the night market, so we chatted on the way down to the ferry port. They'd been through the S.E. Asia circuit and were on their way to Indonesia, a whistle stop 3-month tour before ...

... presented gardens. Could we have a room? No, no rooms. So back we went 5 kms to the R&amp;R stop at the MRSM (it's a school) stop on the way into Jeli, to find the Jelita Inn. It had just started to rain as we got to the Inn, so we were glad to find that there was in fact a hotel and it wasn't just part of my imagination or something the guys at the resort had said just to get rid of us. After some confusion over whether ...

... t find a place to change money for the bus. When we found one they gave us a **** rate so we only gave 10 USD, just to take the bus (1 USD for 45km!Eat your heart out Bus Eireann) We finally arrived in Kota Bharu to our guest house after 12 hours of travelling. We eat at the local food court and Sean gets some extremely spicy Nasi Goreng. His mouth was on fire and he nearly downed his milkshake! On the way back to the guest house, we ...

... reading, and most of all frolicking around the beach letting the relaxation delve deep into our souls and discover feelings that I have never had before. The snorkeling is first rate, great variety, visibility and colors. The diving is also only about 20 dollars a pop and most sites are less than a 15 minute boat ride away. All in all the Perhentians are amazing, but lack culture and vibes of Thailand or Indonesia, thank god we got that Beam in Duty Free so not all was lost.

After an hour or so we finally arrive in Kota Bharu and get dropped at a guesthouse with... yay internet and Skype. Get connected with First Direct and give them a blasting for freezing our cards yet again. We've lost count the amount of times they have done this, despite being advised of our movements ...

... sore thumbm, a bit like birmingham!. We have had a look around at the markets and the people have been really friendly with loads stopping to talk to us in the street and genreally being really nice. Its good to come somewhere like this as it does make you appreciate that an islamic culture does affect the way they do alot of things but basically everyone is the same and they have been more friendly than alot of places. Thats it. Ive had enough, im not writing any more. Mum, i ...

Wedesday 8th: Up an out a bit of a regal start with the Royal Ceromony Museum, a right pain to find tucked away in the bottom of Kota Bharu, Rough Guife maps are shockingly bad at times. All sorts of interesting snippets about royal life if only the English royal family had such rituals. I can't imagine the Queen being in confinement after birhing, Charles, Edward or ....., for forty days whilst the placenta dried, I'm sure there must be interesting bits that ...

March 15 - 19 A beautiful beautifl getaway! In attendance: John, Joti, Rachel, Matt and his girlfriend natasha We took a long long overnight bus up to the islands... which were well worth the journey that is for sure! This is definately a secret jem of southeast asia - forget cuba forget ...