Hotel Sri Kencana Kota Bharu

... footed and in nothing but a bikiki I got cut feet, scratched legs and ant bites but eventually we made it through the jungle and back to Carolyn who was sitting waiting like a mother hen concerned for babies!!<br><br>We mixed it up and ate somewhere different tonight where I had my own meal and shared another with Jack, followed by a shared pudding also!! 'You're like a married couple' blurted Carolyn!!ha ha!!<br><br>Drinking on the beach watching the lightening storm ...

Stayed at the KB Mutiara Inn, Pt 269 Seksyen 27, Jalan Sri Cemerlang, 15000 Kota Bharu, Kelantan (e-mail kbmutiarainn@yahoo.com) Family Room was 90 R. Disgusting place with cockroaches!!!! Second night we moved to Zeck's Traveller's Inn ( Homestay ) - http://www.zeck-travellers.com Room was 60 R for triple with attached bath. If you want towels, sheets that is extra!!! Price seems high ...

... water towards the Islands. It was a thrilling ride and well worth the RM35 (£7). Not being sure where we wanted to get off, Martyn decided we'd get off at the same stop as a German chap as he'd been there before and seemed to know what he was doing (we hoped!). <br>We'd heard some bad reports about some of the accommodations and had tried to book ahead but had been unsuccessful. We finally landed at Flora Bay.<br><br>

... hard day ahead. It's about 80 kms to Banding and it's mostly up. The resort is really expensive so we're hoping that the Malaysian people we have spoken to are right when they say that there is cheaper accommodation in the village, we're just not sure where the village is in relation to Highway 4. As I type this the rain is hammering down outside. There is an east and west monsoon in Thailand and Malaysia, and at the moment it's ...

... side as the waves were too high today. To go on the other side of the island, you need to go on a path through the jungle. So, there we went. Only a 15mn walk to reach Long Beach!Arriving there, Sean spotted a huge monitor lizard (un varan - dégueu) <br><br>We got a room in Matahari Chalets, just next to the beach. It is a real relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is barefoot and shirtless, with big rasta. No car, No bank and the electricity is ...

... t great at all so I set out on the regular accommodation search and quickly realised that the standard of accommodation was very poor and the prices they were asking for them were pretty high. We ended up getting a place with air conditioning for E20 and a free dinner but it wasn't great. I went to check in and when I came back Lydia was on the balcony looking a bit shocked. I asked what was wrong and she said she just saw the biggest lizard ...

Nodding off in the taxi we arrive at Kula Besut just after 11. Thankfully we are told there is a 12.00 ferry we can get on. Yay!! Things are looking up! 12.00 we jump aboard a speed boat type thing... (definitely not the ferry we were imagining) and zoom across the blue blue ocean towards two islands in the not too far off distance... in fact, they are located only 21km off the mainland, a lot closer than we had envisaged but oh so beautiful ...

So we took a 8 hour train here thinking it would be the easiest place to cross the border, and head into thailand... turns out we must take an hour and a half taxi to the border, then another 9 hour bus to Krabi... sweet. at least this geusthouse is cheap, clean, and has very powerful fans. all in all Kota Bharu is - well ...

... tops, big beefy tops 4kg upwards hurled onto the floor with bits of waxed rope, lethal as demonstrated by one of the European guys attempts, aswell as ploughing his top straight into the floor, he whipped a guy clean across the face, now this is a sport. The second attempt by this chap there was a noticable gap around him. The pros are amazing making it look simple, knocking tops this way and that. Thursday 9th: With as I'm sure you have noticed the ...

... I knew there had been a few bombs and demonstations. I also knew that there had been a vow not to target tourists so I wasn't overly worried. The journey itself from Krabi all the way to the Malay border was an all day affair and a number of bus changes. The latter stages of the journey took us through numerous road blocks and the odd demostration that involved at a guess about 1000 people. To be fair, apart from the men with face scarves on ...