Merlin Hotel Narathiwat
40 Chareonkit Road, Amphur Sungai Golok Narathiwat, Thailand
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Thai Islands, Perhentians and Malaysian Jungle
... It recommends to hire a guide when heading into the jungle but this was expensive so we grabbed a map, rented some hiking boots and headed in on our own. We manged to locate the canopy walk a series of rope bridges attached 40m up in the tress which is very impressive but this was all very easy to get to so we decided to head off the beaten track and into the real jungle. We spent 5 hours trekking climbing and crawling in the humid heat through very thick ...
Long bus day...
... going up to Kota Bharu, which was at 8pm. We shoveled some rice and noodles down and caught our next bus for another 3 hours.
Luckily when we got up to KB we found a hostel right next to the bus station and got a cheap room there. It was not bad, as far as hostels go. A couple of decent sized beds, our own bathroom and shower (with hot water) and a tv (which didn’t get any channels at all. We took a short ...
Crack of Dawn
... close to the border of Thailand. It was pretty in parts and the people were friendly. It was raining and very hot, some might say 'silly hot', not the best day to be trudging around town.
We turned up at the Cultural Center only to find it closed. Our next stop was the Handy Craft Museum, we rocked up, only to find the guy did not have 1Ringet change to get in, so we gave it a swerve and went to see the Mosque ...
Kota Bharu
We got to Kota bharu after a 8 hour bus trip from Penang, which is not as painful as you might think as there is a lot to see and take in as you drive through the beautiful mountains and pass the lakes in tasik temengor. We had a super VIP bus, which has large seats similar to business class
on a plane so getting a bit of sleep wasn't to difficult.
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Rat City
We arrived in Kota Bharu after a very long, but fairly comfortable bus journey where we ate peanut butter and jam sandwiches :-)
The guesthouse was pretty sweet and had well priced rooms and a nice common area.
We went out into the city to find some food and maybe a 7/11 to grab some drinks. The city is heaving with wild rats. They sit in the streets in groups of 5 plus. They are not at all bothered by human presence and in the half an hour I ...


