Suria Hotel Kota Bharu

... sat and i waited!! and waited and waited ... quite a boring day really ... however one good thing ... i decided to have some lunch ... so i asked for rice and pointed at the other stuff (ie egg in sauce chicken in sauce and other stuff in sauce) and said .. Spicy??? he said ... No ... so i had just the sauce form the egg one .. he charged me 1ringit!!!! dont forget 5.5ringit = 1 pound!!! so .. bargain lunch .. and so i had the same for tea ...

... restaurant for some brekkie and a catch up with Carolyn!!<br><br>Spend the whole afternoon soaking up the rays in the sea, this place really is amazing!! It's so peaceful compared to the hustle and bustle of Medan!!<br><br>When we head back to our accommodation to get ready for food etc we notice that all the local lads who run our accommodation have gathered outside our hut!! Hmmm we head for a shower and when we come out they are now ...

... that was pretty cool to watch as well. The next day it was incredibly hot and muggy... and all we wanted to do was swim... in anything, beach, pool, rancid stream... it didn't matter. Turns out there is no pool nearby so we took a city bus out of town towards the coast and paid to visit a resorts pool for just the day. We got on the bus right around the time that the local schools let out... so all along the way as many human bodies as could possibly fit did fit! Kota Bahru is clearly ...

... meaning to go snorkeling and diving but hadn't quite got round to it, a bit like us, intending to walk across to Coral Bay but never making it. That kind of sums up the Perhentian Islands, it's a very relaxing place to just be. The local cat probably wouldn't agree, it crawled onto our balcony yesterday with a bleeding tail, looking very sorry for itself. The local Monitor Lizards like to eat cat and ...

... so loads of boats arrived with young locals ready to party. They were really loud and screaming in the early hours so Sean gave them an earful! <br><br><br>The next couple of days were dedicated to the beach. Our last few days doing nothing before starting real travelling again! Our hostel was showing the last Angelina Jolie movie in the restaurant (which was really good). Every night, they would play a different pirate DVD.! We ...

... for the local bus to Kota Bharu arrived. There is no set time, you just have to wait until one turns up, approximately every 3 hours or so. Luckily I had a congregation of friendly taxi drivers looking out for me and making sure the bus stopped! The bus journey was hot as there was no aircon and it really didn't go fast enough to put the windows to good use! It was quite infuriating at times as the bus stopped literally every 5 metres to let ...

... to be a nice quick easy cash grab soon turned into a bit of a nightmare. We had to call the banks in London to reactivate our cards. To do this we needed a phone. To use this we needed a phone card. Unfortunately for us nowhere seemed to sell such things. Internet??... nope no internet either. Closest town to us with internet and phone facilities - Kota Bharu - an hour or so out of our way. Great.

... var noe utenom de vanlige snorkleturene ja; begynte med å se to svære havskilpadder som vi svømte sammen med. De bare svømte sakte, spiste litt sjøgress og svømte litt videre...rar opplevelse. Hadde jo trodd at de skulle stikke av, men det gjorde de ikke... På neste stopp traff vi på hai. Ikke noe kjempehai akkurat, men minihai (på ca 1/2 meter). Veldig spesielt...de så akkurat ut som ordentlige haier, bare at de ...

... visibility 20 meters plus. It is very easy to do nothing here if you want but there are boat trips, snorkelling and diving opportunities galore! Whilst reading Harry P Jon went off to capture some of the local flora and fauna on camera (although the huge Monitor Lizards - 1.5m - we saw on our first day proved frustratingly elusive, his baby brother was more than happy to ...

... beach. The beach here is great. On day one we hung on the beach as it took most of the morning to get here and get settled in. We frolicked on the beach all day (got a sunburn) and had fun in the sun ( and surf). The local food here is great with a mixture of Indian curries and some Malaysian rice dishes. Day 2 we try to go snorkeling but learn that you, must book the trip the night before, but we don't take no for an answer ...