Crystal Lodge Kota Bharu

Beautiful beautiful island life!!!!!!!!!! We have LOVED it here and do not want to leave! We think we make quite good beach bums! These islands have the most amazing white sand and clearest water we've ever seen. A bit of snorkelling is the only hard ...

... of those we have visited in Laos and Thailand.     23rd June 2008 Kota Bharu :   Woke up and had a hearty breakfast at the hotel. It was included ...

... two day relaxing, sunning and swimming on the beach and they showed films in the restaurant in the evenings. Traveled back to Kota Bharu with our neighbours from the long house, the ferry home was really rough and the ferry driver insisted on packing this ...

... longer than anticipated (you'd think we'd learn!) so we were forced to stay overnight (but technically only half a night!) in Kota Bharu, a taxi ride from the border in north-east Malaysia. Our bible (our trusted friend the Lonely Planet) declared this ...

... beachside properties and deposited a lot of rubbish on the beach. Still, the long crescent of lightly coloured sand with the blue, crystal waters were quite a sight. We stayed one night on this beach (in the cheapest place we could find - RM15 for the 3 ...