Kota Bharu Guesthouse

... was sad for me because I was wearing a long sleeved shirt to be respectful of the very conservative Muslim community living here. Kota Bharu is a city in the northeast side of Malaysia. It is predominately Muslim and very strict. When we arrived we were ...

... cheap (only NZD$16 for a double room with private bathroom). The old Chinese couple who ran the place were very nice. Kota Bharu itself was an interesting experience. It's the most pedestrian unfriendly place I've ever been, many of the roads have no ...

... fransman som jobbade i Melakka och som hade varit på Perhentian på semester samt två av tjejerna från dykcentret upp till Kota Bharu. För att sammanfatta upplevelserna på Perhentian Kecil så har det varit fantastiskt och ska man åka dit så är ...

hello We reluctantly leave the Cameron Highlands and the more comfortable temperatures and set of for Mr Lee's Guesthouse in Kota Bharu, another place to recommend. Not the easiest of places to find but Mr Lee is very obliging and will meet you if you ...

... to whimsically go changing it!"   19:10 I arrived fairly late in the grand scheme of things and probably missed the last bus going to Kota Bharu so ended up getting a taxi which I was worried would cost a lot- it only cost £4, I didn't even try and ...

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 ...

... on our way. So, after being stamped out of Thailand and into Malaysia with no drama, I got a taxi to the nearest town of Kota Bharu. My intention was to stay here for one night in order to catch the train further south in the morning. Still alone, and ...

Best thing about this town was the guesthouse! Worth a visit, but not for long. ...

Dank 'n dirty little border town where our skin was the wrong colour to warrant any sort of welcome from the local, staunchly Muslim, population. ...

... emociones fuertes, me fui a por el de pollo. Ya comidos y contentos, emprendemos el camino de vuelta al guesthouse y a dormir pronto pues Kota Bahru no es precisamente una ciudad que brille por su ambiente nocturno, de echo es la ciudad mas musulmana ...

... back to Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. We met up with Skot & we had a few beers & icecream (its' a good mix, honest) in our guesthouse then off to China Town for a few beers which was actually about 3 doors down from where we were staying so god knows where me ...

... a few days here before heading on. From Cherating, we took a coastal coach drive up the Eastern coast past some stunning scenery to Kota Bharu, a large town on the Far North East coast of Malaysia and close to the border to Thailand. It’s quite a ...

... little stop as the driver had to go pray at a prayer room attached to a petrol station. We got into Kota Bharu quite late. We had read about a guesthouse called Cerana but when we got there it was empty, the place was open and looked nice but there was ...

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 ...

... will be spitting toothpaste on the floor, peeing in any old random hole we find, eating with our fingers, etc. etc! The town of Kota Bharu itself seems quite nice - we didn't really do that much sightseeing though, it was a bit hot. We did however ...

... quick fill in because I missed a location. We stayed in Kota Bharu for one night in between Perhentian Islands and Kuching. Kota Bharu is a small, nondescript city most notable for its fantastic night market. The place we stayed I couldn't recommend more ...

I feel bad saying it, but Kota Bharu smells.  There is no getting away from it, there is a general smell of rubbish and drains which just alters in intensity as you walk around the town. The bus ride here from the west coast of peninsular Malaysia ...

... was quite infuriating at times as the bus stopped literally every 5 metres to let someoneoff - can't they walk that far?!  At Kota Bharu bus station I felt very out of place as it is a muslim city and every woman had their head covered and most were ...

... Bharu on the north east coast. From door to door it took 11 hours on 4 different buses, and they were very bumpy!  Kota Bharu is a Muslim majority city and you can really tell the difference from the rest of Malaysia. It is not very touristy - ...