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♥Jun 6th Friday♥
Early in the morning, the hubs drove to Kampung Kuala Besar, a fishing village near Kota Bharu.
The fishermen there seem to love to keep the Jambul or Red Whiskered Bulbul, a bird which they will use in bird singing competition.
Back at the hotel, we had another scrumptious buffet breakfast; after that the girls wanted to go back to Siti Khatijah Central Market to get more fake legos (yes, they sell them there at a very good price).
We stopped by at Loo Coffee for a drink and ended up chatting to the owner, Alice, for almost an hour about Kota Bharu and the Chinese community. Most of the Chinese there seem happy with the ruling party, PAS. When pork is sold at a little hidden corner with high walls in Klang Valley, they are sold openly in Kota Bharu. The market near by Loo Coffee had pork sold right at its entrance, a scene not available in Klang Valley. Unfortunately, when the hubs walked over there later, the market was already closed. Alice suggested that we go to the Thai border to see the impressive and huge temples built there.
We could have gone on chatting with Alice, but the girls were restless and nagging us to move on.
We drove out of Kota Bharu, and headed to Tumpat, which is a district at the Thai border (the other bigger Thai Border town Rantau Panjang is inland and further away from Kota Bharu); but to cross to Thailand (Tak Bai Checkpoint) from this side of the border, a ferry/boat ride across the Golok River is required.
The closer we got to Tumpat, the more Thais we saw. We actually broke for lunch at a small road side shed serving simple Thai food. Every one spoke Thai there, a guy had to take our orders in Bahasa Malaysia, and translate to Thai for the cook. Zaria was happy to have some pork to eat after so many days at the East Coast.
We stopped at the KTM station there, which is the eastern terminus of KTM's East Coast Line.
As the station was pretty quiet, we went to the track and took some yoga shots. Eventually, the station master spotted us and shooed us away.
The girls, not toying with danger, stayed in a nearby shed, fooling around while waiting for us.
While driving to Pengkalan Kubor, the hubs decided to make a stop at Pantai Seri Tujuh. It seemed like a pretty popular beach for a picnic looking at how much rubbish had been littered and accumulated! I'd never seen a dirtier beach!
I'm disgusted at how we 'take care' of our beaches!
Luckily it wasn't a wasted trip as besides being a popular picnic spot, it's also a local favourite for kite flying. We saw some huge Wau Bulan or moon kites, being flown.
We even got to go on a horse carriage ride around the village nearby, as requested by the girls.
By the time we're done at Pantai Seri Tujoh, and rushed to Pengkalan Kubur the Malaysian checkpoint at the Thai Border, the chekcpoint was already closed for the day (up till 6pm each day), so no crossing over to Thailand.
We drove back towards Kota Bharu, and searched for Restaurant Kampung Kulim (GPS coordinates) at Wakaf Baru as it's a highly recommended restaurant.
It wasn't an easy restaurant to find, as it's hidden in some residential area. We has to ask around for direction before we managed to find it but only to know it's closed for the week! (So that the workers can rest it seemed!) Anyway, if we were to be in Kelantan the next time, we'll definitely want to try this place. We ended up eating at Cheng Mai Restoran, a Thai restaurant nearby Restaurant Kampung Kulim, but it wasn't good that good.
♥Jun 7th Saturday♥
We checked out Hotel Perdana after our morning breakfast. It's been a great stay there, love the clean gymn, the nice pool, and with super buffet spread we got every morning, and the service we got from the reception to the concierge was 5 star!
After another visit to Siti Khatijah Central Market for last round of shopping, we went hunting for Kopitiam Kita ( 4357-A, Jalan Pengkalan Chepa, Taman Desa Jaya, Kelantan, Kota Bharu), another place highly recommended.
Crowded kopitiam, the place is famous for packed rice from different district of Kelantan.
However, most of the rice were gone when we got there. Only managed to grab 2 packs of Nasi Ayam Goreng Kak Wok.
The girls have some kaya toasts, and then some customers next to our table recommended us roti titab, famous in this kopitiam. It's just a pan fried butter toast, top with soft boiled egg, with 4 dollops of kaya dotting the corners of the toast.
Something different.
This was considered our early lunch, before we took the long drive down to Kuantan. Our next destination.
Somewhere on the journey, we stopped at the road side for some kueh baked using brass pan over a fire fueled by coconut husks.
The brass pan was placed on top of the fire, and top with more burning husks to bake the kueh.
It was a very fragrant and tasty kueh.
Driving inland between palm oil plantations, we spotted some wild hornbills flying about kind of like playing, the hubs decided to chase after them.
.
All these stops made us finally arriving at Kuantan past 10pm. We felt so happy/relief to get into our cozy room at Riverview Boutique Guesthouse
.
♥Jun 6th Friday♥
Early in the morning, the hubs drove to Kampung Kuala Besar, a fishing village near Kota Bharu.
The fishermen there seem to love to keep the Jambul or Red Whiskered Bulbul, a bird which they will use in bird singing competition.
Back at the hotel, we had another scrumptious buffet breakfast; after that the girls wanted to go back to Siti Khatijah Central Market to get more fake legos (yes, they sell them there at a very good price).
We stopped by at Loo Coffee for a drink and ended up chatting to the owner, Alice, for almost an hour about Kota Bharu and the Chinese community. Most of the Chinese there seem happy with the ruling party, PAS. When pork is sold at a little hidden corner with high walls in Klang Valley, they are sold openly in Kota Bharu. The market near by Loo Coffee had pork sold right at its entrance, a scene not available in Klang Valley. Unfortunately, when the hubs walked over there later, the market was already closed. Alice suggested that we go to the Thai border to see the impressive and huge temples built there.
We could have gone on chatting with Alice, but the girls were restless and nagging us to move on.
We drove out of Kota Bharu, and headed to Tumpat, which is a district at the Thai border (the other bigger Thai Border town Rantau Panjang is inland and further away from Kota Bharu); but to cross to Thailand (Tak Bai Checkpoint) from this side of the border, a ferry/boat ride across the Golok River is required.
The closer we got to Tumpat, the more Thais we saw. We actually broke for lunch at a small road side shed serving simple Thai food. Every one spoke Thai there, a guy had to take our orders in Bahasa Malaysia, and translate to Thai for the cook. Zaria was happy to have some pork to eat after so many days at the East Coast.
We stopped at the KTM station there, which is the eastern terminus of KTM's East Coast Line.
As the station was pretty quiet, we went to the track and took some yoga shots. Eventually, the station master spotted us and shooed us away.
The girls, not toying with danger, stayed in a nearby shed, fooling around while waiting for us.
While driving to Pengkalan Kubor, the hubs decided to make a stop at Pantai Seri Tujuh. It seemed like a pretty popular beach for a picnic looking at how much rubbish had been littered and accumulated! I'd never seen a dirtier beach!
I'm disgusted at how we 'take care' of our beaches!
Luckily it wasn't a wasted trip as besides being a popular picnic spot, it's also a local favourite for kite flying. We saw some huge Wau Bulan or moon kites, being flown.
We even got to go on a horse carriage ride around the village nearby, as requested by the girls.
By the time we're done at Pantai Seri Tujoh, and rushed to Pengkalan Kubur the Malaysian checkpoint at the Thai Border, the chekcpoint was already closed for the day (up till 6pm each day), so no crossing over to Thailand.
We drove back towards Kota Bharu, and searched for Restaurant Kampung Kulim (GPS coordinates) at Wakaf Baru as it's a highly recommended restaurant.
It wasn't an easy restaurant to find, as it's hidden in some residential area. We has to ask around for direction before we managed to find it but only to know it's closed for the week! (So that the workers can rest it seemed!) Anyway, if we were to be in Kelantan the next time, we'll definitely want to try this place. We ended up eating at Cheng Mai Restoran, a Thai restaurant nearby Restaurant Kampung Kulim, but it wasn't good that good.
♥Jun 7th Saturday♥
We checked out Hotel Perdana after our morning breakfast. It's been a great stay there, love the clean gymn, the nice pool, and with super buffet spread we got every morning, and the service we got from the reception to the concierge was 5 star!
After another visit to Siti Khatijah Central Market for last round of shopping, we went hunting for Kopitiam Kita ( 4357-A, Jalan Pengkalan Chepa, Taman Desa Jaya, Kelantan, Kota Bharu), another place highly recommended.
Crowded kopitiam, the place is famous for packed rice from different district of Kelantan.
However, most of the rice were gone when we got there. Only managed to grab 2 packs of Nasi Ayam Goreng Kak Wok.
The girls have some kaya toasts, and then some customers next to our table recommended us roti titab, famous in this kopitiam. It's just a pan fried butter toast, top with soft boiled egg, with 4 dollops of kaya dotting the corners of the toast.
Something different.
This was considered our early lunch, before we took the long drive down to Kuantan. Our next destination.
Somewhere on the journey, we stopped at the road side for some kueh baked using brass pan over a fire fueled by coconut husks.
The brass pan was placed on top of the fire, and top with more burning husks to bake the kueh.
It was a very fragrant and tasty kueh.
Driving inland between palm oil plantations, we spotted some wild hornbills flying about kind of like playing, the hubs decided to chase after them.
.All these stops made us finally arriving at Kuantan past 10pm. We felt so happy/relief to get into our cozy room at Riverview Boutique Guesthouse
.
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