A very busy day in Kelantan

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Geo: 6.12, 102.24

Breakfast was amazing - a lot of everything, but Jean mostly enjoyed roti canai. Why not?
Our tour guide was here at 10:30 on the dot, and off we went, stopping first at a master kite maker - intricate layering of tiny bits of colored paper; batik by stamping method; a puppet maker (the shadow plays, which came to Malaysia via Thailand from cambodia from Java); a very ornate Buddhist temple built by the King of Thailand (Siam then) in the 1880s; and a traditional fishing village.
We were tired, but went off to find some artisans and shops after we returned at 2.
Having the GPS on my phone worked very well for walking too!
We even visited a Tesco's, which is always fun to compare cultures and foods.
Then off to find the site where the Japanese landed in Malaya (preceding Pearl Harbor by 9 hours). It was a challenge, but we made it, and rewarded ourselves with another visit to Satay Malaysia (that's right, Mike, twice in a row and it was wonderful both times!!!) Anna, had another ABC (ais kacang) tonight 😊
What a long and fulfilling day.
Tomorrow we head out for a 6-8 hour drive west across the top edge of Malaysia and then south, through Ipoh, to Kuala Lumpur. We are having dinner with Joe and Anita Pragasam, maybe satay again 😊

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Comments

[Anna]

Awesome adventures!!!

[Mary Keefe]

Do they actual!y fly? Or are they for decoration? They look as if they would be too heavy to fly.