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Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu October 13th 2009

Podobna scena kot prejsnji dan: roti chanai in teh tarik za zajtrk, potem pa pakiranje. Bil je dober dan za odhod, ker je kapljalo ze zjutraj. Sedeli smo na kofetu z Lauro, Dimitrijem in Filipom (how do I do it???), potem pa sva se midve poslovili in jo mahnili na celino. Tam sva cakali na bus, ki naj bi prisel ob dveh, ura je bila pa sele ena. Kaj storiti? Valda, jesti ... Cez cesto je bila prikladno locirana rotidzinica in sla sem iskat dva roti chanaia za naju z Lauro. Tam sta bil dva modela, en bolj pijazen kot drug, in ocarala sem ju s svojo nikakvo bahaso (njah, ali pa z barvo koze), in za 2r sem dobila ne le dva rotija, pac pa se cudovit pogovor in tisoc nasmeskov. Malezijci rulz. Minilo je ... read more
Waiting ...
Root beer float!

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu October 10th 2009

Dan za spoznavanje lkalne kulture! (poleg hrane) Zjutraj sem najprej napadla lubenico od vceraj, potem pa se en roti chanai in teh tarik za vogalom. Potem se je mimo pripeljal Din z minivanom in podala sva se na lov za tekmovanjem v petju ptic. Baje se to tukaj dogaja vsak petek in soboto zjutraj, ampak ko sva lutala po obmocju, kjer na bi tekovanje bilo, nisva naletela na nobeno zvrgolenje. Ni panike! Zapodila sva se proti severu, iskat izdelovalce batika in posebnih zmajev. Din je na cdju nazigal stari rock in blues in vmes je nekdo pel (miva pa veselo z njim) Life's been good to me so far ... Ustavila sva se kmalu, ko je Din zagleal trgovino s songketom - blago, iz katerega izdelujejo saronge in sampinge (kratke gate za doma). Sla sva kar ... read more
Making songket
Batik making
PCB

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu October 9th 2009

Po enem tednu koncno placujem za nocitev. cestitka! Cena single sobe je baje 20, ampak je receptor ze pristal na kolicinski popust. Kakopak. Sem v kota Bharu v Kelantanu, v najbolj konservativni drzavi v Maleziji, in zaenkrat me ni se noben posilil, prerezal vratu ali slacil s pogledom, tako da things are looking good! Zbudila sem se ze ob sestih, ker je bil vlak ze ob sedmih. Pozabila sem, da za muslice rana ura ni problem, ker itak molijo. Zunaj pa je bila se totalna tema, ko se nas je kaksnih pet od moje familije for the night zapeljalo do postaje. Na vlak je tam cakalo ze ful folka, celo dva belca sta bila med njimi. Najprej je prispel ekspresni vlak, ki sem ga izpustila, potem pa lokalni - za sest ur voznje sem odstela 7,20r ... read more
Gua Musang
Is it a ghost?
Its sportstime

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu August 23rd 2009

Here are the last few pictures taken on our way back. They are my favourite of them all actually.... read more
cab ride to the airport
Malaysia 236
Malaysia 239

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu August 10th 2009

We woke up at 5am to head to the ferry for Pulau Kecil, we wanted to be on the first one to optimize our chances of finding a decent room. The taxi picked us up in a beat up old Mercedes and as we headed out of town, he made a quick pitstop at the gas station to fill up (this is the second time on this trip that a taxi has stopped for gas after they've picked me up. Can you imagine this happening in San Francisco?) and I realized that I still needed to buy a roll of toilet paper...the just in case kind. I walked up to the window, and asked the shop guy if I could buy some toilet paper. He didn't understand, so the taxi driver offered a translation to him. ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu August 10th 2009

The first thing you must know is that I am now an Advanced Certified PADI diver. So can I get a little respect please? :) Now that we have that out of the way, a short update from the beautiful island of Kecil in lovely Malaysia. As you can see, I am quite fond of this place. The water is absolutely crystal clear, the diving is phenomenal, by far, the best saltwater diving I've ever done. I have spent lots of time in the sea which makes me happy. When not amongst the fishies, you can generally find me lounging at the beach or drinking a mango icee. This has been one of those weeks that words can't really describe. Just very nice and relaxing and calm. Kecil is a funny little island. It's beautiful, yes ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu July 17th 2009

El día empieza muy temprano. Esta mañana cogemos un avión a las 7 de la mañana, así que hay que apresurarse hacia el aeropuerto. Negociamos con un taxista (tozudos ellos ninguno acepta a utilizar el taxímetro) el precio hasta KL Sentral, estación central, donde cogemos el autocar directo al aeropuerto. Al llegar, como nos sobra una hora, desayunamos tranquilamente esperando nuestro turno. La compañía AirAsia nos lleva de KL a Kota Bharu, en el noreste de Malasia, cerca de la frontera con Tailandia. En el aeropuerto nos espera Mr Lee, el dueño de la pensión que viene a buscarnos en su coche. De camino, nos explica que siendo viernes la mayoría de cosas están cerradas y, en particular, una agencia que organiza un tour a unos templos que nos interesan. No es de extrañar ya que ... read more
Wat Matchinmaram
Wat Maisuwankiri
Wat Maisuwankiri bis

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu April 13th 2009

What a difference a week makes. Just over seven days ago we struggled to cover 70Km and now in the last 3 days we have covered 192 miles - 70, 50 and 72 miles respectfully. I think it is safe to say that we are now acclimatised and have got our cycling legs back. Joy got upset when we left Kuantan after running over a live lizard. She is petrified that she could run over a live snake and it could possibly rise up and bite her in revenge. I have reassured her that the chances of that happening are very slim and, if she went a bit faster, almost impossible. The result of this advice is that our daily average speed has increased by almost 2mph. The east coast of Malaysia is beautiful and there ... read more
Mozzie City - Cherating
Working on the Blogg
Waiting for the rain to stop

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu March 27th 2009

Arrived here in Kota Baru fine, staying in 'ideal travelers guesthouse' isn't really that ideal, the bathrooms pretty disgusting and there's a 3 legged cat hobbling around and an old Chinese man snoring on the front porch - I'm sure from that description you can imagine the sort of place we're in! Again Kota Baru has about as much to do as Storrington so scraping the barrel in terms of things to do and visiting every last attraction listed in the guide. Today is the Islamic day of rest so everything's going to be closed - so even less to do. And we're killing some time on the internet and reading. Decided to entertain me and Helen today by eating some peanut butter (don't worry was by accident I'm not that mental yet). Don't panic Mum ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu March 26th 2009

This blog was written on March 20 and Mach 24. So I’m sitting in the ferry from Jakarta to Batam. It’s a Pelni ferry, which is the large company which runs fast ferries all over Indonesia and have a virtual monopoly on many of the longer routes. The ferry is spic and span in much the same way that Malcolm Turnbull has a good handle on the Australian economy - that is to say, not really. It’s also full of cockroaches, which, I hasten to add, is where the Liberal Party metaphor begins to break down. Actually I’m not even sure if these things are cockroaches, I haven’t been able to catch one. They look like cockroaches but they have wings. I understand that cockroaches can have wings, but none of the cockroaches I’ve seen ... read more
ferry to Batam
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru




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