Blogs from Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, Asia - page 6

we arived in Kota Bharu had a walk round went in the malls (for the air con) we played bowling in one of them were i was spanked not only by stu but also lisa. I had the rong shoes the bolling ball just wasnt right etc... we headed of to the Perthentian Kecil or basicaley Small Island loads of wildlife on the first day me n lisa saw a masive Monitor Lizard. did a bit of Snorkeling saw loads of fish . the island was great but the people wernt so good had a few storms out at sea but nothin got us. left for the national park after about 5 days... read more

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My first night in Kota Bharu, which is supposed to be one of the cultural hubs of Malaysia, I consulted my Lonely Planet and discovered that it was one of the nights that has a free show at the cultural center. I dragged along a teacher from Kentucky of all places who was doing a stint in Japan with the JET program. We arrived to a traditional band of about 8 men playing behind the shadow puppet stage. Then I took a seat on the ground up front next to all of the local little kids with their dads and watched the show. Apparently it was another Hindu epic but pretty hard to understand since it was all in Malay. The puppets were really cool though-very elaborate with lots of color. It was hard to distinguish ... read more

Juz jutro Tajlandia! Z Singapore pociagiem wybralismy sie w kierunku stolicy Malezji, Kuala Lumpur. Bardzo interesujace miejsce, taki wielki kocial kulturowy. Malezja jest w wiekszosci muzulmanskim krajem, choc mieszka tez tu wielu chinczykow( ich zreszta jest wszedzie pelno), jak i hindusow. Wschodnia czasc Malezji jest zdecydownie bardziej muzulmanska, ale w Kuala Lumpur wszystkie trzy kultury wspolzyja ze soba, w zgodzie od jakis 30-40 lat. Takze na ulicach mozna bylo zobaczyc muzulmanskie kobiety calkowicie pozakrywane obok mlodych chinek noszacych mini spodniczki. Chyba kazde z wiekszych miast Malezji ma swoje china town, i boze poblogoslaw chinczykow, bo jak by nie oni to by sie tu nigdzie nie dalo PIWA napic! Jak juz wspomnialam to jest kraj muzulmanski, takze w sklepach alkoholu zadnego nie ma, jedynie w chinskich restauracjach. Popijamy tutaj sobie Tiger, nie najgorsze piwko. Ju... read more

Firstly anyone who reads this I am dedicating this one to my brother as it's his birthday today (6th June) and I am upset because I am not there. I am also upset that I can not leave Kota Bharu as it is a national holiday and all the trains and buses are booked. So I wish I had stayed on my beach island for one more day. I travelled across the top of Malaysia from Butterworth on the west to Kota Bharu on the east and from there I went to Kuala Besut which is the gateway to PULAU PERHENTIAN ISLANDS. I stayed on an island called Cecil on a place called long beach which got its name because it is the longest beach on the island not because it's a long beach. The island ... read more