PokMuk Travel Blog

Today I would like to tell my experience when im visiting Kelantan. I took a flight (Air Asia) from KLIA an arrive Pengkalan Chepa Airport. It takes just 40 minute. Without any problem, I manage to get a cab and ask the taxi driver,the paradise for shopping. After hearing his talk, I decided to go to KB Mall.

From Pengkalan Chepa,my journey takes about an hour to get there.The taxi driver was so nice. He telll me a brief story about kelantan history and he taught me some kelantan language. "kawe nok gi derghah" means "im in hurry". What a beautiful language.

My first tought about KB Mall, this place is huge,there is so many people there. All of them looks very nice and polite. There are many thing that they sell there.Im not buying anything, im just window shopping.

At the end of day,im decided to buy somrthing. I ask people there what is their favorite food. They said the very famous about kelantan is "budu".Wow now i know what i must buy.So in the end of day,visiting kelantan,Im choose to buy three bottle "budu". Very cheap,just RM 3. Im very happy and hope to continue my journey to Pengkalan Kubor next time.

Until than,see ya.

The first thing that the airport in nice control for the swine flu, it is the ethnic diversity of the strike. Malay (60%), Chinese and Indians form the bulk of the 27 million inhabitants. The second, which is visible, the level of development of the country, mainly via Thailand. Transportation is excellent modern roads and the Asian tigers and two national car manufacturers. Everything is two to three times more expensive than in the northern neighbors. Penang is the large island in the northwest of the peninsula part of the Federation of Malaysia. George Town is an amazing city, which from its surroundings and the beauty of its streets. Old English factories of the East India Company, George Town has attracted many nationalities. The population is plural nowhere else in Malaysia: Malays, Chinese, Indians, but also Burma, European, Japanese, Arabic and even weapons. Colores old buildings downtown are very well preserved and stand next to modern buildings. The colorful buildings from the colonial period are a feast for the eyes. Fort Cornwallis, which protect the continent and the maze of city streets trading zones. The large shift of richsahs meet him. Modern and historical heritage brings ethnic diversity vraiement George Town has a unique atmosphere.



Chinatown is impressive. Chinese Temple, successful restaurants. Games room, where the ancient Chinese engaged in Mahjong are numerous in the area. Little India was my preference. For a while, when the streets not so clean, it's like in India. Nothing failed, Indian music, Bollywood posters, the smells and flavors, women in saris, colors, etc.. The animation of the streets are worth a weight of peanuts. Enjoy a chai tea at the corner of an intersection and the Chinese restaurant. The officer told me that everyone understands the culture of others. Including, I'm skeptical tolerate, might just. There are no problems between the ethnic groups, all insured in the same building, I am. Of course, behind the facade is not all so rosy. A Chinese employee acknowledges that China and India are much heavier than their counterparts in Malaysia who have to work from the government favored. It is sufficient for the skin color of those who collect the garbage or does locate the household. ... The state religion is Islam, the better especially by obervee Malay or position in his last of the company.

The great news is we were already in Perak, Malaysia. We agree that it was wise to spend a holiday in a beautiful country, without asking a dead man on a beach with fine sand. Lonely Planet. Swirly swirly's where we go. And here we go! Tioman is a small island off the east coast of Malaysia, sand, pristine forests and hippies. The form looks good on the CV of a surfer.
To begin the journey was not as easy as we had expected. In fact, it quickly became a nightmare. From the bus quickly learned that we do not at all in your chosen city, the bus for about 2 hours to get to Johor Bahru and then another bus to Mersing. Neat, I thought, naively, Johor is the second largest city of Malaysia, you need this! A big city, big buildings, a large city, the saturated streets of Malay ... Not ... Johor Auxerre is large, we believe, in a suburb of Lille, there are only sections of highway and three peeled poor, who are trying, without exceeding the individual is crushed by passing car in the day. Two hours waiting for the bus not easy, but we saw the other. It eats hamburgers with egg and drinking Coca warm.
Once everything is well digested, I began to search the toilets. Eye on looking left or right. Hey! Two doors open for me, a man with a face on, and one with the face of a veiled woman over her. Fun Fantasy to the door of the shed. Well here we'll go, I mean pee. Upon entering, I noticed a kind of urinal on the right side. I've never had a model like that. I open my pants when I saw another room next door, I dare to take a look and I see a place of prayer rug with three boys. I suddenly feel super uncomfortable. Coup de bol, nobody notices my presence. I take my legs around my neck. Fortunately I noticed the second part soon enough, since only about 10 seconds, which I peed in a mosque. The archouma!

Finally the bus arrives and we arrived at Mersing to 22h. On alighting from the bus, we jumped on the local "Tioman Iceland? Tioman Iceland?" There is no doubt that neither the place nor the time to Irkutsk "Yes, of course!" Next boat tomorrow morning. "Now, we must not delude ourselves We went into the night in the corn to spend. Luckily our new friend have to know all the hotels. We catch a good pourave a boat ticket for the next morning and we spent a good sleep.
The following is the boat ride. Rather, folk-junction. The boat moves in all directions. Those who have never taken a small boat can be understood on a stormy sea not. Vomit bags are filled one after the other. In a fit of courage, I decided that I did not pass in my pocket and if I am sick, then it will be in the dock, like real sailors. Ich verließ den Passagier wurde schwer übel von Anfang an, und die Seeluft macht mich vergessen, mein Magen sofort. I clung to the ropes, so as not to the galleys. The sea is dotted with small islands, one suspects from the molds. Most are only rocks overgrown by the jungle. But all these bits like new territory to me. In short, I landed on the roof, take me for a pirate in an environment where y'en more than one, are passed on.

Few residents of the small village that I had met on the island of Pulau Mabul, under the knowing gaze of the full moon. The main reason for my trip to Sabah was diving on the island of Pulau Sipadan in the Natural Park of Tun Sakaran. This island forms the top of a limestone peaks, 600 meters from the seabed Its configuration is so unique, with a small coral atol rises steeply dipping a wall lined with an endless blue. This place is one of the best in the world is, if not the best, according to many divers. The Island) is also among the nominees for the newly selected 7 Wonders of Nature (finishing 77th on 430, it is not so bad if you know that this place is absolutely unknown to the general public ....

We understand the reasons for this enthusiasm to the first breath under water. Nobody knows which way is the coral head intact, plenty of colorful fish, turtles swim gracefully around the diver, while shark resting on sandy soils. The photos speak for themselves ...

Give to Farish what belongs to him, some of these photos on the island of Mabul, Sipadan taken in the area, which also have an abundance of fish of all kinds, turtles, lobsters, eels and sea snakes (no pictures, j "I set out at high speed!). No sharks, but that they depend to Sipadan ...
I hope you now understand the value to fall 15 hours flight in this water paradise!