ccPT (part 2 - Kuala Terengganu)

After Kota Bahru, it is time to head for Kuala Terengganu (KT). Since we were on vacation, we opted to take the coastal road... better scenery. Normal driving time is 1.5 hours from KB but we took our time and reached KT after almost 3 hours of driving. We made few stops along the way for zuhur & keropok lekor & we also made a photo-stop at MRSM KT where Miss Izzy did her high school.

sorry yea... pls turn your head to the left!

Having hot and crispy keropok lekor at Kampung Penarik

MRSM KT entrance

In KT, we took opportunity to stop at the Masjid Kristal... don't think the place is fully ready yet as many more touch-up needed & they were still constructing some of the miniature masjids from around the world. Nevertheless interesting place, only need better access for the locals to use the masjid's facility. We stayed overnight at Permai Inn as all hotels we called in KT were fully booked...part of the Inn was under renovation. The next day before taking the boat to Redang, we had breakfast with a friend. He brought us to this nasi berlauk KB restaurant... I think it is the best nasi berlauk we had during the journey.... as evident in the photo below.... tak sempat ambik gambar the nasi is already in the tummy! The sambal belacan is so kaw & the gulai ikan had nenas... always a good combination!

see... food already in tummy. even the high speed camera could not capture the moment!

Must make it a point to visit Terengganu again as there are many interesting tourists spots that we came across along the way but did not manage to go.... next time... can have more keropok lekor as well!

ccPT (part 1c - Kelantan)

Shopping time at Pasar Siti Khadijah...

My mom bought many keropok, ikan kering & some clothing for herself and her friends.

ccPT (part 1b - Kelantan)

More photos from the Kelantan trip...

with little brother and I with my uncles

family in Kota Bahru

ccPT (part 1a- Kelantan)

article by Izzy Jr #1... a summer holiday writing project

my brother posing after arrival at Kota Bahru

It is cuti-cuti Pantai Timur (ccPT) time!. We spent our vacation in Kelantan, Trengganu & Pahang. The trip started on July 4th (Singapore to Shah Alam) before we drove all the way to Kota Bahru on July 5th. Umi (my grandmother) and my family went to Kota Bahru in our MPV. My father drove for 8 hours from Kuala Lumpur. We stopped at Gua Musang to have our lunch and arrived Kota Bahru at about 6pm. When we reached Kota Bharu, we slept in Umi sister's house for 1 night. We had nasi kerabu & nasi berlauk for dinner... yummy!

Photo with our host of day 1... her husband already left for work

The next morning, we had nasi dagang for breakfast. We then went to visit Umi's father (my great grandfather). That night we had ayam colek... it is roasted chicken with rojak dipped in thai-chilli sauce..we never had it before & it was delicious. The whole family liked it... .

makan ayam colek

The next day, we went to another of Umi's sister's house. My little brother & I watched TV and played Play Station with our uncles. 2 of my uncles are younger than me! My mother and father then went to market (Pasar Siti Khadijah) to do some shopping.

The next day we had dinner with my mom's aunty... we even had roti bakar for supper... the roti bakar was delicious. My mom said that the roti bakar place is very popular here... it is called Whitehouse Coffee Shop. Before leaving Kota Bahru we also visited my Atuk's mom. We spent 4 days and 3 nights in Kelantan.

my parents and aunty having roti bakar at Whitehouse Coffee Shop

Vacation Preview

Whole family just got back from cuti-cuti Pantai Timur. While we sort out the photos (thousands of them), showing sneak preview on the road trip...

Some interesting facts:

# of states covered (from Singapore): Johore, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Pahang, Kelantan & Trengganu

Places stopped: Gua Musang (lunch), Kota Baru n Pasir Puteh n Pengkalan Cepa n Kubang Krian (visit relatives n shopping), Kampung Penarik (keropok lekor stop-over), Kuala Trengganu (site-seeing), Redang (main vacation destination), Paka (visit uncle n keropok lekor stop-over), Cherating (over-nite rest), Kuantan (relative visit) & Shah Alam (main HQ)

Total distance: slightly above 2000km

Days covered: 16 Days

Vehicle used: Nissan Presage - Highway Star 2.5

Fuel consumption: about 9.5km/ltr (Shell V-Power)

Total luggage: soo many (especially the beach tools & swimming/snorkeling gears)

Side effects: Very much darkened skin (except for Missy Izzy who seeked protection under the beach huts!) n total lost of track of the day/time.

BBQ at ECP (part 2)

More photos from the BBQ.... makan time.. nyum-nyum enak berkali-kali

BBQ at ECP (Part 1)

article by Izzy Jr #1
... a summer holiday writing project

Two weeks ago, in the evening, we had BBQ at the East Coast Park beach. We actually wanted to go to the beach in the morning but it rained so we had to wait till 4:00pm. My uncle, cousin, lil' brother and I played at the beach. My cousin and my lil' brother like to play with the sea water. I also brought all the beach tools to make sandcastle. My uncle built four sandcastles. My papa and mama was busy making the BBQ while my umi was taking a short nap.

Then my father called us to eat. We ate BBQ chicken, mash potato, lamb chop and grilled salmon. After finishing our BBQ party, I tried to make more BBQ fire using wood and leaves, but it didn’t work. When it was time to go, there’s only a little fire in the BBQ pit.

I enjoyed the BBQ and the food was delicious.