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Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Msia Trip - Day 1 (Part 1: Kuantan)
ok finally back to my account of our wonderful trip...where was i? oh yah...we woke up the next morning in that kuantan hotel...me, Hamid & Asrie were to book our tickets to KL & find out abt transport to Cherating, while the royal highnesses lepaqueen & lepaking (siti & boredin) & sleeping sifu Mei Fang could continue what they do best.oh but before that me & siti went down to the hotel cafe for the free breakfast buffet (we only got 2 vouchers)...but managed to feed everyone else using my Magic Bag! actually it was a huge zip-loc bag provided by MF that we used to smuggle food up. the trick is to load your plate with food, then furtively slide everything down into the magic bag...then stuff everything into a bagpack...k so the 3 of us set off on foot to settle the transport stuff. walking arnd kuantan town in the morning was nice cos it wasnt hot and its just nice to explore new places. we were quite surprised that the town seemed rather dead considering it was sun morning, until we came upon this happening market selling all sorts of things...really fresh meat...and i mean really fresh cos the fish were still hopping arnd & the chickens were still in the process of being caught...k just kidding abt the chicken...& vegetables & spices & stuff & even a pasar malam-ish section selling tudungs, spiderman tees, curtains etc. think the guys were fascinated...we also walked by the Pahang State Mosque (i think so if i remember correctly) which was huge & blue & really beautiful...but alas none of us had brought our cameras along...& right beside the mosque was a field where there was a rugby tournament going on...cool...quite a happening town after all! we even passed by a brass band playing...once the rest had woken up we walked to this Restoran Alif (pronounced alfie by MF happily - haha boo boo!!) to have lunch, where boredin found out for the first time that nasi briyani contained ghee (he's buddhist so can't eat beef) & he was quite down cos he had eaten nasi briyani fr the last stall at RJ regularly. hopefully they dint use ghee...k finally finally we set off for cherating (check in at 3 pm). the public bus to our resort comes once every hr & as we were walking along the rd we saw the bus from a distance...so it was a full sprint for us plus our luggage but we made it! (gd thing if not it would be a long wait at the side of the rd). non-aircon & a bumpy one hr ride, but i slept most of the way (dunno abt the rest as we were separated)...we reached the legend resort at cherating & wow...what a beautiful place! the rustic kampung feel...palm trees, attap houses & the beach...wow... it was great cos the place was quite secluded & quiet...all ready to be explored... but first... the guys arranged another KO session before dinner....lazy bums!
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