Kuantan

Ok...what happened to me after my first post?

30th Sept - 1st Oct 2008
Went to Kuantan and stayed there for 2 days...en route to Redang Island. Had crappy small crabs there...so not worth it...but its still crabs...yum yum...although some of them were a bit lembik inside

Second day...since we were bored...we decided to go up towards Terengganu to some water fall at a place called Jeram Penitih. The newspaper cutting said go towards Bandar Seri Bandi and then go along 6km of estate road. So the 3 car contingeon journeyed up...and as usual...me jadi the map navigator. So instead of using the Chukai way...which we missed the turning due to bad road signs...we took the kijal way...and journeyed towards Bandar Seri Bandi.

On the way there...at one point where the road was on top of a hill...the view was breath taking!!! Anyway...back to waterfall...on the way to Bandi...I saw a sign saying Air Terjun Jeram Penitih 9km...we turned in and all that we saw was big excavators and palm trees...and a super narrow dirt road which we 3 big cars were supposed to take to get to the waterfall...unfortunately the other 2 cars were not so adventurous...so we decided to go to Bandar Seri Bandi to eat...

Bandar Seri Bandi...on the map it was labelled as a major town...sounds grand too right??? well...we drove there...found a sign saying pusat bandar...so we headed there to see whether they sell anything for lunch...when we got there...WALAUEH!!!...the whole town centre...grand pusat bandar of Bandar Seri Bandi was just A ROW OF SHOPLOTS with all of them closed!!!...you may say Raya time sure close la...oh no...the row of shoplots i think has only max 10 shops...of which some were EMPTY!!! what kind of pusat bandar is that??? I mean like...the grandest thing there i can see is just probably the hospital and balai polis...the rest were just...kampung style

Anyway...after a good laugh at the grand Bandar Seri Bandi...we headed back towards Kuantan using another way...no waterfall...no lunch at Bandi...just travelling on with empty stomachs...

Halfway through...dad saw signboards indicating waterfalls...we turned in...if i'm not mistaken...to Kg. Air Putih...we were sooo hungry that we saw kedai runcits and just stopped to buy bread and biscuits while wishing the malays there Selamat Hari Raya...dad saw a gerai and went there to ask whether they were selling food...the owner in turn invited all 12 of us to his house for open house....my my...they had one of the best lemang i've ever tasted!!! truly kampung taste...the beef rendang was nice too...very kind of our host to provide lunch for 12 hungry tummys...although i think only 8 ate as the other 4 were not used to malay food...their lost...

Anyway...after the show of kindness by our host...we travelled back to Kuantan...Mom wanted to go to Carrefour and we ended in East Coast Mall...a new shopping mall in Kuantan. Bought 2 blazers/coats at the MNG outlet there...and 2 pants, 1 skirt and 1 blouse at the Brands Outlet next door....they were cheap to be honest...2 coats and its the same price as the coat that i bought at Jusco...

The end for Kuantan stayover...next post...Redang!!!

p.s: Sorry no pics...don't think will have any in this blog due to the blogger not owning a camera