A traveller's reflection: Route 12: Day 15

My Travel Journal

"There isn't much I haven't shared with you along the road and through it all there'd always be tomorrow's episode" - Elton John

I started traveling around the world since early 80s when I had the opportunity to combine business trips with vacations. Then later when my rezeki is in abundance, there were numerous other trips along the way for vacations, most of the time with hubby and the kids when the timing is right. I have also started to compile the journal and photo-pages covering almost more than 45 years of world wide travel. Some destinations I visited just once, others many times. Many of those places are the obvious famous places people would like to visit but some, the casual traveler doesn't even think to try. I have placed links to my travel at the side bar of my personal page, My Life Reflections, and will be updating them from time to time.

My wish is to continue my travel and complete circumnavigate the globe, insyaAllah…

Friday, 18 April 2025

Route 12: Day 15 - Kota Bharu

"There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure..." - Paulo Coelho

(Breakfast at Kedai Kopi Pok Hok)

Day 15: 02 May 2025 (Friday)

Route: Kota Bharu Free & Easy

Distance: 50 km

Hotel: Tune Hotel, Kota Bharu

Kelantan has a lot of delicious restaurants and are always crowded especially during long holidays. This morning we drove to Kedai Kopi Pok Hok in Pasir Pekan, hoping that they will be less crowded. But to our surprise the crowd was earlier than us and parking was quite limited. The parking area was muddy after last night heavy rain. There was a long queue but the service was quite fast and the food was finger-licking.

(Nasi dagang and gulai serati)

After breakfast we drove to RTC Tunjung and bought a few pots of bromeliads from one of the many nurseries in the RTC.

(One of the sections of the RTC)

(Choosing a few species of Bromeliads)

From RTC Tunjung, we drove around to look for car wash, but because it was a Friday, most were closed. We stopped to wash our muddy bigfoot at a 24-hour automatic car wash. Lava Auto Wash claims to be the first in Kelantan with touchless self-service automatic wash with water wax coating.

(Drive through automatic cash wash)

(Washing our car in less than 10 minutes)

After a short rest in the room, hubby went for his solat Jumaat at Al-Ismail Mosque in Pasir Pekan. I continued napping in the room.

(Masjid Al-Ismail Pasir Pekan)

(Jemaah listening to the khutbah)

Later, we had lunch at Yati Ayam Percik at Jalan Long Yunos. The weather was very hot. Even the air-conditioned room was not cool. The food was not as tasty as it used to be. Maybe our taste buds are not as sensitive as before.

(Used to be our favorite eatery in KB)

(Full house in the air-con room)

(Nasi ayam percik with solok lada and jeruk bawang)

Tonight we visited Pok Ding at his house in Taman Mutiara Kg Baung. Pok Ding is our biker's gang who is recuperating after his eye surgery. Jimmie and Chon were already there when we arrived. Both bikers rode from Betong to KB via the East-West highway and they were staying a night at Pok Ding's.