We left the Hotel at Kota Bharu about 9.30am filled up with Petrol RM36.98 (NZ$12) 21 lt.
The Reception Staff.They always have such a lovely smile for you.
Th staff at the hotel for the last two nights were just so good very professional and very well trained. They treated us like royalty .As we looked so different from everyone else they must have felt we were someone to look after. I was surprised that there seemed to be no tourists around they all looked Malaysian so I suppose we did stand out. I didn't dare go into the pool, it would have shocked everyone. No adults in the pool just a few kids and they had there cloths on, gosh imagine if I had jumped in in my swimmers. ( can just see Dave's face as he reads this)
When we left the hotel we drove past this nicely set out garden in the middle of the big round about in town.
Just as we were leaving town we past this Mosque thought that it deserved a photo.
After we left Kota Bharu for several kilometers we nearly came to crossing into the Thai border. without realising how close we were. Fortunately you could take a left turn to avoid going through. Then we we found ourselves in a village quite different from what we had previously seen. PT thought that he had better get out and ask if we were still in Malaysia. As he went into a shop to ask and left me in the car and I then realised that yes we were still in Malaysia as all the Malaysian flags were still flying outside their shops as they do. Anyway all was good so we kept driving on.
Well into the forest area where we climbed 1066m and stopped at this lookout area. That could easily be a NZ fern in foreground.
There seems to be some gathering of a bikey club. They were posing in front of their
motorbikes.
This could be anywhere in New Zealand. It felt good to get out into the country and up into the hills and the rain forest area after nine nights along the East coast and the China Sea.
We arrived at our accommodation The Belum Rainforest Resort (on the lake edge) about 1.30pm and and we were lucky that they let us into our room.
Arrived in the sunshine and about an hour after being here a huge wind gust went through and a little rain came. Quiet common in the area for this to happen in the afternoons. We will see tomorrow morning if the sun is back as we are here for two nights. Don't think that there is a lot to do here just walk round and see the area. A rest from the car. Might do a boat trip on the lake tomorrow. Will talk more about the place tomorrow after we have had time to explore the place.
Had a lot of trouble working out how I could do the blog here as no wifi in the rooms. Just about gave up and then managed to work it out.
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