Kuala Terengganu

3 days 2 nights, from 11-13th of July.

I was pretty excited because this is the first time (exclude childhood) traveling by road to Pantai Timur. I also was super excited because this is actually the first time me and my BFF traveling together, vacationing (exclude the seminar).

BFF has a Conference at Kuala Terengganu and 2 of us just tagged along. Thanks to both BFF for the ride and for the opportunity to visit the city of Kuala Terengganu :)

Day 1. We started off early in the morning. Alhamdulillah everything went well. We stopped by at Dungun to drop off adik ipar BFF. Then first thing we did when we arrived at KT was; service the car. It was actually kind of cool because you need some padding for the car to avoid the car from rusty (air pantai). We did not have that at Klang Valley so I was pretty amazed and the services was good. Around 3p.m we managed to check in at the Citi Point Hotel near Pasar Payang. finding a parking spot here in KT was a bit difficult. I reckon, every city is like that nowadays. In my opinion, KT is a well-planned city, surrounded by many traffic lights and U-turns. I've been to KT, 3 years ago and I found that KT this time is a bit cleaner than the last time I went there. then, later in the evening, we went to Kuala Ibai, near Masjid Terapung where we had our dinner.

It was scrumptious. The best Bukak Puasa so far tapi tak boleh lawan Melaka :P We went straight away to sleep after we watched Juvana basically because KT was dead at nights.

Day 2. We had our Nasi Dagang (bungkus dengan daun pokok pisang) and Keropok Lekor at Pasar Payang but we did not have luck on Kuih Akok. maybe next time. After that, we went straight away to Permai Hotel for the conference.

BFF with her Poster

too scientific

Apparently missing KL

BFF was a bit frustrated by the look at her face. It's okay, everything has to have a first time. better luck next time, insyaAllah. So, we decided to go to Noor Arfa Batik and UMT as a tour. 

Pantai UMT

We love each other, dunia akhirat :)

"Si Permai" :P

"Si Pembuli" :P

Sad face for not having to buy anything at Noor Arfa Batik :(

Blub..blub..blub

Luckily,  later that evening, we visited BFF's auntie, we had our dinner and had a very good time :) since I was pretty bored that night, so we played Truth or Dare. overall, we really had fun during a short period of time. 

Day 3. The last day at Kuala Terengganu. We did our last shopping at Pasar Payang. I bought Manggis (my favourite) and pretty much that's about it. but I was amazed because when we had our tour at Pasar Payang, there were a bunch of young girls from Jabatan Agama Islam giving advices on Zakat. It was really hard to say goodbye because we were having so much fun. So If you ever come to KT and looking for a budget hotel, Citi Point Hotel wasn't that bad. What I like the most about this hotel is that they have friendly, well-versed in English, Mandarin, Malay person who is pretty much very good at the job. we paid our compound for the parking (they charged us RM5 for parking at buses' parking) and pretty much bidding our farewell at 12 noon. 

but on our way back to KL we experienced some bias towards W plate. and I personally think that's not fair. but yeh! nothing is fair in this world, only Allah is fair. We stopped at Dungun to buy our Keropok Lekor at SRI SURA, stopped at Pantai Kemasik for the air kelapa and we managed to stop at Gambang for Ikan Patin and to Solat. it took us basically 10 hours to get to Bangi but I reckon BFF did a great job on that. 

I'll always love pantai/laut/sungai/pulau :)

"Ombak Rindu"

It was unforgettable vacation. I hope this is the first and not the last time we had our vacation together. perhaps Redang after this? I love you guys so much and thank you for EVERYTHING! :) Only Allah will re-pay you guys :)

pictures credit to Nasy