Archive for the 'Kuantan' Category

Nov 25 2012

Teluk Chempedak, Kuantan

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The quieter of the two beaches, as seen from the boardwalk.

It’s not till you reach Teluk Chempedak, a 15-minute bus ride out of Kuantan, that you realise this is actually Kuantan’s main attraction. Sure, as we did, you may need to walk through a McDonalds drive-thru to reach the beach, and there may well be a combined education and mobile phone festival going on, but … read the full post

Nov 14 2012

Meet Kuantan

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There be dragons in them there mangroves.

I’m not 24 hours into my stay in Kuantan yet and I’ve gone from being indifferent to it to loathing it to finding it just okay to just loving it — and I’ve not been here for breakfast yet! All those emotions over a Malaysian state capital that really isn’t overwhelmed with attractions — what … read the full post