Kuala Terengganu : Quick trip... Quick bite

What else kat Kuala Terengganu kalau tak pergi Pasar Payang and enjoy the beach view. Disebabkan kitaorg takde lah banyak sangat masa spend kat Kuala Terengganu, so tu je sempat. Tapi Hessa tak de pun dok lama kat situ, sekejap je lepas tu aku bawak dia keluar dan dok melepak kat tempat duduk tepi jalan kat depan pasar payang. Apa ke nama tempat tu aku pun tak ingat. Then time for lunch. Plannya nak cari Warung Pak Nong, tapi sampai ke sudah tak jumpa. Makan je lah kat warung tepi laut ni. Pun goreng2 and celop jugak. Ok lah... kedai ramai org... sotong fresh :-) after lunch terus headed back to KL. Singgah kejap kat warung tepi jalan beli keropok lekor kelulut 008 yg famous tu. Marvellous!

Kuala Terengganu deserves a re-visit... a longer stay at the beach area... or at least g perhentian. Tp disebabkan dah buat quick trip ke Kuala Terengganu, we have to cancel our 1 week east coast plan yg patutnya nak buat bulan 4. Kalau gi lagi bulan 4 ni, terlebih dose plak ke KT ni. Hmm... where should we go then??? Till next time...

(Trip : 31 Jan - 1 Feb 2014)

Kuala Terengganu : Primula Beach Resort



As we came during Chinese New Year holiday, the hotel greeted us with a very welcoming gesture - 2 Mandarin oranges and 1 ang pow (with RM 2 inside) in each room. wasn't it cool...

Hotel ni dah lama tapi still ok. The location is good. Tp our rooms bukan yg facing laut, tu a bit setback lah... lepas tu plak ada construction kat sebelah tu, so block skit view ke pantai. Tp aku rasa dlm banyak2 bilik maybe 10%-15% rooms je yang tak dpt view beach. So, maybe sbb kitaorg last minute tu yg dpt room without beach view.

The breakfast spread was very good. Banyak makanan tempatan. Kitaorg yg mmg tujuan dtg terengganu nak makan mmg happy lah, so that tak payah lah nak cari merata2 tempat for breakfast. And mostly ok to good. Tp local food je lah. Kalau terasa nak makan western tu, mmg so-so je lah. Pastry pun tak banyak choice. But the bad thing was, tak banyak tempat duduk kat breakfast area. Kitaorg turun agak awal, pukul 7.30 dah kat bawah sbb sebelum tu kitaorg bawak Hessa tgk laut. So, masih banyak tempat. Tp for those yg turun lambat, they have to queue. for me agak off la kalau aku terpaksa queue pepagi. Pas tu, most of the people enjoying the breakfast selagi lalu, so bayangkan lah berapa lama depa tunggu. Termasuk lah family aku yg enjoying each food yg ada kat buffet, dah bayar. Kena lah rasa... for me it's the hotel fault lah. kalau dah tau hotel fully book dan blh dah agak occupants, kena lah sediakan table. they have beautiful garden yg luas dan ada je kerusi-kerusi kat garden dan pool. bg lah org semua duduk situ, keje lebih skit lah nak kemas. :-)

Here some pictures of Hessa yg didera pepagi lagi kena baring atas pasir.

 

The hotel ada pool yg agak well maintained. Cantik. Well appointed. Plus ada small slides for kids. Hessa was too small to try.

(trip : 31 Jan - 1 Feb 2014)

Kuala Terengganu : CNY unplanned trip

Tok & Nenek (mak abah ibu) cadangkan untuk semua satu family pergi ke Kuala Terengganu untuk cuti panjang Chinese New Year. Memang takde apa-apa plan sebenarnya untuk ke Kuala Terengganu, tapi disebabkan semua orang boleh bercuti masa tu, Tok pun buat hotel reservation - dia pilih untuk kami semua stay di Primula Beach Resort, sbb hotel tu je yang available. Tok as government servant booked the hotel guna govt. servant rate - tp yg best nya, the only room available cuma 1 suite dan 1 standard room. Which is somewhat cool, sbb semua org blh melepak dekat-dekat. And guna govt. servant rate, harga hotel tak mahal sangat. Anyway, plan pun g sana satu hari je.

So pagi 31 January, we left KL awal pagi sebelum solat subuh. Hessa pun tak mandi terus je masuk kereta. Solat subuh di Petronas, tepi highway. For me, dah bertahun-tahun tak drive towards Pantai Timur. So terasa jugak lah pemandangan highway tu sangat cantik. Plus, masa pergi ni cuaca sejuk di Semenanjung Malaysia. So perjalanan tu agak sejuk jugak lah. At one point, di area Chenor temperature drop to the lowest, 19 degree! Wow, Malaysia boleh sampai 19 degree Celcius...

 

We finally arrived dekat ketereh around 12.30 and stop sekejap untuk solat Jumaat. Then terus ke hotel dan tiba di Primula Beach Resort pukul 2.30pm. Lepas check in, we had snack kat tepi laut walking distance dari Primula. Tapi sebab badan penat jugak masa tu,  kitaorg settle makan cepat-cepat untuk rehat-rehat kat hotel.

Hessa was very good.. perjalanan dlm 8-10jam ni dia mostly tidor je kat dalam car seat dia. In fact almost 2 jam berhenti untuk solat jumaat pun dia tak de nangis... I think she loves travelling... like father like daughter :-)





As per our previous trip experience, Hessa would be extremely happy bila sampai hotel. Seronok golek2 dia atas katil, dia seronok when both of us cuddle atas katil sejuk n ada aircond... and sbb kepenatan, tu la activity petang tu before we went for dinner at night.

After full rested and solat... we went out to venture the town. Matlamat utama jalan-jalan ke Kuala Terengganu ni untuk makan keropok lekor, makan sata, makan seafood, makan itu, makan ini... kiranya jalan-jalan cari makan lebih dari lain. Sebabkan trip ni sgt impromptu, makan malam tu pakai redah je, kadang-kadang lagi fun mcm ni, dr tengok sangat review :-) so that night we went to this place yang aku pun tak sure apa nama tempat ni. Perfect place. Seafood sedap, walaupun sbb kitaorg lewat, dah tak byk choice. Tp apa yg ada pun dah ok. Environment best. Restoran bersih dan colorful.

Dan the best part of all... sbb kan cuaca sejuk, dok makan kat sini tak terasa bahang ikan bakar. Lepas makan masuk kereta tgk temperature 25 degree... Cool! lepas makan balik hotel n tido... :-) Ni lah trip yg best, relax, makan, relax.

(trip : 31 January 2014 - 1 February 2014)