Breakfast Time

I had a restful night last night. The boys were already in bed by 10.30, tired of course from running around all afternoon. We took our dinner with relatives at the coffee house by the lobby, too tired to go out last night.

The boys became restless soon after leaving me having to babysit them at the room - they enjoyed the room. Anita spent some time with her family after dinner.

As usual, always the morning person, I woke up early and was among the first to turn up for breakfast. The breakfast was very decent. The chef - called Chef John, not sure if he's Malay or not - created a good spread. The omelette was great. So was the selection of pastries and Western hot food. But when it came to local selection - I tried the nasi berlauk - it wasn't pretty. In fact, best to avoid it.

Kelantan was always associated with their hearty breakfast. I reckon they should employ a local cook just for the local breakfast here. It would've made plenty of difference ....

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Changed Gua Musang

Gua Musang had certainly looked a lot different from what I remembered going back 4 years. A lot of new development. Gone were the greeneries around the main town, now with new houses and shops being built.

The train station still looked the same. Getting into the town centre was difficult though. There actually was a long queue. Best to stop at the shops in the surrounding area by the main road. And that was what we did after struggling to find a parking spot in town.

The old train station remained the sameRows of new shopsAs customary in Kelantan, the food was fantastic. I was hungry as well as I had breakfast before 6 am. It was around 11 when we reached Gua Musang and I could eat a horse.

From the signposts, they would have a KFC soon. There was already a cpouple of 7-Elevens. The place had certainly changed .....

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Checked in

We finally arrived at the hotel around quarter to 3 in the afternoon. Making only one stop for food at Gua Musang, everybody was hungry by the time we reached Kota Bharu. I went straight to some nasi lemak we prepared in the morning.

The plan was to head out for some snack in late afternoon, but Anita was asleep by the time I was ready to hear out. Poor girl need a nap. It wasn't the smoothest of journey just now. I drove to Gua Musang before leaving it to the driver. He was gunning down the throttle all the way.

Off to the roomGetting cosyThe boys were already settled in and had both had their bath - they started the journey sans shower. BoboBoi on TV, so they were occupied all afternoon. As for me, I could do with a nap but decided otherwise. I prefer an early night later.

Will blog later when we were more settled. Dinner with the relatives tonight.

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Outbound

We managed to set off by 6. Well, more like half past six. Quick stop for petrol and we were off. The plan was to drive to Bentong and then Gua Musang. Hopefully it was well before lunch when we reach Gua Musang.

Traffic has been light so far but it was still early doors. I wasn't doing the driving, but I had to stay awake since our driver was hopeless with directions. Need to make sure that he took the right turn .....

Filling up before setting offTraffic was still light in the early hoursPit stopIt was getting crowdedIf everything goes according to plan, we would be staying in Kota Bharu until Wednesday while my mother-in-law would be returning on Friday.

We booked a room at the recently refurbished Perdana Hotel. Let's hope that the place lived up to its billing ..... Onwards!

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All Work

Getting them to do their task was rather difficult. But we had no choice since we had to get their homework sorted out by tomorrow as we would be leaving early Sunday.

No outing tonight. It was all work. We didn't even managed to start our packing yet. So, long night tonight. And an even longer day tomorrow!