kelate.. here we come!!

Of all the places, babah promised us that he will someday bring us to Kelantan.. the only state he hadn't been to.. he heard a lot about it though, from books, newspapers, from friends.. and about Hoover restaurant that serve delicious Nasi Padang.. god knows how much he love Nasi Padang with dendeng berlado.. fuhh!!

Babah came from Miri on Wednesday night, I was already sleeping with Adeeb and Nekwan when they arrived. Mama went to LCCT with Mak Nek to fetch babah and she didn't bring me cause it was too late. His flight was delayed by an hour and when they reached home it was already 1.30am. When I woke up at about 7 am, mama asked me and Adeeb to take a shower, I was surprised as it was still early.. we don't normally mandi this early you know. I got dressed after that but still a little bit sleepy and disoriented when babah said, 'Deena, get ready, we are going to Kelantan in an hour'. And I was like... where? Kelantan? Today?? No wonder Maknek and Nekwan were also here..

we stopped at a roadside stall selling jackfruit.. mama's version of the king of the fruits, cause she hates, no she despises durian.. hehe

have car will travel.. 224 km from Kota Bharu.. we've been driving like, the whole day.. and still 224 km to go.. arghhh!!

this is Kelantan.. true to its status as an Islamic state, the masjids, suraus even the signboards. We finally arrived at our hotel at about 5.45pm, just in time before the hotel cancel our booking..

we were starving.. as we didn't stop for meal, so that night babah treated us seafood at Pantai Cahaya Bulan.. apart from the seafood, babah ordered gearbox soup, which is the best I ever tasted, and it was also the first hehe.. the food was OK, great, but the restaurant is too near to the beach and it was sandy, and windy.. but who cares. I was starving and eating like there's no tomorrow..

the next day we went to town for photo-shoot, we didn't have much time you know as we have to check out from the hotel and drive to Pangkalan Kubor after that and we will leave for Kuala Trengganu in the afternoon
as you can see.. Adeeb enjoyed the view so much.. he said he had never seen anything like this before..

we spent barely an hour shopping for serunding, telekung and tudung at Pasar Siti Khadijah.. it was Friday morning and we could hear Tuan Guru Nik Aziz voice on the speaker, giving kuliyyah or ceramah from a nearby masjid..

at Pengkalan Kubor, there weren't much to see.. we bought tudungs and babah bought Man City jersey.. it was so so low-grade that the print on the jersey peeled off even before its first wash.. that's okay babah babah said, cause he doesn't really like the team anyway.. especially with big-headed players like Tevez and Balotelli playing for them..