Kota Bharu, Kelantan

(with darling hubby at the border Pengkalan Kubor.  In the background is Thailand)

(Pasar Siti Khadijah in Kota Bharu town)

(a swiflet breeding 'condo' infront of Pasar Siti Khadijah)

(At Rantau Panjang. Thailand is just across the Golok River)

(Golok town in the distance)

(checkpoint at Rantau Panjang)

(Wahid trying to hitch a ride into Thailand...hehheehe..)

(Sofiyah refuse to follow Wahid....atta girl!)

(a mosque in Rantau Panjang, Chinese architecture)

(the Fisheries Complex at Pengkalan Kubor)

(posing at the Complex.  In the background is Thailand)

Wahid and Sofiyah were still asleep when hubby and I left the hotel and went to Pasar Siti Khadijah for breakfast.  It took us only five minutes to reach the market from the hotel.  The wet market (selling fresh fish and vegetables) were already doing their business.  

We then went to the food court on level 2 and I ate nasi kerabu and hubby, nasi dagang.  After that we went shopping for keropok ikan.  Then, on the way back to the hotel, we browse around the many Goldsmith shops which had already opened for business that morning.   Wowwww....the gold jewelleries here are awesome...so finely crafted.  We were amazed that there were no armed guards at these goldsmith shops....Most of the salespersons were females....(It also amazed us that the ladies that manned their stalls at Pasar Siti Khadijah wore heavy jewelleries.  They wore their gold bangles right up both their arms....).

When we returned to the hotel, it was already 10am.  Both our children were still in their rooms. So, I called them to come down for breakfast at the hotel's Coffee House. We checked out of the hotel after breakfast.  

We drove to the border town of Rantau Panjang, and had lunch there.  There was a duty-free shop selling crockery and kitchen wares.   I could not resist buying a set of Corning Ware cookware.  As for the children, they bought 'branded' tee shirts etc...

From Rantau Panjang, we drove to Pengkalan Kubor, since it was just a short drive away.  Pengkalan Kubor is another border town.  Thailand is just across the river. AND at Pengkalan Kubor there is also a Duty Free shopping complex.... We reached there at 4.40pm and had less than an hour to shop, because the complex close at 5.30pm.

Yet I managed to buy two sets of Arcopal tea sets (Romantique) and I was so happy I found the tea sets, because the Romantique design no longer available in Kuala Lumpur.  We left the complex sharp at 6pm and headed to the nearest mosque for our prayers.

We then drove south to Terengganu....