trip to east coast 4

Finally it was time to go back to reality. We wanted to start the journey early as we had to stop at KL to pay our last respect to KC's fourth uncle. We got the news the day before. Now there is only Pak Pak left from that generation. Two in this holiday....so strange and sad.

 Anyways.....last look at the resort before leaving. KC wanted to take Kuala Terengganu - Chukai - Kuantan - KL route....which is much longer I think. He wanted us to have a look at the coastal side of the country. Roads were closed because of the rain...we had to change route here and there. We saw a signage of a highway to KL...looked incomplete. Upon inquiry...it could be used. But KC decided not to take it though it would save time. He needed to do certain stuff as suggested by blogs.

 All along the way we saw scenes like this...houses in water. It's quite scary when we pass bridges and see the water level is the same as the bridge.

 We turned into Bukit Tok Beng at Kuala Terengganu to get keropok lekor. According to a few blogs, the famous lekor is from this place. People queue to buy...numbers are given out. So when we saw the sign Bukit Tok Beng by the road and Keropok Lekor on the first stall, we just turned in. Actually the original one was just slightly up.

Besides lekor, we also bought the normal keropok for frying. We also got satar....it's fish in coconut and wrapped with mengkuang leaves, put in sticks and barbequed. Very nice.

 At Chukai, we stopped at the famous Hai Peng Kopitiam...again KC's must do as suggested by blogs. So surprised to see Muslims patronizing it. Lovely kopitiam with fantastic vietnamese coffee. KC had nasi dagang....very nice though simple and small in quantity. Dan had kaya toast...ok.

 Lyn and I shared mashed potatoes with curry. Nice....it's like east meets west combo.

After Chukai was Kuantan. We passed Cherating....where we went for our honeymoon. We turned into the highway which KC was very doubtful of. Finally he decided to get off at Kuantan....not sure where the highway was headed to. But when we got off, the road to Kuantan was blocked because of flood. Only busses dare to pass through. We turned back to the highway again and it brought us all the way to KL. We reached the funeral parlour about 7.30pm.

Well, that was our short family retreat away. It was a very interesting experience. First time in Malaysia that we covered so many miles on the road and during a season when one shouldn't be going to the East Coast.