Kelik Kota Bahru - Part 2

After getting enough rest we started our XPDC around 2pm to tour Kota Bahru town. It was afternoon and the sun shining straight 90 deg C on top of our head. What were we thinking...?? However we got limited time here so no matter the condition was, hot or wet, we had to go through it. From our hotel, our first destination was to Pasar Ct Khadijah. We could see lots of  stalls were set up along the way from our hotel to the Jln Ct Khadijah. Seems like there would be a Pasar Malam tonight.

Here we go... LAMAN SITI KHADIJAH.



Ape2 pun before started our tour, we need to fill our stomach so kaki terus melangkah ke food stall yg ade kat situ. Starved, we had a Nasi Ayam (fast n easy)...


After had our stomach filled, we quickly passed through the market area as we planned to visit other places first then we came back here for shopping.

Our first destination was KAMPUNG KRAFTANGAN (CRAFT VILLAGE) which located just next to the Pasar Siti Khadijah.

(Ok saya ade sedikit tamak di sini, so kuantiti gambar yg diupload agak banyak. Gambar Nor xde pun, nama blog aku, so haku punya suka la!!)


Pintu Gerbang pun dah hebat! Ala2 istana melayu lama.


Main entrance to Craft Village


Me infront the main building, Balai Getam Guri(hall) which is a handicraft museum. Entrance fee to the museum is RM 1 for adult. However due to limited time left, we didn't enter the museum and just took photos outside the building only.


Cant remember what type of "Balai" is this.

There were a souvenir shops and gallery on the ground floor.


And the management office on the first floor. (Budget pose ala2 kampung style)


Side view...


All the info you need is here, just click to enlarge.


Next, jalan2 lagi....
Ops... what the heck, amik gamba dlm longkang. Actually I just love my job so much so everytime I saw something related to my work, it will remind me of my job. (Hope my Boss read it!!) So this time I saw elbow pipe, I took photo as a prove how much I miss office eventhough I was in vacation that time. KNM in heart. Yuksss!!!


Located opposite of the Craft Village is ISTANA BATU (Stone Castle).



You have to pay to enter the Castle/istana, so we just took photos outside. Not because we were too "kede" to pay (ala RM2/adult pun...), like I mention our time was quite tight. Asal dpt tgk dr luar and ada gambar kira pass la...


Check out the info here (Tgk baik hati lagi tp sbnarnya pemalas nk type info panjang2... strategi beb!)


Checked map for our next location. Very user friendly....


This area is known as SUDUT SENI (ART CORNER)




In front of the ROYAL GUESS HOUSE, berangan to be Royal guess...



Luckily all the interesting places/tourism attractions located next to another so we didn't have to walk much and very easy to find all the places. Next we went to ISTANA JAHAR.



Ok, sesi membaca info sekali lagi.


I always adore the classic architecture... cool design and imagine the strength and stability of the building. Still standing even after more than 100 years been built.


Our vacation theme that time was "outdoor photoshoot" so as ussual la... we didn't enter the istana. BDW, the admission fee is RM3/adult for those who interested to check out what is inside.


Beautifull park. Wakaf at my back a place to read Qoran in peace.



Souvenir stalls


Jalan punya jalan, finally we reached PADANG MERDEKA (INDEPENDENCE FIELD). However there were few buildings that still under construction and closed for visitors.





This memorial photo was taken between the fences... GIGIH!


Trust me, I wore shade bkn kerana melaram semata2. The weather that time was damn hot! I was thirsty all the time and this was the 2nd drinks I had...


Saya merungut cuaca yg panas, sdgkan akibat cuaca sebeginilah yg menghasilkan gumpalan awan yg begitu indah dan mempesonakan sekali. Subhannallah... (Can U see the statue of Al-Quran among the arches... symbolickan?)


I can't stop from took a photo not just once or twice....


But lots and lots more. Just love the arches and the clouds effect behind it! Pose pun ala2 penuh kesyukuran. FAKE!!


Lastly we went to Kelantan State Mosque, MASJID MUHAMMADIAH.





Motif tangan ala2 sami budha.....?


A traditional building next to the mosque..


We used the same route like when we came here before so we stopped at BULUH KUBU BAZAAR (BAMBOO FORT BAZAARAS) to buy few souvenirs for family and friends. 



At Pasar CT Khadijah. It's nearly dusk so most of the stalls already closed.



We also went to the BAZAAR MPKB located along the way at Jalan Siti Khadijah to our hotel to buy local snacks..



Sotong kering traditionally made. Siap ade alat nk lenyek sotong tu mcm nk perah tebu.


Infront the nearest bus station. There's a reason why we went here. I will tell ya in the next post coz it's related. (budget suspen la tu..)



Finally we reached our hotel around 6pm. Superb isn't...? In just 2hrs we managed to cover whole KB and the result my skin already got burned... Tanned ke kenduri kawen nampaknya. We wanted to prepare ourselves to attend Zetty solemnization plak...

So to be continued...