Terennganu

After two nights in Kota Bahru we took the bus down the coast to Terennganu, the capital city of the Province of the same name. Nothing seemed to be easy as the bus we started out in decided to quit and we transferred to another one, which managed to reach our destination. We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the city which like all Malaysian cities and towns has its Chinatown with typical shophouses.

There are a number of nearby islands with somewhat decrepit ferry boats to get you there.

The town is developing its tourist industry, the East Coast is less visited than the West Coast which has Langkawi Island and Penang as major tourist destinations. A new tourist bus service had just been introduced with a timetable that seemed to be a surprise to the drivers. However, we managed to link up with one of these rather ornate buses which took us, for free, around the city.
On its route were two handicraft workshops and at one there were demonstrations of local crafts.

We were able to watch a young lady making a beautiful batik cloth. In a relatively short time she created a wonderful batik with a flower pattern. The three pictures were taken over a period of about 20 minutes.



Two young men used stamps to create their batik.



Another man was busy making glass animals.