79 km

We enjoyed our highly discounted room at the Mayong Sari Resort last night, but during high season we wouldn’t have been able to afford it. For those looking for advice, we might suggest riding through Dungun, because this morning we saw a few nice looking guest houses on the beach, a better beach, between 10-15 km into our ride. If you can make it that far, it might be a quieter and more enjoyable place to stay.

We rode into Kuala Terengganu in the afternoon to see many of the men dressed for prayer at mosque. When the prayer call came from the speakers of every mosque in the city, all the men made their way in, and the roads nearly were quiet.

We followed our Lonely Planet SE Asia guide to a T today and found a room at Ping Anchorage–a huge room with enough space for several bunks of travelers, though it was just us and our bikes–and we went to dinner at MD Curry House around the corner. Both were excellent choices. We especially enjoyed Uncle Chan’s welcome: he asked us if we were vegetarians and when we said yes, he told us to just sit down. He then brought out an entire meal, complete with oranges for dessert. It was delicious and plenty of food, since he kept refilling the rice and sauces.

We walked to and around China town and bought some tasty snacks, then got to bed for some good rest in our air conditioned room.