This city was only intended as a stop-over on our way west. That was a good decision.

Arriving from Kuala Besut was already quite tedious as no taxi driver really seemed like he wanted to take us. We had already observed this–let’s call it–apathy of the local population on the island.

Eventually a public bus arrived and one hour later we got out of the bus in pouring rain in the capital of the muslim-oriented state of Terengganu. The guy in the hostel didn’t even try to convince us otherwise: “The night market is here, another market is over there. Apart from that, there is nothing to see.” (to be fair: currently here is Ramadan)

Our travel guide was praising the night market as one of the best in Malaysia. Well. Not so much. We blame the rain. After all, the day had one culinary highlight in store for us: Coconut-ice cream:

Top to bottom: Breadcrumbs, peanuts, ice cream, rice.