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Blue Mosque11 viewsAside from the Islamic ties, it looks like it belongs in Santorini, not Kuantan.
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Santorini Shot36 viewsPut the Mediterranean in the background, a few crosses on the minarets, and suddenly Greece is right here.
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Ooh, Kuantan16 viewsGlamorous in all aspects. Sarcastic in two.
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Kuantan Physics14 viewsWhat makes the sky red and the trees green?
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Blue Mosque at Night15 viewsAnd of course, no, this is not the famous Blue Mosque.
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Chertaing13 viewsThinking to stay here, we hopped off our bus. We hung around for breakfast and lunch before moving on north.
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Beach Drinks14 viewsNot an altogether bad place to wait for the bus.
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Pulau Kapas12 viewsWe arrived on the island of Kapas early on the evening of April 2nd.
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Cookery15 viewsWe stayed at the Captain's Longhouse, where we were treated like family and ate with him and his staff every night.
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Beer Under the Stars16 viewsBoth astral palms and twinkling suns gave a view that was out of this world.
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Night Trawler15 viewsNow a government fisheries boat that does no trawling at all but sits always on the horizon.
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Kapas After Dusk15 viewsMuch, much after dusk. It was a hot day.
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Better Weather16 viewsThe island offered much better weather than the mainland, as you can see.
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Diving Board Not Included17 viewsI guess this is one way to get a good beach photo.
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Another Quiet Beach15 viewsWe had the island to ourselves practically, which certainly added to the magic.
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Palm Beach21 viewsEven MORE secluded.
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Five Star Resort16 viewsNot bad at all for 15 RM per night ($4.70).
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Twins18 viewsReaching for the sky.
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Other Angle20 viewsPulau Kapas was simply magnificent.
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Gem Island15 viewsA little one-resort island just off ours. A few more days and I may have swam there.
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