Crossing Golok river at Rantau Panjang by foot

Continuing from The colours at Tok Kenali mosque.

Later in the afternoon we joined some other friends taking a van to enter the south of Thailand via Rantau Panjang.

Upon arriving at the immigration and customs complex we were told to step out of the van and cross the national border to Thailand by foot.

So there we were taking this bridge...

It crosses the Golok river which forms the natural boundary between the countries of Malaysia and Thailand...

The halfway point of the bridge...

End of the bridge.

Here we were already in Thailand, Just need to get our passports approved at this side. For the record this is the 1,616 article in this blogspot.

The colours at Tok Kenali mosque

Continuing from Visiting Gunung Stong waterfalls after more than 6 years.

After taking a dip at the waterfall we headed for Kota Bahru and made a stop at this mosque.

It is part of a complex of pondok or traditional Islamic school system established by Tok Kenali, a famous Kelantanese religious master. Said to be a major saint he lived from 1868 till 1933.

There is a small museum of sorts dedicated to him...

A drawing of Tok Kenali inside the 'museum'.

A recently built hall and classroom complex for the pondok...

The school was ran by his children then descendants. One son established this mosque.

Signboards and posters on Tok Kenali, his offsprings and their teachings make the place rather colourful...

For the record the mosque has been a place for me to meditate at and escape from the madness of life quite a number of times...

Visiting Gunung Stong waterfalls after more than 6 years

Peace be upon you all. As it is at this time I am approaching the end of my first travel for the year 2017. The travel has covered a number of places in southern Thailand, north of Peninsular Malaysia and parts towards the East Coast. Let me start sharing stories on some of the places visited.

The travel was started Thursday 12th January 2017 at night. Driving with two females friends from Kuala Lumpur we rest at Jelawang in Dabong, Kelantan where lies the above giant waterfall.

We headed for the waterfall the following day Friday morning. To get there one must pass the grounds of a chalet resort.

The last time I came here was at the end of 2010. Look at the old article The Jelawang waterfall at Gunung (mount) Stong from many angles

While I'd like to hike and climb up all the way to the giant waterfall we didn't have enough time and had to reserve energy for further travel. So we went up only to this part.

Still it has a fairly big waterfall...

The waters around also look alluring enough...

And from the right angle you can catch sight of the giant waterfall.

A close up look. See how the waters connect.