Going to the Crystal Mosque in Kuala Terengganu

The ride back to Kuala Terengganu from Kuala Besut was uneventful at least for me. It seems that this was the same bus which we took going the other way. In fact, the bus conductor who was collecting payment recognized my friend and started chatting him up. It seems that he had been waiting to talk the whole day since he was talking non-stop. The bus conductor was a really friendly chap but his English isn’t exactly very good. We can understand basic English but it seems that he is limited to simple English conversations. He was eagerly trying to practice his English and it seems that he hwas been trying to practice with other foreigners here as they seem to be the only ones he can practice with on a regular basis. He tried learning some Filipino phrases which he seemed to be able to pronounce properly, though I doubt he would be able to remember them afterwards. There were times when he would not be able to say something in English and we couldn’t figure out what he was trying to say either. It was then he pulled out his secret weapon. It was an Apple iPad. We were shocked at how this seemingly simple bus conductor would be owning an iPad. I couldn’t even think of purchasing one of those things.

Anyway, we finally arrived at Kuala Terengganu and upon the advise of our dear bus conductor we decided to visit the floating mosque. We hailed a cab to bring us to the mosque as we are kind of short on time. The mosque didn’t seem to be very far though as we quickly pulled over what seems to be something like a theme park. On the way in, I saw from replicas of some famous mosques, most notably the Temple Mount found in Jerusalem. However, this was not our destination. Our destination was somewhere inside. Here I noticed that there weren’t a lot of vehicles going in. There weren’t any public vehicles either, I was a little concerned on how to get out of this area once we are done.

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