Looks likely that I may be posted on a 3 year contract in Kuantan, Malaysia, has anybody here lived there previously? Would appreciate any info or feedback. Lived in Malaysia (KL) for 3+ years back in the 90's and had a great time
Looks likely that I may be posted on a 3 year contract in Kuantan, Malaysia, has anybody here lived there previously? Would appreciate any info or feedback. Lived in Malaysia (KL) for 3+ years back in the 90's and had a great time
Never lived there, but visited for a long weekend last October (lived in Ipoh for 6 years). My overall impression was of a very boring place.....
Not that interesting. The older part of town has a bit of charm along the river.
North of town is Cherating beach. It is a bit of a backpacker place and has some surf during monsoon time, about Nov to March. Not great surf.
South of town Pekan is worth a visit.
Another TDer living in Malaysia!
Kuantan is ok, not exactly thrilling, but enough to do to keep you occupied. Good golf courses, Cherating, loads of good food - check out the Hyatt and Zenith for some good food and beers/wines!
Also: Be thankful you're not in Terrengganu or Kelantan . . . and it's three hours to KL
Dining at night by the village on the beach at Teluk Chempadak(?), north of Kuantan by a mile or two, was very relaxing with great food a million times better than Thai stuff. A few decent bars too about the place. If you have company and are sorted,wingman wise, then it's a very agreeable billet I would have thought.
As a single, young man with a penchant for clubs, lively bars offering a variety of whoopsies and talent up for fun or you have a need for launching oneself out into the night intent on the unexpected and the opportunity to meet interesting folk then I should imagine you will go insane with boredom.
If you are looking for nightlife there is an old hotel about halfway between the new and old parts of town on a dead end street. I checked in there thinking it would be quiet.
At night there are a lot of very tall ladyboys hanging around out front. They do good business. All night you can hear the car alarms going off.
Genting Casino and theme park is not far as away and many buses commute from Kuantan.
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