Day 6: The Unexpected Detour Edition

While we were well on our way to Kuala Terengganu, Hase received a call from Abg. Zainal. He and his family is in Kuantan, Pahang for the week and wanted us to come there. Yeng had already booked 2 rooms at Hotel Primola - one of the best hotels in Kuala Terengganu (complete with nasi dagang for breakfast!). Bro Zainal called again and told us that he got us a room at Kuantan Tembeling Resort near Kelab Golf Diraja Pahang.

We cancelled Yeng's reservation and left for Kuantan after an hour of quick shopping at Pasar Payang and Losong (for Keropok Sira and Lekor).

At about 7:30pm we left Kuala Terengganu for Kuantan. GPS was good for the most part, except for parts in Kuantan where it lead us to a dead end. Sometimes using road sign is better when possible, lol.

At around 11:30pm we arrived at the Tembeling Resort, Abg. Zainal greeted us - we talked for 1/2 hour or so while eating a pack of boiled keropok lekor (courtesy of Aatikah).

They left soon after and we hit the hay... we both share the house with our own bedrooms. Abg Zainal says its his present for the newlyweds (and us) - haha.

Pretty view!

View is somewhere between Dallas and Seattle - it could be Colorado...?

Mee Mamak in Seattle!

Arrived in Seattle! Got our spot near a port (pun?) in the wall... And enjoying our Mee Mamak and Kuey Teow Kerang... Oh wait I'm not in Malaysia yet... Wha...?! 3 hrs to go...

/Amin

More pictures in DFW...

Enjoy. Each seat has a power plug and USB. Woot.

On the flight to Seattle, home of Bill Gates, Space Needle and Seattle Seahawks...

Go Longhorns!

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Arrived at Dallas-Ft.Worth Airport

Where is Tony Romo??? Ha... Wow this airport is huge. Probably one of
the main hub to South America and Mexico... And sunny to boot, abt 66
out. Aishah saw an operating amusement park right before landing. In
March? Awesome.

And we are on the Skylink now.

Enjoy the pics!

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Getting ready for flight...

Getting ready for the first flight to Houston. Pray jamak Zuhr/Asr at the airport. My leg has been hurting for a couple of days, even when I feel fine, my leg has been dragging me behind... Not sure what had happened, I must have pulled something when running in the rain to the car when we were shopping a couple days back.  The funny part is that I didn't notice until the day after... Oh and wearing my brand new Brooks Addiction :).

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Arrived at KCI

After a quick bagel and egg sandwich at Panera, we (with the aid of Chris and his trusty SUV) arrived at KCI Airport.  Spring break... Wow, looks rather busy today!

Aishah went to get the boarding passes.

This morning we woke up Subuh, solat, then finished up packing. We ended up with only 3 check-ins!  Afterward we cooked some Kuey Teow for the trip (ironically, going back to Malaysia).. The after shower I went to USPS warehouse to pick up a missed package. It turned out to be Chineh's GPS. Lucky him, it made it in time. We received 2 packages from USPS yesterday, but not sure why they missed just this one.. Wrong house maybe?  Also FEDEX with my Airport Express wireless came at 8:30 just in time too.  Talk about cutting it close... In any case we're at the Airport now with 3 hours until our flight.

Aishah is still at the booth trying to get our boarding passes... Wish us luck, and doa for our safety throughout this long journey to Malaysia.  Keep checking back for further updates!

PS: Ayah you upload the pictures yet?

Amin

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Oak Park Mall

Last minute shopping. No I'm not buying that car...haha.

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Murtabak

In short, I love murtabak. Here is the recipe (click on it). Enjoy...