Fishing Villages

No visit to Kelantan would be complete without a trip to the fishing villages, which are also known as "the soul of Malaysia's east coast". Two of the most well known villages are Sabak Beach and Kuala Besar. To fully capture the moment, visitors should arrive no later than 4 p.m. daily (except for Fridays) when boats laden with the day's catch are first spotted on the horizon. As the boats come ashore, visitors are treated to a kaleidoscopic view of colors from their intricately carved prows. Then begins the bargaining between wholesalers and fishermen, a ritual that is noisy yet interesting. Apart from this, other related activities such as fish curing and the mending of nets can also be enjoyed.