{"id":35224,"date":"2020-06-08T15:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T15:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=35224"},"modified":"2020-06-08T15:19:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T15:19:56","slug":"day-906-kota-bharu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snailpacecycling.co.uk\/wordpress\/2020\/06\/day-906-kota-bharu\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 906 – Kota Bharu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 906                                                12th January 2019<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kota Bharu<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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I got up at 9 and had tea with pink fruit and orange.
\nThen after a rest I went out at 12.30 in search of a place to repair my trouser press-stud. At the market ladies with sewing machines pointed towards a Chinese place, but there wasn\u2019t anyone there. Then I found a tailor, who sent me to a haberdashery shop for a new press stud. They had some, but not the right size, but I realised I can fix it myself. Then I hid out of the rain before going to the tourist office which was closed again. So I bought a peanut pancake and went to sit by the river watching a fisherman not catch anything and ate my pancake.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I returned to the trade fair I\u2019d been at yesterday and saw a football game on the next pitch so after an iced tea I went to investigate. There was a 16 team tournament being played on one pitch with nine players a side on a full size pitch. Only six minutes each way but a lot of ground to cover. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Football tournament<\/p><\/div>\n

The teams were all car fanatics and belonged to owners clubs. It was at the quarter final stage so I picked a team to follow, the FLOC who were next up and they won on penalties. I followed them all the way to the final. They had to move from the AstroTurf to the arena grass pitch, at which point the heavens opened and I took refuge watching a local style of wrestling under cover. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Watching the local style of wrestling while sheltering from the rain<\/p><\/div>\n

In the semi final my team won with a great goal and I stayed to watch them go on to win on penalties. The pitch was heavy and there were many puddles and some comedy action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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My team won the final on penalties<\/p><\/div>\n

Then it was back to the hostel for a shower before dinner of pork at a very grumpy restaurant and then onto the stadium to watch an evening of Thai boxing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thai boxing at the stadium<\/p><\/div>\n

Hostel bk backpackers. 30 ringgit.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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