Kota Bharu

Kota Bharu is located in northeastern Malaysia, up near the Thai border.

Nine of the Malaysian states are headed by traditional rulers. Every five years these heads of the royal families convene to decide the new monarch for the country of Malaysia.





One evening a procession of about a dozen vintage VW Beetles pulled up in front of the hotel where we were staying and various dignitaries got out, solemnly lined up, then paraded into the hotel lobby and up the stairs to the second floor.