
Oct 20, 2021 • 7M
Couchfish Day 273: A peek at Pekan
Why do they always come to me?
The Couchfish podcast. Following a day by day itinerary through Southeast Asia—for all those people stranded on their couch.
As I mentioned the other day, this isn’t my first time to Kuantan, and each time I revisit a town, I like to take a peak elsewhere. In Kuantan’s case, I head south to take a peek at Pekan.
Set astride the muddy waters of the Pahang River, a little under ten kilometres from the coast, Pekan is low rise and appealing. The bus drops me by the museum, the to…