[KOTA BARU, KELANTAN] Up north in Peninsular Malaysia and bordering southern Thailand, Kelantan is the last Malaysia state where the Islamic Party of Malaysia still rules, albeit by a small majority. I journeyed to Kota Bahru, the state capital, right after the 2004 Malaysian General Elections, to find out what makes it different.

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[ ASIA ] JAPAN: Tokyo / Kyoto / Naoshima / Ishinomaki / Kamakura // CHINA: Chengdu / Beijing / Shanghai / Kunming / Guangzhou / Foshan / Lijiang / Dalian // THAILAND: Bangkok // SOUTH KOREA: Seoul // TAIWAN: Taipei // HONG KONG: Hong Kong // BHUTAN: Thimphu / Punakha // MALAYSIA: Penang / Kota Bahru // VIETNAM: Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City // BANGLADESH: Dhaka / Boktabali // TIMOR LESTE: Dili // CAMBODIA: Phnom Penh / Siem Reap [ OCEANIA ] AUSTRALIA: Sydney [ EUROPE ] ITALY: Venice / Rome / Florence / Sorrento / Naples // TURKEY: Istanbul // CZECH REPUBLIC: Prague // SPAIN: Madrid / Barcelona / Granada / Seville / Bilbao / Saint Sebastian // GERMANY: Berlin / Wetzlar // UK: London / St Ives // HUNGARY: Budapest // NORWAY: Oslo // DENMARK: Copenhagen // FRANCE: Paris / Avignon // CROATIA: Dubrovnik / Hvar [ NORTH AMERICA ] USA: San Francisco & Napa Valley / Missouri / New York City / Connecticut [ SOUTH AMERICA ] ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires / Iguazu Falls