It is the first of August and today the new Highway to Kuantan is officially open to the public.... I saw a glimpse of the new Highway on TV this evening and it look great.....So I am planning to take a drive there sometime this month.... I had waited for years to see this new Highway from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan on the east coast completed and indeed glad that it is now a reality.... It would cut the traveling time from Kuala Lumpur to Kuantan to just two and a half hours from the present four to five hours one way, moreover it is a dual highway, so it would be easy and pleasant to drive all the way.... In the past driving on the old road was never a pleasure.... It was always a hard drive all the way and overtaking was always dangerous, so with the highway it would makes driving and overtaking much easier and at the same it would be a pleasure to drive and make a stop from time to time at the roadside R & R..... Actually the opening of this road would cut the traveling time to all the cities on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia...... Well after forty seven years after Independence, we at last got a Highway to the East Coast..... What a joy to all those that live in the East Coast.....They are now connected well with the other states on the west coast..... And driving would surely be a pleasure... Well friends that is life and the new Highway would add a new dimension in the way we travel to the East Coast, where the beaches are golden in color and a great place to swim.... It surely would be a boost to tourism....., where the golden sand beaches await the ever wanting tourists for a day of sunshine pleasure, now just a few hours of journey from the country capital of Kuala Lumpur.....The East Coast state of Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan is real special for it is less develop then the west coast and life is a little bit slow, couple with great scenery and a culture of its our, it sure make a great destination to tourists both the local and the foreigner alike.... I have just been there and it is still as exciting as ever and I would write more on these enchanting states of Terengganu and Kelantan in the days a head..... And until then just dream of the days when you next visit the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia...... Have a nice day.....