Kuantan
Kuantan (capital city of Pahang) is 169 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur through the new Eastcoast Highway and 325 kilometres from Johor Bahru /Singapore. Malaysia Airlines flies to Kuantan from Kuala Lumpur (45 minutes) and Singapore (1 hour). Five kilometres from Kuantan is picturesque Teluk Chempedak, a popular bathing beach with cool sea breezes and golden sands. Here visitors may engage in a variety of watersports such as canoeing, sailing, jet-skiing or surfing, or they can take it easy and potter around the many souvenir shops or food stalls.