Batu Hitam (Black Stone Beach), Balok, Kuantan

Driving back from Kuantan Port we decided to stop off at Batu Hitam (Black Stone Beach) in the Balok area of Kuantan. It is about a 15-20 minute drive from Kuantan town and is located along the coastline a short distance before Swiss Garden Resort & Spa (travelling from Kuantan town).

Batu Hitam is famous for the numerous black rocks strewn across the sand. It's great for a visit, and of course, for me, it's a great photography opportunity too! Obviously, it's best to go when the tide is out.

At Batu Hitam, Balok, Kuantan, with Lauren on a breezy day

Lauren shows a really interesting rock at Batu Hitam, Kuantan

Lauren amongst the black rocks at Batu Hitam

Interesting sand detail on a black rock at Batu Hitam

My wife and I enjoying the breeze at Batu Hitam

Lauren and Leah at Batu Hitam

My wife relaxing on a bench at Batu Hitam

Fidelia's Friday - children having fun at the pool and beach

Welcome to Fidelia's Friday. We were happy to welcome our friends to Kuantan on Wednesday. They are from America and currently reside in Kuala Lumpur. We stayed at Vistana Hotel and the children had great fun together. Lauren had a lovely time with Zoe, and Leah played on the beach with Xavier. We hope you enjoy these photos of the last couple of days activities!

Our lovely 2nd home - Vistana Hotel Kuantan

Leah's first time swimming. She enjoyed it so much!

Lauren and Leah, with our friend, Zoe

This is one-year-old Xavier with his mum, Karisa

We went to Teluk Chempedak beach for lunch. It was a glorious day.

Lauren and Zoe playing at the beach

Lauren and Zoe are best friends!

Vistana Hotel Kuantan at 7:30am

Yesterday we went out to Batu Hitam beach. Unfortunately it was a high tide so we didn't get to see all of the amazing black rocks, but the children had great fun anyway!

Goodbye from Batu Hitam . . .

. . . and Teluk Chempedak . . .

 . . . and Vistana Hotel Kuantan

This will be the last in the series of "Fidelia's Friday". We hope you enjoyed these Friday fiestas!

Batu Hitam, Kuantan

Batu Hitam is the name of a beach in Kuantan.

It translates as "black rock" and you'll see why it's named that soon. We went there for the first time recently with a couple of our neighbours.

I wanted to collect a load of seashells to decorate our living room (which I accomplished) and also to go and see the black rocks which it is famous for.

Batu Hitam is located further north up the east coastline from our usual beach visits to Teluk Chempedak. Still, Batu Hitam is only an extra 10-15 minutes drive.

Lauren at Batu Hitam, Kuantan

The children playing happily

Here come the black rocks covered with golden remnants of seashells

There were a number of people fishing here at various points along the coast

It appears that the black rocks are lined with treasure!

Here's a small collection of some of the shells we discovered: