Long before Bangkok, Bandung or Barcelona became a travel itinerary, it was the local beaches that beckoned many people to spend their holidays in Kelantan.

Even with cheap flights and ease of travel abroad, beaches in Kelantan still remain one of the favourite spots to many families for their getaway.

Then, or only about 15 to 20 years ago, most of the beaches were a soft carpet of white powder that stretched until the next curve at the far reaches ended the vision.

For this and various other folklore tales, a particular beach just on the outskirts of Kota Baru has become so popular that people know it by heart only by its acronym PCB, or specifically Pantai Cahaya Bulan.

However, nature with a mind of its own has unleashed its fury every now and then to distort the idyllic view of what beaches should look like.

Go to PCB now and the new generation of beach goers may grow up to have a crooked sense of what their parents call a holiday spot.

Instead of being marvelled by the travel brochures' cliche of "white sandy beach", visitors to PCB will be greeted with grey granite boulders that look right at home at a rock-blasting site.

The sight of rocky beach front, unfortunately, will be the first lesson in beach erosion.

Long rows of jagged rocks now take over from what used to be the strip of sand where the surf lands.

It would be redundant to point out that the scenery made poor photographs for visitors to take home.

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The sea reclaiming Kelantan beaches