Blogs from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah & Perlis, Malaysia, Asia - page 3

Spent a few nights here in Langkawi. Enjoyed it so much! We're staying with a friend who lives out here and she has a spare apartment - having the apartment to ourselves has been beyond amazing! Made me remember what it's like to be living in civilisation again and not be in a hostel/guesthouse. We even cooked our own dinner last night which was beyond exciting! Although the food here's great, being able to cook something that your used to is fantastic. Went up the cable car here to the top of the mountain, was sooo humid and felt a bit of altitute sickness but the view was fantastic (you could see all the way to Thailand) and the jungle here is wonderful. Been enjoying the scenery, esspecially the beaches and chilling out by the pool! ... read more

Luscious Langkawi and Irresponsible Tourism Wednesday 18th March 2009 The Langkawi group of islands should be one of the jewels of the Andaman Sea. The islands are mostly covered by lush jungle where large groups of monkeys chatter and play and tropical flowers abound. The beaches are white-sand coral and the sea is turquoise, blue and green, dotted with limestone stacks, craggy cliffs and numerous small islands. However, the Malaysian Government wants Langkawi to be Malaysia’s Phuket and they are succeeding fast. As a result, in many parts of Langkawi, jet skis and speed boats chase through the channels between the stacks and islands, leaving grey-smeared sand and dead coral in their wake. It is a travesty. Today we went island-hopping. Unfortunately, so did many local and foreign tourists, mostly local (Malaysian school holidays this week) ... read more

In the last few days we have managed to cross another border and enter another country, this time Thailand. Since we last blogged we have been in Langkawi for 2 days. On the first day we hired a moterbike and went round the entire Island stopping at one waterfall and enjoying the scenery around the coast. Sadly the beautiflu island isn't very well maintained and there is quite alot of rubbish around. The hilight of the bike ride was seeing the wild monkeys...we stopped to pat one and he beared his teeth and chased after us! A lucky escape from rabies. On our last day we went Island Hopping. We actually only visited 2/99 islands but it was great fun. The first Island was a Geopark leading up to a lake, it was covered in cheeky ... read more

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Commencons par un hommage a tous les sans-papiers. nous avons connu le frisson d'avoir depasse' la date d'expiration de notre visa...d'1 jour. On se l'est joue' sueur froide et profil bas... et puis le douanier se marre et te reclame 10 euros, rien de bien grave donc... Nos premières impressions de la Malaysie: un croisement entre un entrepôt et un super-marche...pas très fun. Nous dormons dans un Motel pas trop degeu'....mais dans le quartier chinois... en plus c'est le nouvel an... mais les chinois étant etatiquement disciplines, nous dormons très bien quand même. Hier, nous avons mange' sur le marche', des tas de trucs chinois... qui ont en commun d'être tous fris ensemble. Il y avait bien un rouleau de printemps qui semblait alléchant, mais il s'est avere' fourre' au a... la viande hachée...ça mange quoi ... read more