Blogs from Langkawi, Malaysia, Asia
April 23rd 2012
After the exhilarating experience of Genting, we caught the Air Asia flight to a entirely contrasting locale – Langkawi, a laidback island with white sand beach fronting calm lagoons, where you can buy really cheap, really good ‘Duty-Free’ items to enjoy them on it’s beaches itself. The first sight of Langkawi from the aircraft was breathtaking, and we knew that we have chosen the right place as our last destination. The Holiday Villa Resort which was our home for next 2 days, was a 4-star beachfront resort with deckchairs under the palm trees perfect for stretching and snoozing on. After settling down in a well-equipped room with beautiful ocean views, we hit the beach just in time for the sunset. The orange sun sprinkled silver on the punchy ocean before slipping behind a tree island in ... read more
April 15th 2012
Getting from Pulau Tenggol to Langkawi....takes some time, and some efforts.... First, we had an easy speed boat ride back to Dungun. We got dropped to the bus station to find out the next bus was only 30 minutes later...so far...so good. The "luxury" night bus is way more comfortable...but more important...way more....faster. We took 5 hours 30 minutes on the way in....and on our day-light return...with few stops...it was closer to 7 hours and 30 minutes. Still, it was a fun thing to pass by Cherating...one of my first backpacking stop...back to 1996! Finally we reached rainy KL! We spent our night at the Meridien. We may have as well jump on another night bus, but actually, no thanks...a good bath, a nice suite is sometimes, just what we need! Once the kids were in ... read more
March 17th 2012
Ah, Langkawi! A great start to the Malaysian leg of our trip (although most of ye know how that ended)! After a full day boat trip from Thailand, stopping in Koh Lipe for some amazing snorkelling, we finally arrived in Kuah town. Most people when they come to Langkawi head straight to the beach, but we were interested in seeing what the town was like before heading out to the coast. For anyone unfamiliar with Langkawi, its an island off the north west coast of Malaysia, also known as the jewel of Kedah and it about 25km in length and width. First thing we did when we arrived was find somewhere to eat that was showing the Man Utd Man City game! We were in luck, as right across the road was a big open air ... read more
March 5th 2012
Monday 5 March 2012. Our first stop was the Langkowi Archipelago in Malaysia. Made up of some 100 islands, Langkowi means Eagle. Langkowi Island therefore means Eagle Island and is the largest island in the group. It belongs to the state of Kedah in the Malay peninsula despite the fact that it is actually off the coast of Perlis (the northenmost state of Malaysia). We had an early breakfast and disembarked the ship. We walked along the waterfront passing some really plush hotels on the way until we reached a small settlement on a beach with plenty of little boats all touting for business. We negotiated a place on boat 5 for a trip to Pulau Dayang Bunting (Pregnant Maiden Island), Eagle Bay and Beras Basah Island (for the beach). THe Island of the Pregnat Maiden ... read more
At Sea Onboard Discovery - Malaka Straits to Langkawi
Published: March 6th 2012Asia » Malaysia » Langkawi
March 4th 2012
Sunday 4 March 2012. This was really our first chance to get to find our way around the ship. We are on the Bali Deck in cabin 4399. This is on the same level as the reception desk and only one deck above the dining room which is very convenient. The ship has two swimming pools and two jacuzzis, a gym, a cinema, a library, bridge room and card room. Breakfast can be waiter service in the restaurant or self service on the Lido Deck 9. This morning M went to the craft class and made a memory book while D went to the Port Lectures on Langkawi and Phuket. We met up again for lunch and then after lunch M went to the Art Class. We have now had two dinners with our dining companions ... read more
March 4th 2012
Logan and I traved by Asia Air to Langkawi a couple of days ago. Langkawi is off the coast of Penang and a short (one hour) ferry ride to Thialand. It is visited by one million guests each year and we had read all about how beautiful the beaches are and how wonderful the accomodations are. It was much more expensive than many of the hotels we had booked throughout the trip, but we figured it was probably a case of "get what you pay for", so we went for it, hoping for beautiful white sand and blue waters. Not the case. It is beautiful. The island is lush and the resort was fancy, but we were disappointed to find the water was not swimmable due to abundant jellyfish and the beaches were fairly restrictlve. Many ... read more
langkawi - moving on to the island of langkawi; early january, 2012
Published: February 18th 2012Asia » Malaysia » Langkawi
February 10th 2012
En liten oppdatering fra Langkawi. Vi bor fortsatt på Tempel Tree som bare er en utrulig plass. Slapper av ved bassenget hele dagen og spiser nydelige lunsjer og middager. Betjeningen her gjør alt for at man skal ha det bra, serverer isvann, frukt og småretter når vi ligger ved bassenget. Spør om vi har det bra, om vi trenger noe og om de skal hjelpe oss med noe. Det eneste jeg har savnet her er et teppe.. kun et laken om natta er ikke noe for en nordmann som er vant til å pakke seg inn i dundyna! Etter et par kalde netter spurte jeg pent om det var mulig å få et teppe, 3 minutter etterpå var det på plass på rommet og nettene ble en helt ny opplevelse. I går dro vi opp for ... read more
February 10th 2012
I dag våknet til til nok en dag med sol og 35 varmegrader. Vi hadde ingen planer så det var bare å slappe av med en kopp kaffe og frokost på rommet før vi spaserte bort til badebassenget!! Huff dette er et slitsomt liv :) Etter en lang dag ved bassenget hadde vi bestemt oss for å se om Kabel banen gikk i dag. Michael satte seg inn i vår utrulige fine leiebil og kjørte i vei… på feil side av veien. Men han hentet seg fort inn igjen. Kom oss opp til kabel banen og kjøpte oss billetter. I det vi hadde sett oss inn i doningen og den tok i vei oppover gikk det opp for meg at dette var jævelig høyt og bratt.. Jeg har jo et snev av høydeskrekk. Stiv av skrekk ... read more
February 7th 2012
Våknet opp til fuglesang tidlig på morgenen, tok meg da en tur rundt på området for å gjøre meg kjent. Dette er bare en helt utrulig plass, kan ikke beskrives med ord. Det minner meg i grunnen om folkemuseum på Bygdøy bare med Asia preg over bygningene. Her behøver man ikke stresse med frokost, den har betjeningen plassert i kjøleskapet på rommet kvelden førJ Etter en lang dag ved bassenget og en bedre lunsj på hotellet ble det til at vi tok en kjøretur med vår 2008 modell Proton med 1.3 liters motor. Vi kjørte omtrent rundt hele øya.. Dette med å kjøre på feil side av veien og sitte på feil side i bilen er litt uvant for sjåføren Michael. Etter 3 runder i en rundkjøring var han ikke riktig sikker på om han kjørte ... read more
