Blogs from Pulau Langkawi, Kedah & Perlis, Malaysia, Asia - page 12

We boarded another bus yet again on January 27. This time we were headed to Penang (by bus and ferry) and then onto Langkawi, a touristy island in Malaysia. Our day's bus journey confirmed that travelling is always an adventure in Asia. Once again, the bus driver smoked while driving. Mid-way through our bus trip, we stopped at a bus station to change buses. The station was hot, noisy, and crowded. We bought our tickets and were instructed to board the bus immediately because it was leaving in 5 minutes. We frantically scrambled outside to try to find our bus from a choice of 20. All of their engines were running. Amongst clouds of exhaust, we searched in vain to find our bus. The pressure was even more intense because we all had to use the ... read more

Our last stop was the island of Langkawi for a little sun and beach before heading back to Korea. We couldn't have picked a more beautiful spot. It was prettier than Phuket, and way more secluded. We had a nice time getting Pina Coladas in the the pool, swimming in the ocean, and relaxing. We went on a scuba trip to Pulau Payar Marine Park, and got to see some neat fish, seahorses, featherstarfish and moray eels. At lunch we went back to the island (Pulau Payar) and had lunch. We fed the fish in the cove and they would come righ up to you and swim through your legs, it was really neat. As we were leaving, we saw reef sharks from the docks. It was the perfect, relaxing end to a great vacation.... read more

We arrived in Langkawi on the 19th December and dumped our bags in a bar. . . we were both immediatley inviited to sit down for an ice cold beer with a group of english people who have been living on the island for about 10 years. Chris downed one and went off to find a guesthouse, getting darker, and harder to find a place to stay. He found a great homestay place, owned by a Japanese lady and an Iranian guy, it really was like staying in a home, really friendly people, more free beer was drunk on our first night as they welcomed us to their humble abode. 1st day in Langkawi we decided to have a stroll around and ended up going to the "Underwater world" aquariam just down the road. It was ... read more

Thanks to a brilliant wedding gift from Jasmin, we found ourselves being gently felt-up by the velvety hand of luxury. We arrived in Langkawi at midday and headed straight for the Andaman Hotel Resort for 2 nights of accommodation diametrically opposed to our usual standards. Whether soaking up the sun on the perfect white-sand beach (see pic), lounging by the tropically-themed pool or sipping cocktails whilst taking in the sunset (see pic), we couldn’t help bit ask; ‘Where did it all go wrong?’ The hotel is a relatively new addition to a rainforest dating back millions of years and as a result, the wild life was spectacular. Birds of Paradise flocked around the pool, wild boar meandered around at night and windows had to be closed to keep the monkeys away from the fruit bowl. Wildlife ... read more

Time for yet another update on our adventures I think we had better find a better opener talk about stating the obvious!!!!! Well we left Taman Negara with the Australian in tow we got back on the worlds slowest bus and got back to KL we then made the very clever decision to travel to Langkawi by overnight train as if we traveled by bus we would of missed our last ferry to the island. So we thought by catching the overnight train we would not have to pay for a hostel we could get to the island nice and early and we could be fresh and ready to go. Or so we thought. We after being told we could be there from any time form 8am we were quite excited to get on the train. ... read more