We caught the ferry from Penang to Langkawi at 8.30am, the journey was a bit rough and the boat seemed to have been overloaded on one side and tilted to the left for the whole two and a half hours! lots of sick bags were used, although thankfully not by us! Grateful to be back on dry land we got our map out and started to plan our route, I had thought the island was pretty small and so we should walk from Kuah, the ferry port town, to Pantai Cenang, the beach area where our hostel was. Paul asked how much a teksi would be and at 24 ringgitts we realised it was quite a long journey, about 17km later I was very thankful we hadn't walked especially as it was at least 30 degrees
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