Back from Langkawiiiiiii~~!



Well i donno if anyone cares if i'm back or not, but i thought Langkawi was rather fun! It was really scenic and the Go-cart race track was really fast and fun. My fav part of the vacation was the Go-cart race, and what i most disliked about the vacation was the hotel. The room was filled with annoying mosquitoes, mostly male so they didn't sting much, but still certainly annoying. The other room was more infested and i had to go help them, and in total we killed over 30 mosquitoes, which stained the walls.



Anyway here was the itenary:



Day 0-1:



It was the longest and most tiring journey i've ever taken. First, my big sister's friend mr Christopher Chin, a malaysian music teacher who has came to singapore to teach music, sent us to his house in johor. He had cute, but smelly, dogs who were friendly and nice. Crossing the causeway took about an hour, which was rather fast already, considering the police were still searching for the well-known criminal Mas Selamat.



We then took a 9pm bus to somewhere in Kedah, Malaysia. The bus ride was a horrendous 13 hour ride, even though the bus was occasionally speeding at about 120km/h. We reached the ferry terminal in Kedah at about 10am in the morning. Then, we took a short ferry ride at 12:30pm, about 1 hour journey, to Langkawi. The island was huge, and even though we were far from the jetty, it seemed we were so close, yet it still took so long before we reached there. But it was a pretty beautiful island.



Day 1:



The real journey began. We rented a lousy car (Proton Waja) at Jetty Point and started our journey with pumping petrol into the tank. Bought lotsa water and booked in the resort called Langkasuka beach resort. Lotsa mosquitoes, but we beared with it.



We went to black-sand beach, in which the sand was really black, because of the granite sediments. There were lotsa tiny little crabs living there, as were in many of the beaches we went in Langkawi. It was really interesting to see black coloured sand for the first time.



For dinner we went to a truly great restaurant hidden in the mangroves. It is called Barn Thai. On your way there, you have to walk on a wooden bridge over the mangrove forest, and there were lotsa monkeys. The restaurant served the finest of Thai food, and i had really enjoyed it there. The food costs a bomb though, so don't always go to eat there.


After dinner, we went to Eagle Square, where there is a gigantic sculpture of a flying eagle. The lighting was pretty well-placed. It brought out the spectacular features of the sculpture of the eagle. We took a few pictures before going back to the resort.


Day 2:

In the morning, we booked for a tour in the river at the mangroves in a boat. The package included watching eagle feeding, going into the bat cave, and also taking a ride in the sea around the coast. I particularly liked the part where the eagles came close to our boats when they swooped down to get the chicken skins that one of the boat-operators threw into the sea to feed them. The flight of the eagles were simply majestic. The bats were cool too!

In the afternoon, we went to a beach. I learned that in malay, Pantai means beach, and on that day, we went to Pantai Cenang. It was quite a nice beach tho. We originally planned to go parasailing, but it was too expensive. The stalls offered 100RM+ for a ride. It was obviously too expensive.


Then at night, we went to Pantai Kok, which was actually a marina for yachts to park, and where there was a Russian restaurant called USSR. We tried the food there because we had never eaten russian food before, and i think it tasted okay. There was a pretty cat there which wasn't a local cat, but it was there trying to beg for food. It looked so pretty! =p



Day 3:



The most fruitful day. First, we went to a western-style bread shop for breakfast. It was located beside the USSR restaurant we had went on the previous day. The bread was marvellous, and i loved the chocolate-filled bread, because it was sweet. =) And after that, we went to a place called Oriental Village, where there is a cable car that brings visitors up to over 700m above sea level. The view was breath-taking, definately a trip worth making. There was also a huge steel-structure suspension bridge leading to the viewing deck. We could feel the bridge shaking if we held the railing and stood still.



In the afternoon, we went to one of the waterfalls in malaysia. It was called the seven wells, as there were seven wells at the top of the waterfall. We had to climb up by stairs. It took us about half an hour of upward climbing. I sweated a lot, and so did my sisters. However we did reach the top of the waterfall, but the view was not as good as we expected. The water was not that cool either.



After the seven wells, we headed to the geopark/bird park in langkawi. There were lotsa birds there, but i din really enjoy it alot. I found it more informative than enjoyable. However it was still a good experience. The otter was so cute, but they would bite if i did put my hands near the "cage". Good thing i didn't.



At night, we went to eat at Kenny Rogers at Jetty Point. Moderately good food there. Then we went to the night market. There were lots of cheap cheap stuff sold there, and rather delicious too. However hygiene was rather bad, and there were lots of flies there. We only dared to buy those freshly cooked food.. Enjoyed the food though.



Last day:



Today was the day we went for go-cart racing. My 2nd sister and her friend did not join us today, though i found it quite a waste. Three of us went to the go-cart racing track and we raced about 6-8 laps in 10 minutes. It was one of the most fun things i've ever done. The cars were very fast, unlike Singapore's only go-cart in Escape Theme Park.



After taking a shower, we got ready to head off to the airport. Ate at a lousy expensive food court there. Waste of money. Then headed to the kenny rogers again, but this time it was at the airport. The food was nicer than the one at jetty point, however the banana muffins were undercooked.



Took a 1 hour plane at 3:55pm. Reached singapore at about 5pm. It was incomparably faster than the stupid bus ride. We decided NEVER to take the bus again. and now i'm HERE! in SINGAPORE! updating my BLOG! capitalising on every last word of my SENTENCE! it's so NONSENSICAL! ok never mind. um



Thanks for reading! =)