Langkawi, We're Here

GOOD MORNING LANGKAWI!! Aww…the smell of the sea, the sun rising over the horizon and the……nah!! Who am I kidding. From where we were staying, you couldn’t smell or see nuts! Anyhow, my morning started off quite funny when I look back at it. Quite embarrassing actually. When on holiday, I’m usually one of the first to wake up. Now, our room rates came with complimentary breakfast and I decided not to waste it. Breakfast here is served from 7am till 10.30am. So, as everyone else were still comfortably sleeping, I went ahead to take my ‘petit dejeuner’.

A : Selamat pagi, Kak!

B : Selamat pagi. Nak Tiket ya? Nak ambil sendiri atau ambil semua?

A : Erm…Saya ambil semua lah.

B : Okay. Nah. Ambil.

A : Terima Kasih.

Thinking that I could save the hassle for the others to ask for the breakfast ticket, I took all 12. ‘Mana tahu’ when I finished my breakfast and went back, NO one except Roslyn woke up before 10.30. Out of 12 tickets, used 1. WTH!!

By the time all the sleepyheads woke up, it was raining. So we waited for the rain to somewhat abate and we headed to the Boat Restaurant along Pantai Tengah for lunch.

For lunch, we ordered 6 dishes. We ordered a Chicken Corn Soup which was perfect for a cold and wet afternoon. There was nothing special about the Claypot Beancurd, Fried Kailan and Sweet & Sour Chicken. However, the Lemon Steamed Grouper was quite nice with no fishy smell and plump meat. The Deep Fried Calamari was rather interesting. You would expect that it would be the normal squid and batter. But this restaurant adds lemon leaves to the batter. A wonderful touch.

With everyone’s hunger put at bay, We headed for our fun-filled destination. On the way, we stopped by Petronas Quay to have a look. This is where people with boats and yachts park. Quite a nice atmosphere.

Alors, we move on. We made our way to one of the best waterfalls on the island. Air Terjun Telaga Tujuh otherwise known as the Seven Wells Waterfall. Apparently, there are a total of 7 wells on higher points of the mountain and hence the name. We had loads of fun and the waterfall was better than everyone expected. However, before reaching this spectacular site, we had to do some hiking up a very, very, very, very, very steep hill which exhausted those who were…erm…let’s just say, have not done such strenuous exercise in a long time. Nonetheless, it was worth it! Some notable experiences; Kantha’s ‘sliding onto his ass’, and Shawn’s highly dangerous and unstoppable run DOWN the steep hill. :P After everyone got grandmother and grandfather fingers, we proceeded to the cable car at the Langkawi Geopark. For those of you planning on a vacation to Langkawi, this is a must-visit attraction. Although you have to pay RM 25 to ride the cable car, but you won’t complain once you’ve reached the top. (psst…for those still complaining about RM 25, MyKad holders only pay RM 15) Now, the cable car stops at 2 levels. The first level is to the Sky Bridge. To get to the bridge, getting down to it was not tiring but on the way back up…..go figure. Anyway, it was really beautiful and an amazing feeling to be standing so many meters above the ground. While taking in the scenery, we kind of lost track of time till the point that we were chased down by the security personnel. They were closing . Moments later, I’m sure some of us were glad to back on solid ground.

Next stop. Cactus Restaurant. Also along Pantai Tengah. Can’t blame us. There’s just too many restaurants to choose from on this stretch of road. This restaurant serves a variety of local and western dishes. Honestly, there’s nothing to shout about at this restaurant except maybe for their Tom Yam Noodles. It’s really spicy and full of flavour that even people who can’t eat spicy will feel the ‘syokness’. One of the main attractions of this restaurant is that tourists are allowed to mark down their visits on their ceiling and anywhere which has a free space to write on.

We then decided to chill out and have some drinks and desserts at Sun Café also on P.T. Sun Café was really a nice small restaurant that had a really nice feel to it. Desserts + Cocktails & Wine + Cozy Restaurant = Relaxation. From Pina Coladas to Long Island Tea. From Crème Brulée to Crèpe Suzette and from Cabernet Sauvignon to Shiraz, this café provided quite a variety for us to choose from. And Langkawi being Langkawi, the place was not pricy at all. Would recommend this place for evening relaxation. Before the day wound to a close, we bought beer and took to the beach at Best Star Hotel. We relaxed, took in the cool air, made sand ‘sculptures’ and threw sand at each other. After having our sand ball fights and bathing in the sea…at night!!, we headed to our rooms and some turned in while others proceeded to drink some more.