Langkawi Trip

This was the third time i had planned to go to Langkawi, and finally made it!!! Seriously!!! 

The first plan was decided on 2008, with a bunch of secondary school classmates, but plan cancelled because "someone" flew all the way to Thailand with her bf at the very last minutes. Well, she finally told us this year that the Thailand trip was actually a must-go trip, things happened between her and bf and they needed the trip to smooth the tensions.

Then last year, us, the Uni friends, decided to go for a trip, because we never really have the opportunity to go on a trip together, everyone just couldnt wait to head home every holidays. So we decided to go to Langkawi as some of us never been to that island before, plus all the seductive duty free chocolates and liquors, tickets to Penang was cheap as well. That trip somehow blew away due to unforeseen circumstances, at the end, we spent a night a Penang, like we planned, then headed home separately the next day. Thanks to that trip, my laptop's adapter was broken, and i experienced the worst and scared to the hell flying experience when i was on the plane back to Kuching from Penang, with PeiFung. Man, that was scary, it was a super cloudy day, and it seems to rain heavily in any second, and the flight captain, he somehow made up his mind, instead of flying slow, he speed up the plane. Huh, imagine that the whole plane was colliding with the air, swaying non-stop ever since it took off. Luckily it only took not more than 10 minutes to get through the heavy cloud. Huh, seriously, i wasnt afraid that the plane would crush, touchwood, but it was like sitting in a roller coaster, you know that you wont be thrown out yet you would scream like no yesterday still, that was exactly how i felt right at that moment, but i hold the scream back inside my heart, i would probably kill myself if i allowed myself to scream!!!

Then at last, this year, by the end of 2011, the same bunch of classmates asked when were we going to have our next trip after the Medan trip. Then i suggested to go to Langkawi again, seriously, I wanted to go Langkawi so badly, i wasnt not going to lie, it was all about the chocolates and the liquors, haha. And this time, everything went smoothly, we departed from Sitiawan on last monday, 12th of Dec, spent two nights there.

Initially, we planned it was 4 person trip, me, Melisa, PuiSee and ZhiFang, the same geng went to Medan few months ago, but Melisa brought a friend who is from Taiwan, introduced herself to us as XiaoBa, we were fine with it. It is good to know a new friend, especially from Taiwan, haha. Got to mention, the boat that we were taking to the Langkawi from the dock, so damn cold!!! I tot i would freeze to death for a second!!! It was Langkawi that we headed to, so it never cross my mind that i would need a sweater!!!

When we reached Langkawi, having our lunch at Kenny's Rogers, then got the car, headed to the Zackry hotel, checked in, then started our journey in Langkawi. Our first stop was to the handicraft center of Langkawi, because there was an exhibition of handicrafts, and it was the last day of that exhibition. Well, initially we tot we would see something different, yet, those were ordinary pieces. Then we headed to the well-known Black Sand Beach. I tot we would see a beach with a wide cover of black sand, but disappointed. 

The underneath of the sand is black in color instead of the black sand on top of the beach. And the black sand, lack of attraction as well, i tot it would be glamorous, shining with the sunlight, perhaps too much pollution and some human selfish behaviors, businessmen altitudes, this place is dying.

It was getting late, and we needed to head to the dock again, because Melisa's family was coming as well. Her mom, and her three sisters. Our trip, started with 4 people, ended up with 9 people, and me, PuiSee and ZhiFang somehow, like the strangers, accidentally joined their family trip, sweat. After taking Melisa's family to their hotel, we went for a little walk around the area. There are so many shops selling the beach wears, restaurants, and hotels, We were all hungry, so decided to look for a place for dinner. When we passed a Zon Free emporium, Melisa's mom and sisters decided to go for shopping instead of dinner, woman nature, haha. So the five of us, went for dinner ourselves, we stopped at a thai seafood restaurant, but we ordered for ordinary Chinese style food because XiaoBa is from Taiwan, Chinese style food is actually a better option. The food, just ok, but not worth for the price, but we knew that Langkawi isnt a cheap place to visit to. 

After the dinner, we went for a little shopping, haha, PuiSee wasnt plan to buy much chocolates before we came to Langkawi, but when we started to shop, she was so tortured, buy, or not buying? She did shop a bit, ZhiFang, a teacher, buying for her students, how nice. And me, sure couldnt stop myself, how much i bought? Ha, that's a secret, haha.

When we got back to hotel, took the shower, then we started to play card game again, but without punishment this time, how come we didnt buy any beer like we did last time in Medan, and the beer is so cheap in Langkawi. I guess we just forget about it somehow. 

The next day was the island hopping, we went to three viewing points, stayed an hour each at the two islands we stopped, and few minutes at the points to see the real eagles. 

on our way to the first island

a few minutes walk to the lake we headed to

the lake!

We saw lot of monkeys on the first island, and those monkeys are fierce, PuiSee was holding a plastic bag with the snacks, one monkey jumped to her directly, and rubbed the bag, wah, u should see that scene, the monkey wasnt going to stop until it got what it wanted. PuiSee was scared, and screamed, and throw the plastic bag away, and the monkey went straight to the bag, and run once it got the bag. Gosh, never show your plastic bag in front of the monkeys!!!

the eagles

When we reached the viewpoint to see eagles, we saw some of the visitors were feeding the eagles, we dont know we were going to see eagles, so we didnt bring any food, so just pure taking photos.

last destination

last destination

This time, we applied lot lot lot of sunblock lotion, we were all scared with all the burnt we experienced in Medan, haha. Luckily we only stopped for an hour. We headed back to hotel after the island hopping because some of us were so wet, but the three of us took a short shower as well. Then we went for lunch, another Chinese food restaurant, the food was much nicer and price cheaper than the restaurant we went for dinner. 

After the lunch, our next destination was the cable car. God, so many people were in the line to get into the cable car!!! We waited for almost an hour for our turns.

             

Unlike the cable car to Genting, this cable car trip, it was scary!!! I think i has slightly phobia of the height, huh!!If you asked me if i wanna to experience it again, my answer is definitely, hell no! Even though the views up there are nice, and the weather is windy and slightly low temperature, but that's it, no second time. 

you can feel the bridge is swaying when the wind blow...

After we finally stepped on the land again, it's dinner time. We went to a japanese restaurant, Ukaizan Japanese Restaurant. At first i tot it would be only the five of us, so we suggested to go to that restaurant, but Melisa family came along, and the prices, expensive!!! But the sushi are nice, and sushimi are definitely fresh,  you can feel the sushimi melt right in your mouth. One minus point of that place is too much mosquito, you might want to do reservation, reserve a table indoor. 

Ok, night time again, it's card time, and this time, we bought some beers, 3 bottles of Hoegarrden, and 1 bottle of Vodka cocktail. ZhiFang was sick, Melisa was sick, XiaoBa needed to take care of Melisa, so only me and PuiSee were cool enough to drink the beers. We spent the night playing cards, drinking, chatting, and we were me, PuiSee and ZhiFang, Melisa and XiaoBa were both sleeping in their room. We had our moments though. 

It finally came to the end, the next morning, we spent our breakfast in a normal noddles stalls, then waited for Melisa family members to finish their breakfast and getting ready to go to the dock, and stopped for shopping. That was our last stop to continue our shopping, we learnt quite a bit in choosing wines, there are three types of wine, according to the salegirl. Merlot, tends to a bit sweetness. Carbernet Sauvignon, tends to a bit bitterness. I wasnt sure about the name of the last one that the girl showed us, it was a bit spicy, the reason of why i could still able to recall those two  types is because PuiSee bought Merlot and I bought Sauvignon, haha.

A small incident happened almost caused the three of us couldnt pass the boarding room. The guards asked for the prove that we had spent at least 2 nights in Langkawi as we bought liquors. Any receipts like the car rental, accommodation receipts that could prove we spent two nights in Langkawi will do. Come on, we didnt know that, plus all the receipts were with Melisa,and she wasnt with us, luckily i realized that we bought chocolates during the first night in Langkawi, and PuiSee used her credit card and therefore she kept her receipts, huh, that was a prove, luckily.

It might be a bit rush, and we didnt visit a lot of places there, but yet, we had our fun. Poor ZhiFang, this was the second time she went a trip with us, but both trips caused her fall sick, haha. Looking forward for the next trip!!! But before this, saving is important!!! Haiz...I wasnt even dare to make a list of how much i spent in Langkawi...speechless...