Langkawi Trip 2015

It all started off with a discount discovered by my friend from the AirAsia website. Flight tickets to Langkawi are so cheap! RM1 per journey!!! BEST DEAL EVER! (although when we purchase, it includes the airport service charges which makes it about RM10, it's sill cheap tho) With that, the discussion and planning continues....

We intended to plan a lot, however, end up with not a lot of plans, we shall just see how things goes when we reach~ and, off we go!

Langkawi, here we come!

When we landed, the airport was a really cute one~ We planned to rent a car, and to our amazement, when we just enter the arrival hall, there are so many counters of car renting services, wanting us to be their customer desperately. Stunned, we didn't know which one to choose, just stood there and exchanged looks. In the end, we went to the one nearest to us, the counter nearest to the exit of the arrival hall. (sorry, but I can't remember the company name already x0x) We got quite a good deal, RM120 for about 2 days for a Viva (cause there's only 3 of us) and we filled petrol of RM20 (enough for the whole trip and still have some extra left in the end).

With all our luggage, we drove to our hotel --- Hotel Langkasuka. We got a 2-man room and 3 of us stayed in it to cut cost, it was roughly RM60 per person. The price was quite cheap as it wasn't the peak time of holiday. There weren't many visitors anyway. After checking in, we made our way to Pantai Cenang, and managed to capture the beautiful sunset by the horizon.

Beautiful, isn't it? 

Candid Pose~ Yeah! 

typical tourist photo~ with the Langkawi sign behind~

Another candid~~~

We had a walk and searched for dinner. Finally we settled in a small and cozy cafe beside the road. We ordered one pizza and singapore fried bihoon, which taste quite nice~ (y) 

food!

Day 2~~

The day before, we already registered with the hotel, signed up for snorkeling and was looking forward to it! The company name is Coral Island. 9am, we waited at the lobby and the van was punctual! The driver went to a few other hotels to pick up other customers as well. The package was RM150 per person. It includes a lunch box and they provide you with all the snorkeling equipment and of course the transport from hotel to Pulau Payar. 

1 hour boat ride to Pulau Payar

After getting ready, we're ready to enter the water!!!! wohoo!!! adrenaline rush~ It was our first time snorkeling. It was weird at first, breathing through the tube (or whatsover it's called). But you'll get use to it after a while. The view underwater is just so breathtaking. Fishes of various sizes, colours and species swimming around you, literally just beside you!

surrounded by fishes~

We started to snorkel at about 11am and we must gather again by 2pm. We swam for about 1 hour plus and came out for lunch. And after that, it's photo time!! 

We were in luck!! One of the uncle that worked there is also from Penang! He then told one of his worker to bring us deeper to the sea, explore and see more fishes that are bigger! Too bad my phone can't go underwater, or else the photos taken will be so splendid! To our amazement, we saw a SHARK! not any baby shark, but already a grown up one! luckily it didn't swim near us, but the feeling of witness a shark in real life just can't be described by words. It was scary, but I had the curiosity to get nearer. Oh well, the shark decided to just show up, then swam back deeper to the sea again. We saw nemo, the corals they live in, big big fishes (really super super big!), and colourful fishes! so beautiful! Many thanks to Uncle "Jack Sparrow", as named by my friend. The memories and adventure is just unforgettable!

The sea is just so clear at Pulau Payar <3 <3 

The snorkeling drained all my energy. I was sleeping the whole boat journey back to Langkawi. The bus drop us back to our hotel and all of us had a shower before heading out again. Next stop, Eagle Square! There's nothing there actually, just the Eagle and the word "Langkawi". But as a tourist, we're definitely not leaving till we get a picture with both of them! 

How can we leave Langkawi without having a taste of the seafood? haha! so....tadah!! Seafood for dinner~~ It was just 3 of us, so we can't order much and too expensive, but it was worth! It taste super delicious! (especially for me, one that only comes back once in a year from overseas)

After dinner we went to the Pasar Malam in Kuah (Wednesday). The location of the pasar malam changes everyday, so make sure to check the location before departing. We went during the fasting month (bulan puasa), so the pasar malam was mostly like a bazaar. It was still fun, roaming though the stalls, Malaysian food, reminds me of the days in Matrics with my friends. We also bought chocolate from the duty free shops there. 

Time flies, it's already day 3~~~ last day~

We checked out of the hotel, then headed to the cable car~ 

We bought the combination of Sky Cable, Sky Dome( a new thing, and is included in every package) and 3D interactive art museum for RM20 (with MyKad). 

A selfie in the cable car~

The cable car was kind of scary, it's going so steep and keep going higher and higher, it just terrifies me to look straight below, afraid that I might fall. haha! silly me~ 

View from the top

The cable car drop us off at the centre platform for us to take some photos and look at view, isn't it just beautiful and breathtaking~

Not forgetting a selfie of course~

We then continue to the highest platform and we went to the sky bridge as well. It's so windy up there that our hair became a mess! And the pathway to sky bridge was under a construction, so we need to kind of hike our way there (free work out for us). We were sweating when we reached there, but it was a nice experience and the structure of it impressed me so much that I wonder how on earth can human build this bridge hanging so high up there.

Messy hair~~

We left when it was about to rain. We can see rain clouds coming near and can feel a storm coming, so we went downhill. We were really lucky 3 people, all the view were clear when we were there and the clouds were all over the bridge when we left. I wonder how the visitors visiting at that time can take a clear picture. We had a simple lunch at a cafe with a tourist price.

Next destination, 3D interactive art museum. 

There are so many 3D art that my camera is so busy from the start till the end. 

I feel it's worth visiting as you can take many interesting and cute photos! 

And with all these, we ended our visit in Langkawi~ It was a memorable trip with my friends and a nice catch up as well. This is the first trip together and hope it's not the last! ^.^ 

Note: In a trip like this, a monopod will come in handy as you can take pictures without leaving someone out~ haha! I also appologise for any statements that I made that offended you unintentionally. It's just a sharing and hope if you're planning a Langkawi trip, it might be useful~ 

Yours sincerely, 

kyt~