Our family went to Langkawi during the weekend. It was a welcome break to the hectic schedule that my wife and i've been having for the last few months. Work, work, work... but bills have to be paid, right?! hahhahaaa!
We flew on Saturday morning. Touched down at Langkawi Airport and our Serena was already waiting. We check-in to our rented apartment and within 2 hours of our arrival, we've basically toured the whole island! We didn't stop by any interesting spots, just... drive around the island because we wanted to know how big the island was... and that we did!
We rented an apartment at Bella Vista in Kuah Town... 3 rooms with 3 bathrooms and hot shower, fridge, living room, astro and 2 living rooms was more than enough for our party of 7. The hotel served our purpose, with swimming pool to keep the kids occupied, amenities, foods/restaurants are plenty in the surrounding area.
The next day we start our tour de force of the island. Our 1st stop was Dataran Lang, followed by Mahsuri Mousoleum, Telaga Harbour, Oriental Village. My kids had the greatest time there. They have animal farm where they feed rabbits, took a ride on an elephant. Our last stop for the day was Pantai Cenang. Beautiful scenery, loads of tourists, loads of gift shops, loads of restaurant and you will find the cheapest island tour here. Much cheaper than what is on the internet. If you are a good negotiator, maybe you'll get even lower fare. But due to time constraints, we just spent our time on the beach catching the waves. We head back to the hotel and everyone was tired esp the kids. At night we proceed with our shopping trip, chocolates are plenty, cigarettes, pinggan mangkuk, we bought a few stuff because this is only an introductory trip and we plan to come back for a proper holiday stay. After that we had seafood dinner and just for RM 60++ for the 7 of us. We had fried rice, ikan siakap stim, lala masak thai, sotong bakar, 2 types of veges and drinks.
The cars... owh man! A Mitsubishi Grandis cost around 70++K, even the Lancer GLS cost around the same. It is just too painful to watch so my brother and i decided enough was enough. Hahaha... !
Monday, we packed our bags and proceed to Kuah town again for final last minute shopping and then head straight for the airport. Our plane was delayed and we arrived in KL a little late than we planned. But it was worth while the time we spent together as a family.
Honey, we should do this more often!
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Now the real story comes in the form of late 60s Harrison Ford out and about, bull-whipping, dodging obstacles, plane hopping, 3 times it falls, monkeys swinging, kick ruskies rear end and finding aliens.
