Our Last Day In Malaysia...

Our last day in Langkawi. Our holiday is coming to an end. We take a taxi down to Pandai Kok and the Telaga Harbour Park for a bit of last minute sightseeing. It is a beautiful sunny day and the free roaming buffaloes are enjoying the green grass near the marina. It is amazing to see them there. The harbour is filled with many expensive looking yachts, further down near the Headland Watch Tower, a few fisherman's boat are also tied up along the piers.

Perdana Quay

Along this promenade, plenty of restaurants and bistros and a few retails shops and offices.

Free Roaming Buffaloes

The Marina

 The yachts and the rusty fisherman's boats tied alongside the pier

Headland Watch Tower

The Beach with Fisherman's Boat against a backdrop of mountain and rainforest.

We make our way back to the resort to check out of our room, our transfer will be here later to take us to the airport. It is a shame we have run out of time as there quite a few more areas of Langkawi to explore. It's certainly, a tourist's paradise and quite different to Penang.

It has been a wonderful holiday with plenty of new experiences, sightseeing and shopping. The people here are so helpful and friendly, they work hard for a living but seem happy with their lot.

That is it, I have enjoyed putting this blog of our trip together. Still have plenty of photos to go through, but I think I have included some of the best of what we have seen. See you for now, until our next adventure.

More from Day 11...

This afternoon, we took a taxi to Kuah Town to do a little souvenir shopping. We walked down to the jetty , then went and had a closer look at the Lang Eagle; a very popular tourist destination. Bought an ice-cream at the local shop and we had to eat it quite quickly as with the heat it was melting and dribbling everywhere.  We took a short walk through the lovely Legend Park, very peaceful place. We manage to find a beautiful leather bag for Richard at the Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall. Then back to our hotel by taxi. The trip by taxi cost 36RM one was, which we thought was very reasonable considering the distance traveled. All fares are set by the government; all the different areas that you want to visit have a set fare attached to it. 

Kuah Jetty

Lang Square' Eagle

Legend Park

Back at the resort for a little downtime, before returning to the Oriental Village for our dinner. This place is so peaceful and relaxing, it will be a shame to leave it. But leave we have too as I trip is coming to an end.

The Entrance Road to Berjaya

Berjaya Resort Beach

Wild Goose at the Oriental Village

This little monkey came down to check out the Oriental Village

Day 11...

Breakfast at the Dayan café where we see little squirrels clambering all over the tree branches. Last night on our way to the village, we came across a family of monkeys which had just come down from the rainforest.

Little monkey

Joined by family

We make our way back to the oriental village to get on the Langkawi cable Car. The cable car will take us to the top of Mat Cincang Mountain. It's an awe-inspiring journey and we get a panoramic views over Langkawi and neighbouring Kedah Provence. The car takes us up 709 metres and the journey covers 2.2 km  at an incline of 42 degrees. It is quite an exhilarating ride to the top as we see the beaches and the islands retreat into the distance. It is a shame that the humidity in the air has created a typical tropical haze, reducing some of the views.

Riding up to the top on the cable car

To get to the hanging bridge, we have to descent some very steep stairs. The view from the bridge is also breathtaking. We had to make a few stop on the way back up as my legs were aching from the strain. We grabbed another car to the second viewing platform. The views from there are even more exhilarating.

Hanging Bridge

This afternoon, we will be taking a taxi to Kuah Town for a bit of sightseeing.

Day 10...

As we are being picked up at 11am for the airport, we decide to have a late breakfast and spend some relaxing time in our room till then. 

The airport is undergoing some reconstruction, so things are a bit messing and confusing but we get through to the ticket counter and security and then have to wait quite a while as our flight is a bit late for boarding; we are a bit frustrated while waiting as not much information is given.

Waiting for our flight to Langkawi

Berjaya Resort Reception

A very short flight and we are in Langkawi. It is so different here, quite the tropical island with plenty of open space and rice paddocks. The traffic is calm with good roads, but still plenty of scooters around with sometimes three sitting onboard, the kids don’t seem to wear helmets around here either. 

Our driver takes us to our hotel “The Berjaya Resort”. Our little chalet is in the middle of the rainforest, well appointed with all the modcond. The weather is now quite hot and humid but we are refreshed by a complimentary fruit juice and then taken to our chalet by shuttle.

Resort in middle of rainforest

Relaxing on the balcony

Later, we make our way to the Oriental Village to get our bearings, look through some of the shops and decide to go back there for tea. To our surprise, by the time we come back, most of the shops and cafes are closed, but we do find this friendly cafe in the foodcourt which serves up a delightful plate of prawn fried rice.

Oriental Village