Langkawi Trip June 09

Just got back from my langkawi trip with the family together with my sisters. We had the time of our lives and enjoyed it so much. The food was nice. The hotel was nice. Below are the summaries of our trip....

1. Stayed in Langkasuka Resort Hotel, which is about 5 minutes drive from the hotel. Very nice hotel, nice room. We got ourselves two gigantic rooms with our own individual balconies. Nice swimming pool with water fall. Not bad for RM110 per night for a supposedly 4* hotel

2. Last visited Langkawi in Aug 1996 (that was like 13 years ago)

3. Aquabeat (more or less like Sunway Lagoon) has closed down.

4. The flight to and fro langkawi was very smooth

5. Kecik loves flying but hates sitting in the boat and in the cable car

6. beras terbakar has changed a lot since i last went there in the late 80's

7. Makam Mahsuri now is like a cultural center

8. Underwater world is interesting and annoying at the same time. It seems we have a world-class facilities with 3rd class service and maintenance. I guess, I don't mind paying to enter the place, but I believe it's not worth the money that I'm paying for. The staff are not friendly, in fact, I didn't see any when I was there.

9. Crocodile farm. Just like the underwater world, the crocodile farm is depressing. I might be wrong in comparing the crocodile farm with the sea world in san diego, but at least, there should be some farm personnel hanging out at the exhibits and ready to provide some form of information to the visitors. Service teruk sekali lah. Basically takde org jaga...

10. If you ever go there, go to these restaurants for nice and reasonably priced food..
a) restoran jom pi ikan bakaq (near beras terbakar)-beware..byk nyamuk!!
b) sajian aki (the road heading to pantai cenang)
c) Hj Ramlee (pantai cenang)-MUST GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11) Rented a Nissan Sentra for about RM250 from Wed till Saturday. Surprisingly a good family car. THe air-cond could be better...

12. Went island hopping/ witness eagle feeding/ swam at tasik dayang bunting/ chill at pulau beras basah

13. Cable car at gunung mat chincang. Had to wait for about an hour before we could get into the cable car coz there were so many tourist. Kecik buat perangai!! Anyhoos, the view from up there was magnificent. HOw could someone came up with the idea of putting up a cable car over there. Respect to whoever he or she is.. The ride is scary at times!! The suspension bridge was cool as well...

14. Had a good time feeding the deers and rabbits as well as the fishes nearby the cable car entrance..

15. Stopped by at Jln Teluk Yu (by the seaside) on our way to Pantai Pasir Hitam to eat original Laksa Kedah and the wonderful sea breeze. The air jagung pun best jugak...

16. Almost every shop that are located at tourist sites sell more or less the same thing. (eg same t-shirt/shorts/etc)

17. Ate the best goreng pisang ever nearby the crocodile farm

18. Kecik ate 3 ice creams before dinner at haji ramlee's restaurant..

19. Hj Jelani's seafood restaurant sucks big time..slow service with couldn't care less attitude..

20. The eagle statue at Dataran Lang is freaking huge. That was the first time I went there..

21. Chocolate shopping at Kuah town...

22. Everyone was on bad-mood mode on Friday night cause we had to go back to KL the next day....huhuhuhu


All in all, I had a great time with the family in Langkawi. Will definitely go there again. So my dear wife, where are we going this december? hehehe