Langkawi Island Hopping Tour

*A very backdated post*

 

Daddy reminded me that I did not finish blogging about our trip to Langkawi in August last year. Okay, now I recall I did the same to our Bangkok trip too!! Gosh.. Okay, okay.. gotta play catch up now..

 

 

We went for Island Hopping Tour the next morning we arrived in Langkawi.  Tickets were purchased from a tour agency across our hotel at RM25 each (Adults) and RM20 (Children)  the night before (they open until 12 midnight). 

 

 

Other tours offered by the tour operator

 

Wanted to play one of these with the boy but weather was not in our favour. :( 

Nevermind, there's always next time. :)

 

We boarded the boat from this beach near Awana Porto Malai Resort

 

The boy got a seat at the side but later convinced by his dad to sit in the centre

for safety reasons

Our journey started.. Woohoo...  Berjaya Porto Malai from far. 

We stayed here on our 1st trip to Langkawi.

 

Passing by a cruise ship

 

and a yacht...

 

With the speed of the boat accelerating, the sea water splashes not only onto

my camera but the camera woman! To the extent I kept sampling the water and my mind kept telling me how salty the water was!! 

 

Approaching our first destination... Pulau Beras Basah where we had

an hour to lepak (stroll) before zooming off to the next destination.

 

The water here is so clear that you can see tiny fishes..

 

A monkey welcoming its guests on the bridge..

 

Poor monkey.. wonder how this can opening got stuck in one of his paws

 

Smile...

 

Some young lass making MTV on the beach, I guess

 

I spotted one big "orang utan", clothes on somemore! LOL..

 

This monkey hesitating but eager to get to a father and son who were deeper in the water.  Apparently it has the most interest in the bag of food that the father held in his hand. 

 

I so love the view of the 4Ss here... Sun, Sky, Sand, Sea...

 

Next destination: Eagle feeding. 

 

The eagles flies graciously in the sky, I didn't manage to get the photos of them zooming down to grab the food.  They did but only once or twice which I missed.  According to our boat operator, they had been fed enough food before us. 

 

Next: Pulau Dayang Bunting.   Approaching the island.  Can you see a pregnant woman in a lying down position from far..

 

Arrived at the jetty.  Another hour for us to explore the island..

 

Took quite a bit of walking up and down the stairs before we got here.

 

The boy was eagered to swim in the lake but I stopped him.  I am hopeless in swimming and daddy was not feeling so well that morning. 

 

So he ended up dipping in the pool

 

When it was about time to say goodbye, again we had to repeat how we got here. *puff puff*

 

The island hopping tour was the highlight of our Langkawi trip and with only RM25 per pax, we had so much fun!  I believe this price is the cheapest around town.  It's a must go tour if you haven't been on one.

 

His Souvenirs From Pulau Langkawi

He paid RM8 for the shell whistle which he bought from Pulau Dayang Bunting during our island hopping trip. Daddy bought him the sunglasses for RM5 at a shop near our hotel

 

 

RM2 for the bamboo whistle he bought from a souvenir shop in Oriental Village.  He sure has a thing about whistles. Hahaha.

 

 

With the belief that the WANTS and NEEDS being successfully drilled into his head (we hope!) since young and his past track record of managing money, we entrusted him with some money at his disposal recently.  He made two purchases on our recent trip to Pulau Langkawi and spent a total of RM10, one-third of the money he brought with him.  Something more expensive caught his eyes when we were there but after some serious thoughts and consideration, he decided to let go, reason... I don't want to empty my pocket.  We are so proud of you, boy!

Next step will be to encourage him to invest some of his savings instead of putting all eggs in one basket, in his case, the bank.   Hmm...  Time to do some research on penny stocks seriously. 



Sending Postcard From The Sky

Smile and pose for mommy's camera before dropping the postcard into the mailbox.

 

Paid RM5 for the postcard (with stamp included) at the peak of Gunung Mat Cincang.

Encouraged the boy to send a postcard to his grandparents.  Hopefully it gets instilled into his mind and he will never forget to drop daddy and mommy a few lines wherever he goes when he leaves the nest.  Hehehe..

Restoran Wan Thai, Kuah Town, Pulau Langkawi

The table deco

 

Restoran Wan Thai, a Thai restaurant located in Kuah town is apparently very popular among the local folks and tourists in Langkawi. We only got to eat there the third time we went! Imagine that!  It could also due to the long holidays when we were there.  It was closed for Hari Raya the second night we were there, so we had our dinner at Wonderland Food Store instead. The next day we went, it was a quarter to three in the afternoon. The waitress politely rejected us explaining that they were closing at 3pm. The restaurant was brimmed with customers even it was near closing time.   

 

 

 Table setting

 

 

On our last night in Langkawi, we procastinated if it would be worthwhile to drive 20 minutes or was it 30 minutes there from Pantai Cenang to Kuah town just to have dinner.  The sky started to drizzle on our second day there and started to pour later of the day until the day we left. :(  We decided to go after much procastination and it was almost 8.30pm when we left Pantai Cenang.  The road to the town was dark and winding and I was praying silently that the car would not break down along the way.  We paid a jacked up price for the rented car and yet its condition was less than desirable.  Fortunately it somehow pulled through albeit annoying glitches here and there. Hahaha..  A lesson learnt for not booking a car in advance. Oh well...

 

It was slightly over 9pm when we reached there and there was already a crowd forming at the restaurant entrance.  As expected, we were asked to come back again the next day! I told the staff off politely that we would be flying back tomorrow!  She then took all the trouble trying to accomodate us and voila.. we finally got to eat there. Phew!  Thumbs up to the staff there who appeared so polite and professional.  We were ushered to the supervisor, a very elegant looking lady who spoke Thai to her staff.  She took our order and at the same time recommended their specialty dishes.  She explained that she could not open the 1st floor to customers as they were understaff at that time.  By then, they had a table for us.  Food wise, very good, authentic Thai dishes, the seafood otak-otak in particular (no idea what it is called in Thai) that came with a whole coconut filled with prawns, fish fillets and squids.  Highly recommended though I must advise those who are eager to dine there, try to go there at least one hour before their closing time or chances of getting rejected is super high!  

 

 

 

The busy restaurant.. the empty table in the foreground was filled up with customers (who called in for reservation beforehand) soon after this picture was taken.

 

Mango kerabu fish

 

Seafood tom yum

 

Rice served with a sprinkle of brown rice

 

Again, eggs for the boy as he can't take the spiciness of Thai food.

Prawn fritters

 

Seafood otak-otak...

 

Don't know what exactly this is called but the supervisor highly recommended this dish... something seafood otak-otak.  No regret ordering this.  In fact, it's a must have!  We even scooped the coconut flesh out.. tasted so heavenly having absorbed all the goodness of the dish!

 

The bill of food and 3 drinks came to slightly over RM90.  We will surely pay this restaurant a visit on our next visit to Langkawi.  Food wise, very good and food presentation too, superb I must say.

 

Wonderland Food Store, Kuah Town, Pulau Langkawi

We visited Langkawi island again during the last school holidays. It was daddy's 4th, the boy's 2nd and my 3rd. It was fun still as we did something different this time. It was like so MUCH MORE FUN this time we were there! :)

It was closed to midnight when our plane touched down at Langkawi Airport, so after getting two bottles of drinking water from a convenient store a stone's throw away from where we stayed, we called it a day. YES, we stayed along Pantai Cenang street this time.  Though it was almost into the midnight but the street was still so much alive bursting with tourists. 

 

Coming back to food which is what I am going to write in this post, I read a lot of good reviews about this restaurant and so we were on the second night for dinner.

 

 

Wonderland Food Store

 

Eggs for the boy

 

Japanese beancurd with vege

 

Can't remember what's this. Chicken, daddy??

 

Mantis Prawn kung po style

 

Seafood tomyam

 

Steamed fish

 

 

Self helping of rice

 

 

For drinks, we ordered iced longan for the boy, beer for hubby and a glass of hot tea for myself.  The bill came to around RM70.  Cheap?  Taste wise, though hubby commented that the sauce of those dishes tasted somewhat different to him, overall it was a good and satisfying dinner.