langkaWHEEEEEE!!

Exactly 2 weeks ago, I went to Langkawi island with awesome people. And now that I've got the photos, I would like to blog it to keep the memories. So...

DAY 1 !! 5 July 2010...

All of us gathered up at 12pm in Penang International Airport. My first trip on a plane with friends, and also my first trip to Langkawi. Some were early but some were late....but all were on time for the check-in!

looks like a tour agency group instead lol

As scheduled our flight took off at 1.15pm.

Penang from airplane view

And we arrived about 2pm.

Langkawi from airplane view

Then the first mission starts. Transportation. Being a group of 19, we decided to get two vans after the guys did the bargaining of prices and checking the conditions of the van and etc for I think 1 hour. One is a 8-seater van while the next is a 12-seater van. Then off we start!

We headed to AB Motel located in Pantai Cenang. We managed to find the hotel just fine. We had 3 rooms for 17 of us (1 room for the girls and 2 rooms for the guys), while Jas n bf had a room for themselves opposite us.

room

Room condition was better than expected. Except for the floor which are quite sticky due to the motel located right next (or on?) the beach. A tv, a dressing table and a bathroom is attached too. Oh, and even a balcony! overlooking the beach! Not bad lor.. and per room like this is only rm120 per night. With aircond too. Quite a good bargain I feel! ;)

After dropping out luggage and explored the room, we went back to our vans and headed off for lunch nearby then to the Cable Car.

cable car ride

We went up to the highest stop first. Then we walked our way towards the sky bridge.

on our way

It was quite a far walk.. with many stairs. Luckily it was a downhill walk. =P

sky bridge from far and on it

We enjoyed the cool breeze under the burning sun.. AND DEFINITELY ENJOYED SCARING THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID OF HEIGHTS! ngek ngek ngek

on the bridge

best jump photo of the trip =P

After spending quite some time on the bridge, we walked back up to the cable car station. HELL comes. The hike up the stairs felt like foreverrrrrrrr! This is when I regret not exercising.

We also hiked up the stairs leading us to the viewing tower.

the view

We took the cable car and went to the mid-station. Nothing much there. Just enjoyed the breeze and view again..

The cable car supposed to close at 6pm. But I think by the time we went down, it was already 6.30pm. Walked around the park.. and scared people again when we saw a wooden hanging bridge.

flags in conjunction with FIFA 2010

After this, we headed our way to Telaga Tujuh (Seven Wells Waterfall). When we reached there, we asked around and were told that to reach the bottom of the waterfall, we need to hike about 15 minutes, and if to the top, 45 minutes. All of us sehati sejiwa agreed on 15 minutes. LOL

The hike up was quite tiring. But it was so worth it when we reach.

breathtaking

pictures and pictures

The waterfall is just LOVELY. So refreshing and the water is so cooling. Our plan to spend just awhile there failed. I think overall we spend nearly 1 hour there. LOL!

Then we headed back to AB Motel. Along the way, dropped by a petrol station and we saw many boats were parked at the pier.

pier

Dropped Jas and bf at AB as they were tired already. Then we headed down to Kuah Town for dinner.

chinese choo char

This dinner tok-ed us rm18.60 per person. :( But at least we managed to eat till we are extremely full. *self console lol*

After dinner, I cant believe I met my NS friend, Shuang! We havent seen each other since 11 March 2007! She also came to Langkawi for holiday. What a coincidence!

makes me think that the Malaysia can be very small

After dinner, we also looked around at the shops selling chocolates and alcohol for a while. Then we went over to Dataran Helang (Helang Square) which is also located in Kuah Town.

the magnificent eagle

We headed back to AB after that and cleaned ourselves. Then we headed off to the guys room and played some cards and superhero game, with losers have to drink alcohol.

Had a funny night with PeiShing's "hee heee heee" and random shouting and giggling the whole night" LOL!

This summarises Day 1!


Day 2!! 6 July 2010...

Weird enough, most of the girls slept only for an hour of 2 the whole night despite the headache and tiredness.

I woke up and discovered this on my back. From neck to buttock. =.='''''' alcohol rashes according to the 18 other alcohol experts. AND according to them, I will be an expert in alcohol in the future! LOL

lasted about a week!! :S

Only 9 of us (Ranjini, Shan, PeiShing, HooiChin, Lean, Chie Siang, Jas n bf and me) wants to go to Underwater World in the morning as the rest had been there before. So we left them in AB sleeping while 9 of us had roti canai / nasi lemak as our breakfast along Pantai Cenang at about 9am. Then we headed off to Underwater World at around 10am.

fake penguin welcoming us

There's alot of fishes/underwater species inside. We didnt take photos of everything. Just some below that are worth remembering...

penguin feeding and show

evil looking stingray

penguins

we reach the Arctic!

jellyfish

big fish who doesnt move at all. probably like taking photos

otter damn cute

HOLDING A STARFISH ON MY HAND

The whole Underwater World took us about 2 hours. Then we went over to duty free shops next to it and meet up with the rest. Plus surveying the price to be compared to the shops in town.

After that, we headed for lunch in some random atap house before heading to Pantai Pasir Hitam.

When we reach Pasir Hitam, we were disappointed. The beach wasnt exactly black.

pantai sikit hitam

clockwise : Lean, PeiShing, Shu-Min, HooiChin

Then some incident happened. We ended up spliting into two groups. The 9 of us again headed off to town to buy chocolates and alcohol as they are cheaper there. Then we went back to AB and waited for the guys to come back and we headed off to the beach.

Pantai Cenang

trees

ladies

suntan

we love jumping pictures

erm.....no caption

we found a mermaid on shore

After the beach session, as some of them wants to go to town and some wants to go to the night market, we split again. I went to the pasar malam.

pasar malam

I spend rm1 on 3 mini dorayaki-s, rm1 on nata de coco lychee and rm1 one chicken burger. YES! burger! RM 3 and i'm so full... *two thumbs up*

Then we went back and shopped around Pantai Cenang. Nothing much to buy. Reminds me of Batu Feringgi. Only without the pirated DVDs. lol

Then after everyone is back and bathed, we went to the night cards and superhero games again. We played until the FIFA 2010 Uruguay vs Netherlands started. Some fell asleep. Only a few managed to watch the entire match.


Day 3!! 7 July 2010...

The girls in the same room as me woke up at around 9am. We laze around and take our time to bathe. The plan to go to Telaga Tujuh again as expected will fail, FAILED! No one woke up at 7am! HAHAHAHA

It was a really really windy day.

strong wind

Since there's no plan for the morning, we had a crazy karaoke session in the room. HAHAHAHA it was more to getting crazy session instead actually!! ;)

Then we headed down to the beach. The guys were carrying each other up in the air. While we girls took retarded pictures of ourselves.

Rah-Rah-Rah-Ah-Ah....Roma-Ro-MA-MA!!

Then we headed back to our room for last minute packing and then drove towards the airport. We had Kenny Rogers for lunch (and breakfast.. 2 in 1).

yummy yummy

Then disaster starts. Our flight got delayed!! At first it was delayed for 20 minutes. Then delayed again.... Our flight that was supposed to be on 2.15pm ended up delayed until around 3.15pm. We suspected it was caused by the strong wind.

langkawi - penang

Touchdown at around 4pm. Took a last group photo.

3 days 2 nights mission completed

Then it was au revoir.

THANKS TO EACH OF YOU ALL FOR MAKING THIS TRIP A GREAT AND MARVELOUS ONE!
I had lots of fun! A memorable trip that I wish I will never forget! ;)


ps: pictures from CS, PS and me....