Langkawi Trip 2011

Just back from Langkawi trip on last weekend. It is the first time for me to travel in Langkawi. I love the place, especially the food, haha.

On 19 Nov 2011, we departed from LCCT at 7.30am and reached Langkawi airport at 8.30am. The rate to rent a car is a bit expensive as that weekend was the peak season. The ppl recommended viva for RM180, don't feel it's worth.. So end up we rent a 2-months old car Mazda2 for 3 days.

We started our trip by going to the Telaga Harbour to have sight-seeing and photo taking. The view is nice. Then we went to Oriental Village. But unluckily after half hour, it started to rain. To avoid wasting time, we left and went back to Pulau Cenang to check in hotel. After that, we had our lunch at Red Tomato, a restaurant for western food. We ordered a custom-made pizza with bacon, mushroom and pineapple. We also ordered a bowl of mushroom soup with bread. I like their thin crust pizza, which all the while I think thin crust pizza is not nice.

We went to Underwater park to see penguin. haha, it is shame to say that it is my first time to see real penguin :p they are so cute. The ticket is worth the price as there are many things to see.

We had our dinner at Unkaizan, a well-known japanese restaurant introduced by forum ppl. Yes, the food is so tasty and the service is so good. The japanese waitress gave 2 pieces of cartoon papers for Alfred to spend his time while waiting for the food. Alfred enjoyed it very much. However, the price is expensive haha.

The next day we had the mangrove tour around the Geopark. However, we had realized that we paid more than others for the tour.... Lesson learnt, must compare the price before making any payment. Anyway, the trip is nice for a first timer. They brought us travelling around bat cave, crocodile river, fish farm, eagle feeding, beach swimming and lunch. The most memorable thing was we had "ikan pari" feeding. Alfred and I were feeding the ugly "ikan pari" with hands. The ikan pari won't eat the food if the food is thrown to it. We had to grab the food in our hand and slowly put into the water, then the ikan pari will come and suck the food again. Yes, it won't bite, but it sucks the food like a vacum, haha. Looked scary with the process, but nice experience! In fact, Alfred requested to feed it, and I followed to feed after him, :p

After the 4 hours tour, we went back to hotel to rest for 1 hour and continued exploring in Oriental Village again. Nothing much to see there but had the rabbit feeding and deer feeding which Alfred was so eagerly to feed them since day 1.

At night, we had our seafood dinner at Orchid Ria, a chinese restaurant recommended by the forum ppl again. Yes, the food is so fresh and delicious. We ordered the big lobster which costs us RM90 for one. But since this is the highly recommended dish, so just closed my eyes to order. Beside lobster, we had ordered a plate of sea asparagus, a plate of squid and a plate of vegetable. We spent RM160 for this dinner. Expensive rite? haha, that's y i said "close my eyes" to order.

At night, we had shopping at the duty free shops for chocolate and alcohol drinks. The chocolate and alcohol drinks are so cheap which I was unwilling to buy normal softdrinks and snacks. The 3 days in Langkawi, we had only plain water (from hotel) and beer when thirsty; had chocolate to bite when mouth itchy. :p

The last day, we went to Dataran Lang for photo taking. We managed to buy some angry bird's clothes for alfred and bernard at there also. Alfred had bising to buy that since day 1 =.="" After that, we continued with shopping. We found that the kitchenware in Langkawi is so cheap. I bought a set of Vision glass pots for RM299 in which it was sold for RM499 in jusco melaka. I also bought a stainless steel pan with glass cover for RM139 which I believe in melaka, it costs double.

however, it really made us worry with the luggage weight to travel back to LCCT. Luckily everything is within our estimation and no extra charge charged on us. So fast, the trip had ended. Hope to travel again.