l y n n k e r r e l: Langkawi....after 1 month...

Hi all,

Sorry for the late update. Its been a busy weekend and a lazy week days to update my blog. As usual our trip to Langkawi is excellent and relaxing especially since it is a 5 days and 4 nights trip. As mention before, we stayed at Kg. Tok Senik, Federal Villa and one more we didn't mention before coz it was never plan, Malibest.

What can i say about Kg Tok Senik?

First of all, we are not sure if it is because we went during weekdays and not a school holiday, the place is nearly empty, we only got 1 neighbor and they are not even near us. So as u can imagine, being nearly the only visitor there, it is a very quite place. It is very nice and serene during the day but at night?.....it's kind of scary outside. Maybe because of lack in visitors, they didn't switch on all the street light making some of the area kind of dark. So when one of the night when we got back to our chalet and my hubby forgot to switch on the porch light back on, u can't imagine how dark it was. We use our car to brighten the area so that it's not that dark.

The chalet itself is ok. it's kind of old but that was the purpose i think, to make it look like a village house. The bathroom is good. I like the shower...you know, the round big type, its kind of like you're bathing in the rain. The bed and pillow are great. A lot of internal lighting. The only thing that both of us was uneasy about is the noise at night.

The first night is not a good one for me coz there is this repeating noise every half an hour. My hubby said maybe its a mechanical thing they install to make it sound like we're in a forest but still its too loud and i can't sleep well. The next morning, we ask the reception what it was and told them that if it is mechanical, please switch it off. Apparently, it is not mechanical stuff, it is some kind of lizard or something which make that noise and they can't do anything about it coz it only happens at night and they can't find them since its too dark to look for it (even Kerel was uneasy to smoke outside of the chalet due to the darkness...heheheh). So we just have to bare with it on the 2nd night.

The so call buffet breakfast. I really hope it is because of the season coz if it is this what the call buffet breakfast, the gonna loose a lot of customer during breakfast. When we got to the 'warung' (can't remember the name) there was only one chinese family there. when i look around, there was no table with a spread of food....only empty tables. We thought it was over but when we ask, they say it is still available. We sit and the waiter came with a menu, on it is a few sets of breakfast from 'nasi lemak', 'meehoon goreng' to 'american breakfast'. So we ordered. Apparently it is kind of like ala carte buffet. Bummer......well, what to do...just eat la...hahahahha

the entrance of our chalet in Kg. Tok Senik......

the so call buffet breakfast....hehehehe

The first few days we drove around, we nearly covered the whole island. We went to places that we never visited before like the 'Galeri Perdana' and we also went to places which we haven't been too for a long time like the Underwater world. We planned on a boating trip, a mangrove trip, we keep postponing it due to rain, waiting for people and all, we ended up not going. Maybe next time. What we really wanted was the trip to 'Pulau Beras Besar' ( i think) but it will cost us RM350 for a boat to go there hmmmm.....maybe next time when there's more people, we can go for that trip. Actually we can go there by joining the 'Island Hopping' and it will only costs us RM80 for 2 person but if we do that, it will only be 1 hour stop and we don't want that, we wanted to stay there longer. So that will be in our next trip planning.

The next place we stayed was Federal Villa, nothing changes here except for a new request the hotel posted in the room wall. Its written.....please do not bring out side food and drinks. It's not a regulation but out of respect to the hotel request. We were like...WHAT?...are they crazy? The cheapest drink u can get from the menu is Coke and it will cost u RM8 and the cheapest food is French fries RM13...so imagine if u have a certain budget or a lot of kids?...well too bad, not that we don't respect the request but we have to be realistic, we bought some drinks and food in, no choice.

The last place we stayed called Malibest. We never planned to stay here but since we can't get an extension of time at Federal Villa even thou we wanted to pay for it, we check out and check in malibest. It's because our flight is at 10.30pm. The place is nice but we were given the old chalet so the toilet is kind of run-down but....the beach is nice but crowded in the evening....oh well....its only for a few hours so its ok.

remember this scenery?.....Federal villa view at sundown....

an evening in Malibest.....hehehehe...our last day in Langkawi for year 2010....

view at Malibest.....

Eating places.....we ate at places we've been too the last time and also new places. The one i remember the most is the one that our cousin Din took us to, ' 3 layer tea' i can't remember the name of the mamak shop but i can still remember the taste of the tea. Its the best so far. The tea is made of tea...of course....milk and 'gula Melaka'.....yummy......and then there's this one restaurant we went to for lunch in 'Pantai Cenang', its the opposite of Underwater World, the spread looks and taste good...they even have big sea prawns (which is a must for me...heheh) and the price is actually very reasonable. The best part is when we ask the owner if he just open the shop (coz it wasn't there last year when we were there...) and he said, no, he opened that place since 9 years ago, only now people can actually 'see' his place....u know what i mean...hehehhe...bad isn't it...what human can do to another human...

And the compulsory eating place for us...the 'Tomato cafe' we actually ate there twice and as before, the food and desert is delicious...:)

Galeri Perdana......hmm....i wonder how much they spend to build this building...its not very big but enough to make u tired by the time u finish the whole visit....the interior of this buiding is exceptional....beautiful...out of this world ceiling or should i called it dome......its breath taking...the moment u look up...u won't look down anymore....its just beautiful...they did a good job on that place...every corner u go even the corridors....its design in such a way that people will stay focus and admire the details. We actually loose interest on the item displayed...hehehhe...talking about the items...Dr M sure got a lot of stuff....im sure those they got there are only part of it.....a lot of things in every kind of form....from local products to international...he even got a horse carriage as a present....hehehe...lucky man huh...

Dr. M......this picture looks nicer if look urself.....

the ceiling of galeri perdana.....nice isn't it?

other one of the domes they got....

the 3 layer tea.....yummy....

Well...what else...sight seing...shopping...eating...and...relaxing...thats about it and yes thats what we intended to do anyway...relaxing....forget about work load and other problems...just enjoy and relax...