Langkawi Island, September 2007

Arrived Langkawi Airport at 1.20 pm and was promptly greeted by shouts from the local tout offering discount for tour packages and car rentals.

Approached a bearer whose holding a place card with my name on it….exchanged formalities, collected our baggage and made a beeline to a Nissan Serena ( 7 seater ) which I rented for the duration of my stay.

My kids were shouting in glee at the prospect of exploring the island on a vehicle which was new to them. Drove to the direction of our hotel ( Awana Porto Malai ) with HAA HAAs and HEE HEEs in the back ground.

Managed to check in to our rooms ( I booked 2 rooms ) and ushered the kids to change their baju for a day in Kuah Town.

There is nothing special to write about the hive centre of Langkawi except that its like your normal seaside town which was once a busy port. Visited the Eagle Statue where the Island Of Langkawi got its name from…took a few snapshots and headed of for some shopping activities.

Took about 30 minutes for me to locate the shops selling dried seafood, Wifey and my mum promptly parked themselves in the shop and left me with my kids….sheeesh!

They were pestering my like hell to take them to a more “exiting” place within 5 minutes. I did what they wanted just to decrease the pressure on my eardrums which ended up with me buying 2 Hotwheels car for each of them.

Had dinner at Kuah town before proceeding to the famous Langkawi Underwater World. I must admit that the fishes on show was much better than what is in the KL Aquaria. I use the word “WAS” because all the fishes in the Underwater World was poisoned ( 600 fishes died ) two days after I got back to KL. Finished the Aquarium tour in about 2 hours and immediately headed back to Awana Porto Malai for some much needed shut eye. Have to wake up early the next day because of the Island hopping activity that I have arranged.

Breakfast at the Resort was quite simple ( refer to below picture ) and nothing to write home about....buuuurp!!!

Guide picked us up at 9.30 and we were shooting off to the Island Of The Pregnant Maiden in no time. Took one hell of a hike up the slopes of the Pregnant Maiden before reaching a fresh water lake in the middle of the island. Legend has it that the lake was formed from the tears of the maiden in question. Spent about 45 minutes here before proceeding to another island sanctuary where were we treated to a sight for the eyes to behold…..feeding the eagles.

There were hundreds of them flying around in the sky within minutes of our arrival. The boatman then started to throw pieces of chicken meat into the sea which propmpted the eagles to dive bomb and pick up the meat using their talons…..pheeew!

My kids were oooohing and aaahing away and I nearly followed them before realizing that my mouth was in the open position. This is one activity that I would fully recommend to future visitors and readers of my blog….worth every single cent that I paid.

Last stop was Pulau Beras Basah ( Island Of Wet Rice ) for swimming activity. We spent one and a half hour there before heading back to Langkawi Island for some more swimming activity in the resort swimming pool.

Kids were pooped out by 3.00pm was was sleeping like babies before I woke them up at 5.30 pm for dinner at Kuah Town. Mum and Wifey did some last minute shopping after dinner because I plan to spend tomorrow lazing about at the resort before our intended flight home.

All in all it was a splendid trip for the family….wifey and mum enjoyed themselves going shopping and bargain hunting….kids enjoyed themselves with swimming and torturing me….I enjoyed myself watching them enjoying themselves. Would like to end this post by saying that Langkawi Island is a place that I hope to revisit in the near future.

2 every1 his/her OWN………….