Malaysia Trip Diary Part 5: LANGKAWI 31 July 06

Yuhuuu…wake up guys!

It’s time for Langkawi…where we can sit back and relax after days of thrill and shopping.

Our flight was at 11.25 AM…so we need to get hurry. After having our fast & quick breakfast, we headed for the airport by taxi.

At around 10 AM, we’ve already arrived at LCCT…then at 12.25 PM we landed at Langkawi International Airport.

Suddenly, we decided to rent a car which the stalls offering many cars were ‘fighting’ each other to get the customer.

Then we rent Nissan Sentra for only RM90/day…actually I asked Evert to get X-Trail instead but he insisted to rent sedan as it was cheaper…huh! That red X-Trail was really ‘waving’ me to rent it…hahaha.

Off we went to Pelangi Beach Resort which located only 15 minutes from the airport.

We got room number 1605. It was an old style room, the one in KL was more spacious than this one, the bathroom was OK and has separate shower.

Actually it wasn’t something we expected…especially after 2 nights in Renaissance KL. But, well…we’ve decided by ourselves so we must take it as it is.

Evert managed to take some pictures at the beach area…he said it was so-so.

Our hungry stomach couldn’t take any longer, we went to what they call “the largest shopping mall in Langkawi”…it was Langkawi Shopping Fair…located at the other side of the island which took us 20 minutes to go there from the hotel.

It was dodgy, not big, and only has few restaurants including McD.

We took upstairs and headed for the food court…well yeah, food court! But we had a quite nice late lunch at that time, not to mention a very cheap price. Me & Eva opted for Special Tom Yam with rice, while Merry got Tom Yam Noodle and Evert had Paprika Fried Rice.

Huhuhuhu…look at Evert guys! He was sweating all over his face, neck, and head…and that wasn’t because of his food, but because of ours. Just by smelling the spice, he could be drained like that.

After finishing our meal, we got inside the store named Factory Outlet Store. These 3 girls didn’t have any idea that we’ll be going to swim at the beach right after lunch without going back to the hotel.

Well, we didn’t bring any proper swim suit. So we bought a short in FOS, Merry & Me chose the same one, a Red & Navy Blue Paul Frank short for only RM24. I also took one pink-colored beach sandal cost RM17.

Our 1^st destination was Tanjung Rhu beach; it’s at the north part of the island where you’d find 2 great resorts: Tanjung Rhu resort and Four Season Langkawi.
We couldn’t afford those resorts…the cheapest would cost us USD250/night…J

After passing by Four Season, we found an interesting place named “The Sands” which own by Tanjung Rhu resort.

The Sands is a pool with bar and tables. We were attracted by their design, it was decorated stylishly posh.
Too bad, that mouthwatering pool & all the chairs designated for hotel guests only.

But, hey…we came here so far…so let’s just try the beach.
We changed clothes inside the car with Evert near by…pretty sure he turned his back on us at that time…J

Then played the whole afternoon on the beach…took some pictures…and finally bought some drinks from the bar. Hey look, the guests were all foreigners and surely not Asian.

I borrowed a shirt from Evert, and so the other girls. It turned out we got green ones…all 4 green!

We ordered some nice drinks…smoothies and juices; as usual Evert had his alcoholic drinks…J

From The Sands, we followed the road at the north side, and then found a nice place to have dinner. There were some waterfront-restaurants: Mare Blue, USSR, The Tapas, and some that I forgot the name.

We chose for The Tapas…it was an unmistakable choice sine I had a really nice dinner there…nice atmosphere, nice food. I ate Grilled Tuna Vinegar teamed with Fries & Mediterranean Salad…cost me only RM25…Yum!

Then we went back to the hotel. Took a bath and sat on the beach bar for a while before playing Billiard. Evert taught me how to play it…we had fun! At 1 AM, we headed back to our room and went to sleep. Nite Everyone!