• 6th June 2008 - By FoOie

    Burau Bay

    You can click the above photo for a high res panoramic view of the entire beachside

    Earlier in mid April, I went on a trip up to Langkawi with my entire family! It’s been awhile since there was a family trip of any sort, and this was something I was looking forward to. My dad used his underutilized Berjaya Time Share plan to secure 2 rooms at Berjaya Langkawi resort for free. I’ve been there twice prior, and it’s actually a pretty cool place to stay – chalet/rooms are located either at the beach side or further up in the hills amongst the jungle.. you even need a shuttle to pick you up from the rooms to get to the lobby.

    We flew there via AirAsia, and rented a Nissan Sentra for us to get around. The first evening was spent relaxing by the beach, driving to Kuah Town’s ‘pasar malam’ for dinner and settling into our rooms for an early rest.

    Me at Berjaya Beach

    Me at the resort beach..

    Early next morning, we rushed to Porto Malai for our island hopping trip!

    Island Hopping

    Mum, Me & Ching on our ‘exclusive’ hopping boat

    Our first stop at an isolated beach with decently clear waters, and we immediately decided to jump in and get wet.. :)

    Swimming in Sea 1

    Me & Pa

    Swimming in Sea 2

    Me, Ziet, Ching & Ma

    We then headed towards a small inlet where there were swarms of eagles and other birds dive bombing food in the area. The hawks were too fast and too distant for me to take any good photos there. We then moved towards the famous Pulau Dayang Bunting where there’s a natural freshwater lake to swim in (bathing here supposedly helps women get pregnant.. hmm..).

    Catfishes Underwater

    Having my toes nibbled by catfishes at the lake.

    Tasik Dayang Bunting

    Me & Ching

    After our island hopping adventure, we stopped for some seafood lunch at a nearby Chinese restaurant, and then went on to check out the Telaga Tujuh waterfall near our resort. A short uphill trek led us to..

    Telaga Tujuh 1

    3 hyperactive climbing brothers & the waterfall!

    Telaga Tujuh 2

    I like this shot!

    We even hiked up further to reach the top level of the waterfall (quite tiring) but was disappointed cause there was nothing much to see..

    Relaxing by beach

    Headed back to the beach side, and chilled some more..

    Dinner Phan Thai

    Dinner at the famous Phan Thai restaurant that is built on stilts over the seaside

    3rd day, we got ready to ride the famous new cable car system up the Gunung Machinchang range. The cable car base was located at the new ‘Oriental Village’ which had a number of small shops and attractions..

    FoOie with Eagle

    How can I not carry Langkawi’s national mascot at least once? :P

    Out of place roadsign

    Someone’s idea of a stupid joke? :lol:

    Trust me when I say the following is one of the most IMPRESSIVE cable car rides I have ever taken. The view puts Genting’s cable car to shame, and it even beats the cable car I sat at the Blue Mountains, Sydney last year.

    Telaga Tujuh from cable car

    The Telaga Tujuh waterfall as seen from the cable car. We were just there yesterday evening!

    Parents - Cable Car Midstation

    Pa & Ma & the amazing view of Pantai Kok (we were at mid station – not even at the highest point yet..)

    Ominous Rainclouds

    Scary stormclouds closing in on us from the northwestern part of Langkawi

    It was really a shame as those rainclouds rolled right over the top station and the mist started covering up all the views. We were lucky we came prepared though..

    Raining Montage

    1. Ziet with his umbrella.. 2. and me with my poncho when it started pouring. :P When the rain didn’t stop, they chased us back down as they were planning to shut off the entire cable car system due to bad weather. It was really a waste as we couldn’t try the 3. cool suspension bridge (the whole thing is held up by just ONE pillar) due to possible lightning strikes. One good thing did come out of the rain however, as we managed to catch a wondrous 4. full length rainbow from above in the cable car!

    We spent the rest of the evening driving to The Datai to check out the most expensive resort on Langkawi, and then visiting Mahathir’s famous ‘Langkawi Waterfall’ – the highest man-made waterfall in Malaysia. We then rushed back to Berjaya to ride the jetskis!

    Langkawi Falls

    At the bottom walkway

    Jetski 2

    I’m a speed freak!

    Jetski 1

    Ziet and Ching getting away.. yes – we actually stopped our skis in the middle of the sea and handed the camera around :P ..

    As it was getting darker, we went over to the pool to swim a bit more

    Brothers Underwater

    3 stooges brothers underwater..

    Final Dinner @ Langkawi

    And our last dinner there where we feasted on humongous tiger prawns, crabs and fish.

    We left for KL via AirAsia again the next afternoon. Ahh, I always hate having to come home from a vacation like that and back to the drudgery of everyday life. But it was definitely great while it lasted :)

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      very interesting whole family pics, mana itu gf? :p

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      gf? haha.. i’m single dude.. you should introduce me to some of the pretty ladies u were at Krabi with :P

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