Pantai Cenang, Malaysia Travel Blogs

The Red Eagle
Mar 14, 2005 (3 photos)

Got to Langkawi just after lunch. Caught a taxi out to Pantai Cenang beach and after wandering for a bit eventually found somewhere to stay. I got talking to the owners who introduced me to Graham from Australia. He offered to take me for a short ride ...

top secret sneaking around in Penang
Apr 22, 2006 (5 photos)

Well we made it out of batu ferringhi beach without being spotted and managed to surprise Adams Mam and Dad in their hotel room. They thought we were still in ko tao and then heading off to the similan islands. That was all true except we had already been ...

Enter Malaysia
Apr 25, 2005

... hours so that didnt happen, so Kat was lumbered with the bag for the next week!!! Penang is an island off north west Malaysia and has, as we discovered after our stay there, beautiful beaches. That is all it has that is beautiful though, Georgetown is ...

Penang, Malaysia
Dec 27, 2005 (9 photos)

The first stop as we crossed the border into the new country of Malaysia, what would we think of this new place? so close to thialand can it really be that different? hell yes!

Beautiful beaches of Langkawi
Aug 28, 2006 (3 photos)

... this gem to our friendly cab driver. It was really nice to kick back and relax for a few days. Rather than spend a day traveling back to KL via ferry and bus, we decided to stay an extra night, and then fly back. Flights in Malaysia are so cheap.

ko phi phi lei OR remember that time I threw up
Aug 13, 2008

We decided that since we were here we really needed to take a snorkelling tour of the ko phi phi lei, the island next to ko phi phi don that is an uninhabited nat'l park also where the movie "the beach" was filmed. To rent a long tail boat for a ...

In Search of the Perfect Island
Feb 28, 2007 (8 photos)

Ah, Taruao National Marine Park.  Such a welcome respite from months of crowded busses and noisy, dusty towns.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed all the noise and craziness plenty.  But a place like this is appreciated all the more after ...

Paradise found
Mar 5, 2009 (31 photos)

It was a long journey from Penang to the border (where they gave us another 15 day visa) and then on to Hat Yai. There we changed buses and at about 5pm reached Pak Bara. We were too late for the boat so we had to stay the night in yet another room that ...

Langkawi - One Long Kodak Moment
Dec 3, 2009 (203 photos)

After two hours on the well air-conditioned ferry to Langkawi, we welcomed the warmth the island brought, as the air-con machine was clearly stuck on the coldest setting. We stepped out into the blasting heat and grabbed a taxi to the cheapest ...

First Aid In Koh Lanta
Mar 27, 2009 (18 photos)

We arrived by ferry this morning in Koh Lanta. Sara's friend Eve left back for Bangkok, she was heading up north with her cousin for Chang Mai ( its on my list) The ferry ride was a quick hour from Phi Phi, and we took an open air taxi truck ( one that ...

Beautiful Penang, evil food!
Nov 6, 2006 (4 photos)

... . It was about 10.30 when we arrived at The Holiday Inn and we could easily see it was a great hotel. Everybody in Malaysia is so friendly and they speak great English (even the taxi drivers!) Because we arrived here so late we decided to head straight to ...

A new country - and some crazy characters!
Sep 10, 2007 (3 photos)

Out drinking til about 1am, then picked up at 6.30am the next morning for the trip to Malaysia, maybe not the best idea. These type of transits are always interesting, you book a bus trip, expecting it to be one bus all the way there, forgetting all the ...

Swimming in Dark Emerald Caves in Koh Mook
Mar 29, 2009 (24 photos)

I moved in the giant hay bungalows with my new friend Marita in Koh Lanta, this place has a very cool vibe, and its run by a very sweet lady boy, and I'm pretty sure they do not have a first aid kit here , so its a good thing my small tragedy happened at ...

Paradise of Ko Lipe
Nov 13, 2006 (8 photos)

After A week of playing castaway, its still hard to put Ko Lipe into words. Phi Phi islands usually tends to be the highlight of a trip to Thailand. However next to Lipe, pronounced Leepee, there is only one winner. Lipe is everything Phi Phi used to ...

Back in Ko Phi Phi
Jul 13, 2005 (13 photos)

Hi everyone Well we spent 7 days in Ko Phi Phi and then had to travel down to Hat Yai to get our visa extended as it finished yesterday and now we are back in Ko Phi Phi. We love it so much that we are gonna spend another week here just relaxing. One ...

Bookbuying in Langkawi
Jan 16, 2007

... . He was insistent that I look at what he was offering, so I paused. He pulled out a book. "This is banned in Malaysia." He said, showing me Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. He proceeded to tell me about how Rushdie is still banned in most Muslim ...

Thumbs Down for Langkawi
Nov 30, 2003 (8 photos)

... First impressions were good. Arrived by ferry and the island looks great as you dock. Took a taxi to the main beach, Pantai Cenang, and started to check out the accommodation. Our first choice was a bit expensive so we started wandering down the main ...

Enter Malaysia and Georgetown!
Jun 21, 2006 (10 photos)

... the whole day visiting the old British Colonial buildings and the Cheong Fat Tze mansion. Georgetown was the first place in Malaysia that the British settled, and it was named after King George III. Captain Francis Light of the East India Company was the ...

Panang Island
Apr 25, 2005 (1 photos)

Met up with some great guys at the hostel and hit the town. Malaysia is an expensive place to party. Everything ells is cheep except for the beer. The government feel the need to put huge taxes on it. They wouldn't get my vote I tell ya. Also did some ...

Ko Lipe
Feb 20, 2007 (12 photos)

Ko Lipe is a small island located just over the Thailand/Malaysia border.  Part of the Taratoa National Park, it is one of many islands that make up the archipelago.  Some of you may remember one of the Survivor seasons was filmed on Taratoa ...

Sleepy days on Ko Lipe
Feb 26, 2007 (8 photos)

Ko Lipe 26/02/2007 - 05/2007 Ko Lipe is one island out of 51 that comprise the Ko Tarutao National Marine Park.  Of these only a handful are inhabited and Ko Lipe is the only island that has private development and even that is on quite a small- ...

zala z zeleno strelo :)
Jul 22, 2006 (14 photos)

Zelena strela? Jep, to je moj moped (en tak lustn mali divje zelene barve:) ampak to bo bolj na koncu :) Iz Balija sem priletela predcasno - zakaj? Zato, ker mi ni blo vec za bit na baliju:) Bad vibe pa to:). No, skratka, priletim v Kuala Lumpur ...

spoiled by southern california
Nov 6, 2006

so i think ive honestly been spoiled by the beaches in So Cal. don't get me wrong...i think its very beautiful here, but laguna beach and malibu and huntington and la jolla beach all put up some really good competition. and plus the la beaches have ...

Penang
Jun 27, 2006 (9 photos)

Ok, so we've been too busy travelling and just a little bit lazy! We went here honest, but more on this later...

tamannegara-mutiara jungle resort
Sep 24, 2007 (51 photos)

... actually go to that 5 star chef with my bowl begging for veggie meal and he would smile and smile at us..as malaysia is famous for sea food and what not.. but we were all veggies.. and the restaurant also felt our presence.. it was ...

all those shoes were a waste of money
Nov 6, 2006

ive been wearing my flip flops for the past week. i literally put my flip flops on a day after buying the last pair of shoes and i haven't taken them off. also, im convinced phu is narcoleptic. the dude can fall a sleep anywhere and anytime. even ...

On Vacation
Feb 16, 2007 (1 photos)

We are taking a vacation from travelling!  In Thailand, on the island of Koh Lipe for the next five days...so no updates until later!  Ahhh - life is good!!!!

No One In Sight
Apr 19, 2007 (6 photos)

We spent a few days on this island that really is off the beaten track.  To be honest, the lack of day-time electricity and trash on the beaches made it a little too natural for our liking.  The price of the bungalow didn't seem fair for ...

Lankawi
Oct 23, 2005 (25 photos)

Lankawi is a duty free island and so a lot of Malaysians (who are not Islamic) come over to enjoy the cheap cheap beer! The initial plan was to spend 3 days on this island as Lyd had to meet up with Stuart & Tash on Phi Phi as they had been waiting ...

Penang
Jan 17, 2009 (30 photos)

... men were singing. They were suprisingly good- we still havent worked out why Hotel California by the Eagles is played in every bar in Malaysia. Not yet sure if its their national anthem- but they seem to like it! The streets were quite busy at night- a lot ...