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Langkawi Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Langkawi, Malaysia
boat trip
we had a boat trip for about 4 hours today. First stop was the pregnant lady lake, where we had a stop off for an hour. There were loads of people there being dropped off by their boat men, the walk to the lake on the island was about 10 mins up hill and ...
Langkawi
Alex - We got off the ferry in absolutely torrential rain and got in a taxi straight to our hotel on the north west of the island. Our room was absolutely palatial compared to what we were used to! My parents very kindly put us up in the Sheraton for ...
Georgetown - Penang
A short ferry ride from Langkawi we arrived at Penang. Greated by the most developed Port since well, maybe Home we were back in the land of living commercial shops cafes ect. We headed for 75 Travellers Lodge an amazing vibe not a lot from your eyes ...
Langkawi - Bon Ton
... to our hut - Yellow Orchid, which was beautiful and the right place for the right time i.e. always. So, also having been to Langkawi several times, there was not much left to do than sunbathe, read, eat and do the occasional chatting, although most of ...
Langkawi - peace found on the back of a scooter
... date on anything you buy. We found some items (chocolate) had been sitting there a long time... * There's no real nightlife on Langkawi but Debbie's place AKA the Irish pub AKA the only pub owned by the 'one arm wonder' was good (next door to ...
Welcome to Paradise
... back to the mainland but on the Thailand side of the border. The reason for going to Langkawi were twofold, firstly, the border region between Malaysia and Thailand was supposed to be volatile and the government warns against travelling through there. The ...
Langkawi day 1,2,3
Langkawi consists of 99 islands were on the main one, it's a very nice we are mainly here for its beaches we have hired a Moped to get around a because it’s cheap to hire, run and park we managed to find some nice beaches and snuck into other hotels ...
An Island Paradise
Langkawi was certainly a lot busier than anticipated but as soon as the 'Langkawi Water Festival 2008!!!!' (screamed many times over three days) was over, our beach was deserted and we spent the last two days lounging around on it. Though I stayed in the ...
First long weekend out of Singapore: LANGKAWI
Finally, Steve was able to get away for the long weekend. I found cheap tickets to Langkawi on Tiger Airways (going to Bangkok in Nov as well). So we spent four days roaming around the beautiful island. We wanted to stay around Cenang as ...
Langkawi
... bersandar. Sekitar 45 menit perjalanan, kami sampai dan membayar RM 30/Rp.85.000 untuk turis mancanegara. Sedangkan untuk warga Malaysia RM 15, dengan menunjukan KTP. Dari bawah, kami bisa melihat jalur kereta gantung ini sangat tinggi dan menanjak. Kami ...
Juggling and Flip Flops
... drinks with all our beach bungalow neighbours (much older and more grown up than your regular backpacker - Langkawi is a little bit more expensive than the rest of Malaysia and this seems to scare off the scabby backpackers of which we've met many). I ...
A little piece of paradise
... which was a little disappointing. After a quick dip we went to the cable car which goes up the second largest mountain in Langkawi. The views were magnificent, you could see a lot of the island and it was surprising how much was covered in rain-forest. ...
Beach, reggae music and new friends...
... left for my trip. You'll see those big fat smiles on my pictures and let me know what you think... Oh I nearly forgot : actually, Malaysia is not that expensive ! Silly me ! I trusted the bank manager... When he told me it was 2.5 Ringgits to 1 euro... ...
Endelig en beach!
Hallo, alle sammen! Etter mye stress frem og tilbake i soeken etter billetter til Langkawi endte vi tilslutt opp med et par flybiletter - rett til beachen! en time fly, isteden for 13 timer paa buss. kaller oss naa glam-packere.. "AirAsia - now ...
From City to Island
... tallest building in the world and watch a rainstorm. An 8 hr bus ride got us north, nearly into Thailand, to catch the ferry to Langkawi Island. We will be here for the next few days, resting and relaxing as one does when your hair is full of salt and ...
Natural Rock Water Slide and sightseeing
We had such a great day exploring! We ended up driving ALL over the place, past beautiful scenery, a boat harbour/lighthouse and an old fishing villages; and got sucked into the North-West part of the Island. We first found what they call ...
Malaysia
And so we move on to country number five of the trip, Malaysia. To travel to Pulau (island)Langkawi from Ko Lanta we had to get three minibuses and one ferry. The first minibus took us to Trang and although we were late for the connecting bus ...
back on the beach
just a one hour flight from KL to Langkawi, the Air Asia flight was about 30 mins late , but that was ok. When we got to Langkawi we picked up our car for the next 9 days, it is really nice little 4 wheel drive jobby , just good for the 4 of us, Although ...
Langkawi: unsere Abenteuer auf der Insel
Hay, am Samstagabend haben wir uns noch mit Mat getroffen und am Freitagabend habe ich da noch 2 Amerikanerinnen kennen gelernt und die beiden haben wir dann auch wieder getroffen. Die beiden hatten sich für Sonntag ein Auto gemietet und haben uns ...
Bloccati a Langkawi o"IMPARA A GUIDARE FEDE"
... voglia di tornare a Singapore, che dobbiamo farci non ne abbiamo un gran ricordo, forse solo il talentuoso centauro, ma rimaniamo a Langkawi fino al 26 marzo. In Australia già tutti piangono, il periodo di raccolta dei frutti procede poco niente a causa ...
Langkawi (March 13th & 14th)
... ;we did not want to sully the memories of Langkawi by slumming it in a backpackers ghetto on a noisy beach this time). Langkawi will always be a special place because of the perfect time we had when we got married here. One ...
Copious Amounts Of...
Todays travelling tales began with a ferry ride to Langkowie. At 3hours it wasn't a daunting prospect. This soon changed when we saw how choppy the sea was. Poor Stephen was 'that guy' you know the one that starts the vom. From here on in the ...
A Rockin Santa's Eve
Yay, Christmas Eve. We got up and packed up our stuff in excited anticipation of our stay in a nice hotel for Christmas. We checked out of the motel, got some breakfast and jumped in a taxi to the hotel. The taxi journal took us along some windy, ...
Met The Parents
... guide explaining about the design of the house and the Feng Shui principles that guided it. The next day we caught the ferry to Langkawi to show my parents the tropical island life as weel as the culture of Penang. It was not without its ...
Langkawi
The premier beach location on Malaysia's penninsular west coast. The beaches on the east coast islands are more idyllic, given the clarity of the water there (and the quality of the diving is better accordingly), but the selection of bars and restaurants ...
Paradise hunting!
... några skumma idéer när de är utomlands och öppet får göra allt det som är förbjudet i hemlandet. Första fiilisen av Langkawi: kiva strand rakt framför hotellet, maten bra men inget speciellt (fattas det klart egna köket och det mesta finns ...
Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia
... .. muuten se oli vaan niita hienoja rakennuksia ja kauppoja. Ja Fazerin suklaitakin oli myynnissa duty-free kaupoissa kun Langkawi on siis veroton alue. Loysin vihdoinkin itelleni bikinit kun Suomessa tuli niin kiire et otin melkeen ekat mita loysin viel ...
Beaches, jetskis and jellyfish
... is an archipelago of 99 islands in the Andaman Sea, 30 km off the mainland coast of northwestern Malaysia. The largest of these islands is Pulau Langkawi (Langkawi Island) with the only other inhabited island being nearby Pulau Tuba. More importantly, ...
langkawi last day
... i got sunburned today so am a bit miffed.... here's niff as we have 3 minutes left on the pc... niff: yep, its lovely on langkawi. not seen any monkeys here tho : ( off to kiddies tomorrow. will write a lot more when we are setlled in..... bye ...
malaysia's resort island
... full of malls, shopping and pristine beaches. instead of going overland into Thailand, we decided to island hop from Penang, Malaysia to Langkawi and then take it from there... Malaysia has LOTS of wonderful islands... so why is Langkawi the designated ...