Charlie Motel & Restaurant Langkawi

... food; luckily there are tons of Indians around so there is always a good curry close by. We rented motorbikes again (there are no busses on the island so it is either rent something or take a taxi) on our final day there with the hope of seeing more of the island. Again we only made it to one attraction, this time the cable car. To be fair, it wasn’t our fault this time. We headed up the cable car on a mostly clear nice sunny day. The view was great ...

... view for awhile. <br><br>Then we walked down the beach to get a closer view of a beautiful lighthouse. We were greeted by a pretty stray female dog but since we weren't sure of rabies and all, we had to keep our distance. We thought she might be hungry so we ran back to some shops to grab some food for her...Indian was all they had...but by the time we got back, she was no where to be found. She didn't look like she was starving so I ...

... dang***us fr*m my p*int *f view, 75% *f the passeng** fell sick aft** the first 20 min! the waves w**e big and the wind didn´t st*p bl*wing wildly, I was *ne *f the f*rtunate guys wh* decided t* g* t* the r**f s* I didn´t have t* c*pe with all th*se sick pe*ple v*miting right next t* each *th**... Being in the r**f was kind *f scary by the way, each *f the 5 pe*ple up *n the r**f had t* manage t* grab s*mething str*ngly en*ugh t* n*t fall ...

... did our washing (we stunk after our run as you could imagine,<br>the sweat was dripping off us), then found a little internet cafe<br>where we posted yesterdays blog and added some photos. Bryden had<br>another big breakfast only it didnt taste nearly as good as the last<br>place and i had pineapple pancakes. After brunch we searched around<br>for a car or motorbike to rent for tomorrow and we also looked at<br>some tour packages. We are ...

... The first incident went something like this:<br>Jay: Now remember to stay left<br>Arik: Jay, I've been in Asia for 3 months man.<br>Neil gets on scooter takes two turns, crosses into the wrong lane, almost gets take out by a convertible and then lays down his hog for 10m...<br>Neil is now referred to only as Two Turns Thiesmann. Luckily he survived the crash and is down only a few layers of skin on his arm ...

... there but no Whitford, Heather, Bob or Donna. A,W,R and Jess decided to go to the beach so the ladies could para sail, something I did around 30 years ago, so I stayed at the pool relaxing. Bob showed up and said the 4 of them went to Kuah to try to fix his camera he was having a problem with. He ended up getting a new one and soon Whitford and Heather arrived. We gathered at the pool bar and started our session. The others came back from para ...

... at least had a proper bed and seemed clean enough. After visiting the nasty beach and walking the length of the road with it's stinking open drains and incomplete pavement we returned to 'The Lodge'. In this time we'd also discovered that most places were probably full the next night too so we were kind of stuck, we needed to leave this island as soon as possible! As the previous occupant hadn't checked out earlier we left our bags in the ...

... but nothing decent. The Malay guys fishing near us didn't catch much either. As we hadn't caught dinner we went to the little restaurant again where I had a big piece of stingray in chilli sauce. Tasty but bony. When we got back we chatted for ages to Zack the old Chinese Malay guy who owns the place about Malaysia and how we should go to Taman Negara and catch the best fish in the world using young tomatoes. He drinks a lot of whisky, but he's a ...

After waking up ridiculously early, wait for other people to stir and watch BBC World News and drink tea. Eventually everyone gets up and we set off for the beach where after checking the price of essentials (beer, jet skis, banana boat rides) we get on a banana boat start swapping seats, turning around, trying to pull a ...

... taxi to Cenang Beach through the main town of Kuah and our long trek up the 2km stretch as we looked for accommodation. Dripping wet with sweat and with aching shoulders, we finally found a wooden hut with ceiling fan and bathroom (and even a fridge) on the beach side of the road for only 40Rm - just what we were looking for with a little patio with some views through the garden to the ocean. Advertised as a top tourist ...