The Garden Hotel Langkawi

... his card for the second time in a week so it was a frugal afternoon on the beach watching the crowds partake in every water sport imaginable whilst we plotted what we'd do the next time we got our hands on any Malaysian Ringgit. We had a stupendous curry that night - our first proper Indian in ages - at the Palace of India, before heading to the beachfront Babylon Bar to sit on the sand and listen to the Reggae ...

... warfare type film) with some very humourous translating efforts in the subtitles, so I made a note of some of them - well there wasn't much else to do for an hour and twenty, except stare at sea.
The speaker on the television was very dodgy, so I did not always get what the actors were actually saying, but the subtitles were still humourous. They included:
"The King is a vile burger"
"Control room - open the serious house"
"Don't had to be stable now, they're ...

As we drove alongside the mountainous hills, intermittently passing little restaurants and bars which wouldn't have looked out of place in some European resort...Rhodes perhaps..., I stared out at the rain in disbelief!! We couldn't tell if we were looking out at lakes or flooded fields, in all my years in Scotland I have never seen rain like this before...never!!

After about half an hour we arrived the Zackry Guesthouse and walked through the rain down to the ...

... that this is their choice and they want to do this. However, I understand that many of these women are married off at the age of 13. So, how can they get to choose if that is all they know and they are pressured to wear them as young as 13. It is also interesting that almost all these women have really trendy and flashy purses, I believe because it is the only way for them to express themselves to the outside world. If I could ...

... and leg.
During the rest of the ride (where Neil was able to keep left) we saw some beautiful beaches, took a ride up a mountain in a cable car, stopped at a golf driving range, and chilled out at some natural water slides. Another good day.

Charis turned 26 on the island as well. Not just one, but three handsome men took her for a big seafood dinner: prawns, fish, calamari, and ice cream.

One ...

... snorkeling three times this holiday and each time is different. More peaceful than the dive we did,in Cairns, and for what we want ,fantastic. Boat home with us both catching some zzz's. Stop for cheap beer on shore and yet more t-shirts to use up the Ringits. Then a very calm sea setting sail as the sun went down, and a good dinner with our dinner table compatriots, Bruce and Maureen, then a brief ...

... not letting people on. So of to Kuah for McD's (we did also eat lots of local food as well, honest). Photos by Langkawi's eagle and up the other high peak on the island, very slowly on our scooter, eveel monkies everywhere. Lost the key for the scooter on the way luckily found them again after 2 mins of panicking. Stayed in Chris' pocket after that as it ran fine without them. Wicked views at the ...

Langkawi, Malaysia - December 6 - 8 Langkawi was an unplanned stop along the way. I had originally discounted it because it is very spread out with no public transport, and figured we would get enough beaches in Thailand. But having cut the Thailand end short, we were in search of one last beach fling. After a pimped out minivan brought us to Satun, Thailand, we boarded a ferry to Langkawi. Pulling into the port we found turquoise waters ...

... We got pretty drunk and had a good laugh, the girls bloke friends all came down about half 12 and all of them got a coke each as they were all Muslim whereas the girls were all Buddhist and drunk. The boys gave us a lift home in the back of their badass pimped up pickups when it closed at 1, tunes blasting through the deserted town which impressed me and reminded me of home. I'm pleased to say they weren't as loud as my car though. Nice try Thai guys.

... is lovely here! The sea has a lot of jellyfish in tho, some whoppers about 0.5m wide, so fingers crossed they aren't nasty! Our hotel room is about 15m (no lie) from the beach, can't really get any closer. Basically spent the afternoon at the beach exploring and swimming, just watched the sun set and off for tea when Tim is finished pruning! xx