Day 47 - Travel to the KL

Packed up and ready to go, we caught a cab to the airport and were more than dismayed to find that our flight was delayed three hours!  Ty wasn't feeling good so he went to read in a sunbeam while I caught up with emails and Facebook...and even though we couldn't understand the flight announcements we did catch our flight to Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur's airport was one of the most confusing airports I have ever traveled through; you had to know to book a cab before you left the arrivals gate so you didn't get screwed over in the taxicab line...after all that we didn't take a cab when they quoted us $80USD!

We eventually found the shuttle bus line up and after a few hours we got to our sweet digs, the Ambassador Suites and were upgraded to a one bedroom apartment suite!  By this time Ty had completely succumbed to a terrible flu and we were both in bed by 8:00pm!

Day 45 - Motorbike tour of Langkawi

After reading Tripadvisor we knew we would have to either rent a car or a motorbike to be able to see all of the sights of the island.  Without much traffic we scooted up-island for about 30 minutes  to see the Langkawi Cable Car at the Oriental Village; which was a cheesy collection of shops and terrible attractions.

Cable Car ticket counter

First Station

View of Cenang Beach

Station for making wax replica's of your hand!

No Smoking - thank God!

View from the second station

Excited to get a car to ourselves to the 3rd station

708 meters above sea level

Map of the Cable Car and Oriental Village

We were starting to get h-angry so motorbiked down to lunch at a small place at the beach.  After playing with the two local cats we eagerly ate our fried rice and fried noodles ($5 USD) and then motorbiked to the Telaga Tujuh Waterfalls.  They are also known as Seven Wells and locals apparently claim that fairies reside in the area!

Ty spotted this guy following us while we were climbing to the falls

Posing for me!

Telaga Tujuh Waterfalls

After relaxing in the waterfall pools we motorbiked another 20 minutes to Pasir Tengkorak Beach, a local beach that was rated highly on Tripadvisor.  The minute we pulled up to the beach gate we saw more monkey's!  I paid some money to change into my bathing suit in the bathroom and bought some Coke for our Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum!

Ty and the locals wading in!

Monkeys cavorting behind the locals

As far as I can tell - the best beach in Malaysia!

This guy stole a bag of grapes from our neighbour's blanket!

He was so cocky eating them in front of us!

After a few hours at the beach we made our way back to the hotel.  With only one day left in Langkawi we booked a snorkel trip to Pulau Payar Marine Park ($10 USD each) and then dropped off the motorbike.  

Cows grazing on our way to fatCUPID restaurant

Rated #1 in Langkawi on Tripadvisor - expensive but good food :-)

Day 44 - travel to Langkawi island

This morning we checked out of our hotel in Georgetown and made our way to the airport to go to Langkawi!
We had a delicious breakfast at the airport of peanut butter & chocolate waffle ($2USD each) and a short flight to Langkawi airport.  Caught a cab to our hotel and checked into the faveHOTEL, about a 10 minute walk from Cenang Beach (the main beach in Langkawi). 

Super popular Durian fruit

View of the pool with resident cow grazing in the background

Lounge chairs by the pool

Cenang Beach (view of Pulau Rebak Besar)

Relaxin'

We grabbed dinner at the Sushi restaurant in the Cenang Beach Mall and were shocked to find the cheapest liquor I have ever seen!  It was $10 USD for a 2-6 Captain!

Day 42 - more tourist sights in Georgetown

We were denied breakfast at our hotel restaurant and because it was 10:30am no one was serving breakfast so we made do with banana roti (pancake) at an indian place nearby.  We made use of our scooter rental and dropped postcards off at the Post Office.

We navigated our way to the Khoo Kongsi, the grandest Chinese clanhouse in the country.  It was built in 1851 as a clanhouse for clan members who were emigrating from China.  Its now a UNESCO World Heritage area and a big tourist attraction.

In the heart of Georgetown

Anna & The King was filmed here!

Clan house across the street

Tourists are strictly forbidden to roll the granite balls in the dogs mouth

So much detail!

Creepy set-up in the clan house

After the Khoo visit we trekked over to the main street and dropped off the scooter, making sure to take some pics of Campbell Street!

On the way back to the hotel we found the famed Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, which is a 2 storey courtyard house that was built in the 19th century.   It is now a hotel and tourist attraction - but they only let you go in twice a day (which we missed)!

CCTV is watching you!

View from our 15th floor window

We spend the rest of the afternoon in the pool and then we made our way to the Red Garden Food Paradise, a food court with an amazing variety of dishes!

Malaysian Ringgits!

On the way back to our hotel we stopped in on the Eastern Oriental Hotel, which was originally built in 1885 and has housed Sir Noel Coward, Rudyard Kipling, Charlie Chaplin and Michael Jackson!  We signed the glam guestbook and skedaddled back to our less-fab hotel.

The tree was glorious!