LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA

LANGKAWI
21 June - 28 June 2008

Beach, sun, pool, rain forest, good food, massages, monkeys, lizard monitors and rain. That was our Langkawi trip.

We wanted to take a "holiday" from our backpacking mode, so we flew to Langkawi.
Langkawi is an island of the Kedah region, which is part of Malaysia. The island is mainly rain forest and was un-developed up until 1988. Now, it is a honeymoon destination and we did feel like we were on honeymoon, when we splashed out (with a great discount) on 3 days in an amazing resort - The Andaman, which is set in the rain forest on the beach. It has its own private beach on the Datai bay beach, its own pool and three great restaurants and wild life such as monkeys and lizard monitors. The service is superb and the location just perfect. We felt very very spoilt. We did have sunny spells but we also had the rain which restricted our beach access for 2 days. We went for night walks on the beach and spent a lot of time in the water . Just what we needed.
There are accomodation options of all budgets on Langkawi. You just need to shop around. We tried all sorts of accomodation.
We rented a car (black Nissan Pulsar) for 70 Ringgits (11.5 pounds per day) for a few days and drove around the entire island. Saw Kuah town and its night markets (only on Saturdays), the Langkawi malls, Hindu temple, the Harbour, Oriental Village (from where you can go on cable cars), Pentai Chenang, Pentai Tengang, Tanjung Rhu beach and the Datai Bay. It is so green and full of wild life. Lots of monkeys and sadly, we saw a dead one on the road.

Langkawi, was our chill-out time and it was lovely and relaxing.