Sometime about 2 weeks ago....
Day 1- Flight from Singapore to Langkawi. A 2 hour flight that turned into a 6-7 hours flight! Thunderstorms in Langkawi forced the flight to detour to KL for refuel after circling the air for 30 mins. What a ride. And being on a budget airline, it's pay for your food and drinks at exorbitant prices! By the end of the 6-7 hours, I was really starving and camel-thirsty!
Driven by hunger and rain and tiredness, we decided to have the international buffet at the resort's cafe-Feast for dinner. (It was still pouring when we landed. And the surrounding area was flooded!
Salad spread:
The buffet spread was really quite crazy. It included on the spot bbq/ grilled seafood. They served nice prawns but they were not as tempting as the dessert spread. So colorful and pretty and a really wide spread!
Fondue condiments.
Would really like to try all the desserts but it was just too many! I like the on-the-spot crepe and mocha ice-cream best. They served nice cookies too.
Best of all, they had this wonderful spread of condiments for the crepe! Peanut butter, butterscotch, maple syrup!
Peanut butter with mocha ice cream! Yum!
The ultra long flight and the over-eating really allowed for a good night sleep!
Day 2
Woke up to yet another buffet! Breakfast buffet! I adore breakfast and its eggs, pancakes, waffles, yogurt, milk and all. And boy was I happy to discover that the breakfast spread is as good as last night's dinner buffet.
My fav section of the breakfast buffet is this:
Love the waffles!
I love the fresh watermelon and honeydew juices too!
Worried that it might rain cats and dogs like the day before, we decided to explore Langkawi island in full force since the weather looked much better than the day before!
Starting with the Cable Cars:
It's a steep ascent and descent too! I wonder what happens if it breakdown.
View from the cable car while ascenting the mountain...
Guidebooks will sure showcase he nicest view from the lookout point but one that particular day, the visibility was so poor due to low cloud cover that this is what the view is actually like. (Something the guidebook will publish.)
Next stop- Seven Wells Waterfall
I love waterfalls and this waterfall was so full. Must be from the crazy downpour the day before. We only managed to trek half way up the trail as the trail was blocked by fallen trees (most likely due to the heavy rainfall and strong winds the day before too.)
We made a picture stop at one of the beaches in the north of the Langkawi. I can't recall it's name but it's really a quiet beach :
Next stop. Mangrove tour. I kinda like this tour. It was great to explore the interiors of this island that's known for it's beaches. Plus I like taking boat rides.
I like this picture. The sky is blue and I can almost feel the wind in my hair right now.
This is where the mangrove swamp meets the Anadaman sea. Reminded me of New Zealand's Milford Sound.
Eagle feeding.
Never saw so many eagles in my life before. (Actually never seen an eagle before.) Lang (in Langkawi) stands for eagles. And it's really approriate to name the island after this brown bird. Anyway, the boatman threw some chicken skin into the water and within seconds the area was swamped with eagles swooping in from all direction.
Our tour ended at Eagle Square. Not too long after we disembarked from the car, a storm was brewing.
The storm was over as soon as it started. And I managed to capture the all important shot that proved to all that I visited Langkawi!
We made our way to Langkawi Fair- the most famous shopping center in Langkawi. But trust the urbanite, it's a huge disappointment. The malls in Johor Bahru are better. Disppointed, we made our way from Langkawi Fair to this Pasar Malam (Night Market). My dad actually convinced us to hike from the shopping center to the market. It took 20mins or so, walking along the main roads.
But we made it! Colourful kuehs, curries, snacks and drinks.
We liked this peanut pancake with corn. It's actually available in Singapore's pasar malam too. Like the combi- peanut and corn.
This custurd/ kaya mini pancake was rather good too.
We headed back to the resort for some cocktails and that pretty much round up Day 1 and 2. Thank goodness the weather held up fine!
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