We got up early and were ready to meet the van which took us to Langkawi Yacht Club where we hopped on a boat. The boat took us and 30 others to the island of Pulau Payar, a very small island about 45 minutes boat ride from Kuah. The island is in the middle of… Continue reading Day 11: Diving with SHARKS!
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Day 10: EARTHQUAKE!
At about 12:30AM on the 29th of March 2005 an earthquake measuring 8.4 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Sumatera, not too far from us. We were violently awoken by the bed flipping, Exorcist style, and the creaking noise as the highrise hotel tried to twist itself apart. The main part of… Continue reading Day 10: EARTHQUAKE!
Day 9: Pulau Penang
We slept in and had a lazy morning just swimming. We took a cab to Kuah and then caught the ferry to Georgetown (Penang) which is scheduled as a 2.5 hour journey. About 90 minutes into the voyage we stopped dead in the middle of the sea and were dead in the water for 45… Continue reading Day 9: Pulau Penang
Day 8: Lankawi touring
We wanted to stray away from the resort area and see a bit of the island, so we hired some motorcycles. Please note that they were not scooters or mopeds, but real motorcycles. Softcock 110cc motorcycles, but motorcycles nonetheless. This was the first time I have ever ridden a motorcycle and I was pretty scared… Continue reading Day 8: Lankawi touring
Day 7: Langkawi
Slept in, ate breakfast (fish fingers). As we were late, all of the deck chairs and lounges had been reserved by people putting towels on them, despite the “no reserving” sign, and despite that almost all the chairs were empty but the towel. We sat at the bar (not drinking beer) and watched like hawks… Continue reading Day 7: Langkawi
Day 6: KL to Langkawi
Got up early after a luxurious sleep and went for a swim in the hotel pool. Came back in to the room to find Phil and Honey on Skype, chatted for a while until I had to get ready. We took with us all the luxury soaps, shampoos etc for which we had paid so… Continue reading Day 6: KL to Langkawi
Some photos up
I am at a bar in KL airport that has wireless so I uploaded a pre-written post and added some more photos to my holiday galleries: Kuala Lumpur Singapore Pulau Langkawi Pulau Penang I have notes for quite a few many more posts and I hope to write them on the plane and post when… Continue reading Some photos up
Day 5: Singapore to KL
We got up early as our bus to KL was due to depart at 8am. We got there at about 7:50 and were the first to arrive. The bus was sitting there with the engine on and no driver and no other passengers. We loaded our luggage and proceeded to wait…eventually a few more passengers… Continue reading Day 5: Singapore to KL