I was so glad that i had a chance to go back to Langkawi island. It was my third visit but first time for my boyfriend. We were pretty excited since its also Nico's birthday weekend. On saturday morning we start our activities with island hopping which involved a visit to 3 islands. Tasik Dayang Bunting aka Lake of Pregnant Maiden was the first one in the itinerary. As you can see from the picture, this lake looks like pregnant woman lying on her back. There's a myth saying that if a woman cant pregnant, they will if they drink the water from this lake. Is it true? No one knows :)
Our tour operator drop us at the jetty and we have to do 10 mins hiking on the stairs to get to the centre of the island. My boyfriend quite surprise to see not so many people take a swim but prefer to just sit around and chat. So i explain to him that most malaysian can't swim and thats the truth.
We stay here for an hour so everybody get a chance to swim, kayaking or just relaxing. It is nice if you came with a group of friend and everybody just jump into the water which is 10m deep.
(nice view from jetty)
Our next destination is Pulau Singa Besar. Here our boat stop for a while to see eagles. Yes, its eagle feeding place where they allure eagle to come close by feeding them.
Third and final island for our island hopping tour is Beras Basah island. Stunning view, crystal clear water and white sandy beach. . There's a lot of monkey in this island. so be careful with your bag. Don't take plastic bag with you since they know that you carrying food. They even will dig in your bag if you leave it open and unattended. This is the place where we try for the 1st time Nikon Coolpix AW100. It is Nico's birthday present from me
We end our island tour around 1pm and heading back to hotel for shower before going for lunch. We plan to have lunch at hole in the wall restaurant which is a floating restaurant in a mangrove. On the way to lunch, we stop at Gunung Raya for its view. Gunung raya is the highest point in Langkawi. Its a long way to get up there and i still remember that maybe we only saw 3 or 4 cars on the way up and down. We went to observation tower which is part of the hotel to see the view. To go up we have to pay RM10 each and its include a welcome drink. The view is stunning, peaceful and quite. Its feel like everything is stop down there and you looking at a postcard.
Next we go to hole in the wall floating restaurant. If you take mangrove tour they will take you to this restaurant for lunch. If not you can always go there by calling the restaurant. All you have to do is go to Kilim Jetty and check on the advertisement board for their number. They will send a boat to pick you up and send you back later for free. Since its a free ride, minimum spending in this restaurant is RM100. Hole in the wall serve malay cuisine and seafood. The food for me is average and i prefer to say that i pay for its view and surrounding. While waiting for your food to cook, you can go to the fish farm which is just next to the restaurant. They have giant grouper and string ray which have been kept for so many years.
We end our saturday at one of Tanjung Rhu public beach. The beach wasn't as nice as i remember back in 2008. There's rubbish everywhere and the water not blue anymore. I hope its not permanent and only happened because of rains. Besides that, sunset is stunning here and it still picture perfect place.
We woke up early on sunday since its our last day in Langkawi and we haven't go to cable car yet. We reach there around 10.30 in the morning, no hassle, no queue and not so much crowd. An hour later,its totally a different story. So try to be there early since they open at 9.30 to avoid long queue. Langkawi cable car offer equivalent view but fastest way to reach the top compare to gunung raya. If you scared of height like me this is one scary ride to the top. Their sky bridge was closed when we were there for monthly maintenance.
Not far from cable car, maybe 5min drive you can go to Telaga Tujuh waterfalls. Don't be scared with its icy cold water. Just go take a dip and you will feel good once your body adjust to the temperature. Its clear and cold water is very refreshing. You wont believe how much fish you can find here, make me feels like swimming in an aquarium.
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