Weekend getaway in Langkawi
Last 3 weekends trip to langkawi was awesome! I was there with Amanda, Cherie, Diane and Gwen to celebrate Diane’s birthday. Few days before the trip, I realised that Diane and Abood share the same birthday! oh how I miss him!
It was my first time in Langkawi, *jaw dropped, I know*. We left school after International day, Thanks to Tim for his kindness though! Flight to kuala Lumpur at 3.40 p.m. I couldn’t remember what time we reached KLIA but fortunately we didn’t miss our next flight to Langkawi.
We reached Langkawi at 7.40 p.m. and Diane picked us from the airport and headed to Berjaya Resort Langkawi, our home for the weekend. It was 15 minutes away from the aiport but in a jungle!Â
My real girly girl ass started to hate the place already. It was dark, We had to walk up the hill, a steep hill to get to our room. Thank god, my luggage wasn’t heavy.Â
Later that night, we had dinner at Phan-Thai Restaurant which located in the hotel compound. It’s a stilt restaurant over the water, love the ambiance and of course the food too. we ordered a few dishes they’re all good but they came in small portion. I felt kinda bummed because they were kinda expensive! Too bad I don’t have a better photo of us at the restaurant.
I was so tired, but I couldn’t sleep that night and I was tossing and turning until 6 a.m.. Cherie and I decided to go for a morning walk. It was a looooong walk, it took us about 1 hour 30 minutes from our hotel room to the restaurant we went to the previous night which was located at the furthest part of the hotel and back. To be honest, I got sick after the long walk but I enjoyed watching the beauty of the nature. Plus, I saw a few Hornbills and yup I was soooo jakun!
After the long, tiring walk, we met Diane at the beach then headed to Dayang cafe for our breakfast. This was my favourite of all because it’s FOOD and it’s buffet and I could eat whatever I want! There were pastries, salad, western, Malaysian and Indian cuisines.Heaven! but since I was sick I couldn’t & didn’t eat much! The food was soooo good! I love their potato kurma and coconut danish the most. filled with spices and flavorful and I’m currently drooling whilst writing!
We didn’t do much on that day, we spent most of our time at the hotel, relaxing by the beach and pool. and I enjoyed it even though I knew there were so many places to be discovered in Langkawi. Anyhow, me and cherie decided to go to Langkawi Sky Bridge which was located 500 metres away from our hotel.Â
Went up to Sky Bridge was totally my idea. I went to OCBC skyway in Singapore and it was fine and I could walk without holding my friend’s hand. Langkawi Sky Bridge was a total different experience! There were soooo many things running in my head as walked on the Sky bridge and when I was sitting in the gondola. It was an experience that scared me to death!Â
We took 2 Gondola rides to go to the top. First from the base station to the middle station. We got off the gondola at the middle station & enjoyed the view at the platform. It was crazy crowded but we managed to take some photos. Then, we took our second steep gondola ride to the top station. It was foggy but we could see the view from the top station. It was cool, breezy and we were walking in the cool mist!Â
From the top station to the sky bridge we had to walk trough undergrowth and walked up and down high, steep stairs. This was the crazy part which made me regret making the decision I made. I was gasping for air as my unfit body was screaming for help and asking me to stop! I managed to get to the Sky Bridge though, I glad I didn’t give up! It was waaayyy more foggy up there to compare to middle station platform but the spectacular view can be seen and I felt satisfied and happy! the view was beautiful, you can see few islands, hotels. EVERYTHING!Â
We walked across the sky bridge and Cherie doesn’t feel scared at all. she acted as it was nothing, as if she was walking on the ground, while I was petrified, walking and trying to hold the railing and praying that I wouldn’t fall off the bridge! Guess what I did next? I stopped walking! My fear has taken over my mind and Cherie had no choice but to hold my hand! Funny? I know, I couldn’t deny it either! But I am proud of myself. I’m super scared of height but I made it up there! We took some photos there too and while we were enjoying the view, two guys approached and asked to take photo with me! I felt like a celebrity but I said no.Â
Later that night we went to Casa Del Mar Hotel at Pantai Chenang. Amanda made a reservation for Diane’s birthday dinner. It was a very beautiful 4 stars hotel but the price is way too expensive than our resort! well, I bet it’s because of the location. It was immensely happening while our resort is more private. We had dinner at La Sal Restaurant at the hotel. I love the ambiance especially the sunset and we can watch fire eater show from the nearby bar. I had chicken with blue cheese. It was stupendously scrumptious!! To make it short, I would love to come back, especially with the love of my life, someday.Â
Anyway, we did not only celebrate Diane’s birthday but at the same time we were celebrating Ines, Our new friend’s life celebration! I will write about her next time. We had a great night. After dinner we went for a walk and shopped at the retail stores along Pantai Chenang. It reminds me of Batu Ferringhi, but in my opinion I like Batu Ferrighi better, the pasar malam, the crowd and of course the cheaper price! I had shawarma for supper, I’ve been craving for it forever and I couldn’t find a good one in JB. It could say it was a great ending to my amazing night! Â
On the second day and also the day were leaving, I woke up at 7.30, Cherie has gone for morning walk. I got up, packed my bag and got ready to hit the pool then to breakfast. While waiting for cherie to come back, I sit on the balcony enjoying the morning air for few minutes. As I entered the room and locked the sliding door, I had a surprise visitors, it’s the monkeys! Not one, but 5! I swear I was so lucky I got into the room before they came or they would acted crazy and would have invaded my room! I have a video of them playing on my balcony but unfortunately I couldn’t get the url, sigh!
I was the first one and alone at the pool. Diane and Cherie decided to go to the beach. I prefer pool better than beach, I have no idea why. The weather was good that morning. I really enjoy my one hour morning swim where nobody watched me.
Amanda and Gwen joined us later for breakfast. We saw Ines at the Cafe and ate together. It was a great breakfast for sure. I am always excited when it’s about food and I got more exited when I saw nicoise salad, alas it wasn’t that good, it had too much vinegar. I had a better one at school’s cafeteria! It was such a bummer. But hey, I should be grateful, everything else was good.Â
I couldn’t accept the fact that were leaving on the same day though.So after breakfast I relaxed & lazying around at the pool for few minutes before I went back to my room to get ready to leave.
We gatherd at the hotel lobby and had some drinks before we left the hotel. It was a welcome drink but we had in before we left, lol! we headed to Pantai Chenang again for some shopping and of course chocolate shopping too!! like seriously, if you go to Langkawi without buying chocolate you’re dumb! They were cheap! I got kinda crazy as I entered the chocolate store. I wanted Lidnt dark chocolate but they didn’t have it in stock anymore! I ended up buying chocolates that I can find in JB because I was lost and didn’t know what I wanted to buy but the price was different and cheap for sure.
After all the shopping, my head was spinning from the heat, Diane drove us to the airport. Returned our rental car and it was time for us to go home. My bag’s weight exceeded 8kg because of all my chocolate and that’s why I hate Air Asia. Luckily Cherie’s bag wasn’t heavy! So I put some of my chocolate and iPad in her bag and the workers didn’t weight our bag again *thanks for being dumb* and all was good and we’re ready to go home.Â
I can’t deny my heart sunk as I get into the airplane and trying to accept the fact that we’re leaving. It was a great weekend get away with the ladies. I was sad before the trip and but I came back happier than ever. Now I can’t wait for another one!
Here’s a little monkey eating an apple it stole from cherie’s bag to cheer up your day!