Langkawi - Day 2

This is the continuance of my travelogue to Langkawi.

Sunday, 9th January 2011 (Langkawi Cable Car)


Our day started with beautiful sunny morning. Zahra Elena still has slight fever but she is happy as ever.

Ohaiyo gozaimasu! Sibuk susun kerusi kat balcony.

First day breakfast in the hotel. I only managed to eat 1 plate as the pic above because Zahra starts to throw tantrums immediately after that

Like this.

I guess she is not used to the early morning breakfast stuff. Or maybe the new environment. Or maybe simply because she wasn't that well. All she wants to do is 'walking'. We had to take turn holding her hands and she will direct us where ever she wants to go.

Since she wasn't well, we returned to our room after breakfast and settled her for morning nap. We started our journey to Langkawi Cable Car around noon.

The ticket is at Rm15 per adult (with MyKad)

MrComot with totilla in front of the entrance

My friend advised us to bring jacket as it can be pretty cold but since we went there when the sun is on top of the head, it's kinda hot actually but with breezy wind. I don't know how high it's from the sea but the view is spectacular! You get to see forests, waterfalls and sea with such height. The gondola is not air-conditioned, it has few inches gap at the top for the natural air and so refreshing!

First phase. It's very higghhhhhh up to the top of the mountain!

A glimpse of air terjun Telaga Tujuh (Seven Walls waterfall). It is so beautiful on the naked eyes. My camera didn't do justice.

The sea view.

The observation deck at middle base station

The curve hanging bridge at the top station. They are says about you if you pee here, the urine won't reach down there haha. Just to show how high it is.

We have to climb down the trekking track to go to the hanging bridge. It was pretty easy but climbing up (going back to the cable car base) is a challenge! And a double challenge to MrComot as he is carrying a 8kilos baby with him and he is also bow-legged! Kesian my hubby ok, 3-4 hari juga rasa sakit lutut haha. I forgot about his knee, as I was very excited suruh dia stop here and there and pose for pictures. I mean, there's nothing much I can do about it right, but at least be more prihatin maybe? hehe. Sorry baby!

We only went about a quarter of the bridge because it was very breezy and hot. Takut Zahra sakit banyak pulak nanti. The view is amazing! You have to go to this bridge if you ride the cable car. Kalau boleh until the end!

We stopped by this Mizumi Japanese Restaurant in the Oriental Village for lunch.

Zahra Elena found new toys - chopstick

MrComot had oyakudon which is too salty and tasted like ayam padprik, and me had tempura lunch set. The tempura so sedap but a bit oily and use our local vegetable instead the of the normal japanese stuff.


Zahra's first taste of icecream. Suka betul dia, keep on pulling MrComot's for more lick.
Anyway, she's allergic to that particular dairy I think because few red dots appeared at the mouth and neck after a while. Before ni pernah bagi but only few titik, tak sampai half a teaspoon pun hehe, and ok je. Will try again later.

There are also rabbit farm and deer farm in the oriental village but Zahra was restless already and it was very hot, so we give it a pass ;(

On the way back saw this boat/yacht

Zahra Elena was asleep all the way on the car so we decided to straight away go to bandar Kuah for some shopping. Kesian my baby, I had to woke her up when we arrived and she managed to nap about 40mins, kira ok lah.. Now that I'm writing about this made me remember, when you traveling with baby, everything is about them. Kena make sure ada nap la.. cukup makan la hehehe. Not that I am angry with that, it's just things are different when there was only you, then you and baby. The priorities changed totally.

There are many shops in Kuah town like Haji Ismail Group, Idaman Suri, Zeno, Langkawi Duty Free Shop, etc. It's like an array of shops in same area, selling same stuff. The price is the same (for the diningware) and ada beza singgit dua for the chocs, depends on the brand. The ultimate different is the choices. So you do survey to see what you like to buy. If you already has the list, don't have to scout all shops, boleh terus beli.

As I still a bit clueless because I don't really plan shop in Langkawi, so I visited almost all the shops there hehehe.

Oh ya, sini memang heaven for Corelle, Pyrex, Arcopal, Tefal, Visions, and some japanese and china brand cookingware.

I bought *some* stuff from Haji Ismail Group because sini yg paling banyak pilihan :D

And I went crazy over their chocolates! Spend more than RM500 for the chocs itself! I'll post about the chocs later.

We reached our hotel quite early and my little one's fever is barely there, she looks macam ok that evening, so decided to hit the swimming pool. This is Zahra Elena's first time contact with pool! I so semangat siap belikan dia swimsuit ok hehehe.

Comel kan her swimsuit!!

She loves the pool very much! Just look at her face! She was all giggling and kicking the water with her feet.

At the beach, on the way back to our room.

We had our dinner at Orkid Ria in Chenang.

Orkid Ria - ranked as #1 restaurant in Chenang by TripAdvisor.

The ambiance. It's full with tourist and hardly sees any local, maybe because of the area.

We had:
1) Chili Green Mussels
2) French fries without salt for Zahra Elena
3) Asparagus Belacan
4) Crabmeat soup
5) Deep Fried Soft Shell Crab
6) Steam Garoupa with ginger and soy sauce
The best dish will be #1 and #6. Mussel to pedas giler so kick! And the fish is so fresh.

Since we had lobster on the first night, we give it a pass that day. But lobster in Orkid Ria is cheaper by RM2 per 100g from Wonderland.

Zahra giving this YUMMY pose!

Mommy is all vain and Zahra is busy with the tree hehe

That will recap our second day in Langkawi!

Langkawi - Day 1

Holla!

Finally I managed to squeeze some effort to update about the Langkawi trip. It was a 3 nights 4 days trip and I would say a tiring one! This is our first time bringing little one jalan-jalan and oh my...it's not easy. Most of it is because she's not so well, kesian dia, but I think she had a good time there.


Saturday, 8th January 2011

We took the flight + hotel ticket from AirAsia and stayed in Meritus Pelangi Langkawi Resort. I will write an entry on the hotel in separate story.

We started our journey around 8AM as our flight is at 10AM. Started to pack the night before but pagi2 pun macam2 tertinggal, baju Zahra tak cukup la, her wet wipes la..haha..all is about her. We planned to have breakfast in airport but was a bit rushed, so quickly checked in and had some light food to combat the hunger.

2 pack of simple nasi lemak + 3 in 1 hot Milo = Rm15.50!

It is the most expensive breakfast (considering the food) we ever had! Nasi lemak tu plain je, sambal ikan bilis with telur bahagi 8 haha. So, kalau cukup masa, jgn la makan kat kedai lepas check in tu ok ;)

Mommy with Zahra Elena

She wasn't so well that day, her temp is about 37.5 deg but still a good sport. Thank you darling!

After breakfast, while waiting to board. Zahra all jumpy and happy with the cold steel chair. All she wanted to do is sucking the handle ish ish ish.

I had to pull her from the chair most of the time and she will shriek to protest like this.

We didn't bring our stroller so Zahra is in the kangaroo pouch most of the time. Kesian dia, dah la dia panas kan (because of the fever) so she was wriggling restless after a while.

Zahra Elena with her new hairclip! I made this before we off to Langkawi, it is a rushed job and didn't come out like the one I imagined :(
Tapi comel kan? Comel la kata la comel haha. Stay tuned for more hairclips, I have to practice before betul2 puas hati untuk jual ;)

We reached Langkawi around 11AM, haggle for car rental at the airport, got an automatic Viva for RM150 for 3 days! Not so bad lah kan. Since we don't know where to have our lunch, MrComot just turn on his GPS and found a nearby ikan bakar stall on the way to Chenang.

Here is our lunch! Pari, kembong and terubuk bakar yum!

This stall sells various type of grilled fish and seafood and ready-cooked lauk-pauk. You'll be spoiled for choices! Not to mention that is cheap! Just look at the price tag.

Flavoured drinks for only 50cent! Mana mau cari hehehe

Us in front of the shop. Zahra Elena dah big girl kan..

We arrived the hotel quite early as the check-in time is at 2PM so we had to wait for a while. Zahra playing with the display trishaw at the hotel.

After checked in and freshen up, we wandering the Kuah town to see the duty free shops. Kuah is a small town and we managed to visit almost all the major shops like Haji Ismail Group, Zeno, Idaman Suri, and Langkawi Fair Shopping complex. I went to Langkawi Fair complex because I read that they sell cheap Clarks and Hush Puppies shoes. Tipu je la..sama je harga..or maybe I'm not sure the real price.

Idaman Suri

Didn't buy anything major yet (just few bits of chocs) because I still want to see few other shops before decided on what to buy. Seee perempuan! Haha because we didn't really plan to shop in Langkawi, but bila pergi kedai2 tu, rambang mata ok.


Had dinner in Wonderland, Kuah town. It's recommended by our rental car guy and it was full that night! Luckily we managed to get a table immediately but still, we had to wait for almost 1 hour for our food to arrive! People still patronizing that place at 10PM! Maybe because it was Saturday night.

Wonderland restaurant.

Zahra being excited

The crowd

What we had

Clockwise - Grilled lobster (decorated with carrot-net), steamed snapper with garlic and chili padi, deep fried squid, and baby kailan with garlic. Lobster is pretty cheap in Wonderland, it is priced at Rm18 per 100g.

Zahra can sit still kejap je, lepas tu nak berjalan-jalan lah.

This is the episode where she started not to eat a single solid food. I guess she was too excited, with different air and people. Since it is off-peak, the places full of white man and they are very friendly 'hello-ing' her. Maybe she was a bit overwhelmed with all the attentions.

That's pretty much summed up what we did in Langkawi on the 1st day.

Since tomorrow is public holiday, I won't be updating on Langkawi story (or other story too! Hehe depending on my availability). And I am extend my holiday til Friday! :D

Hope you guys have a good weekend!