boon's log 2409.02: Weekend in Langkawi

The 3 of us took advantage of the long weekend to use up some of our timeshare allocations in Langkawi. Eversince our trip to Honolulu, Ab's been looking forward to go to the beach again. And knowing Penang, it's rather hard to find a relatively clean beach. So we kinda hit a few birds with one stone - besides the beach, Ab also likes to take the plane and boat - so we Fire-flew (Firefly) to Langkawi from PG and took the ferry home.

The ferry trip home was a rather disappointing experience for me. Not that I got sea-sick or anything, but I was rather ticked off with how disorganized the arrangements were with respect to the way the ferry trip was arranged - from poor directions/signs to unnecessarily moving people from one end of the terminal to the other, to total darkness at the Penang Jetty/Port - yes, I am talking total darkness (!!!). To me, at least, it was the worst part of the trip... Honestly, that part of the trip really drained most of my energy compared to the rest of the trip.

Apart from that, we enjoyed the short weekend away. I do not mind going back to Langkawi again, but please, no more Ferry. We did not do much of sighseeing - it was just basically a short getaway weekend to just rest and relax.

Here are some photos of our short weekend away...


"Battle of the fittest"


A game of chess, anyone?


Ab, contemplating whether to "attack" the waters...


The isolated and exquisite Pahn Thai Restaurant, from a distance


Mom and daughter taking a strong on the beach...


Langkawian sunset...


Moonlight Sonata


Rob-the-pianist, serenading us at the Phan Thai Restaurant


Rock formations on Gunung Mat ChinChang


View from the top of Gunung Mat CinCang


The suspension bridge on Gunung Mat CinCang

boon out...