Langkawi-Penang trip 2.0

this was the only day we woke up the earliest in the entire trip, 7.50am.

we had registered for the Island Hopping Tour from the reception counter of Rainbow Lodge.

it only costs us RM25 per pax. i think this's the cheapest price for this tour.

this tour is fixed, so no matter where u booked this tour at, the destinations would be exactly the same. it included visiting Tasik Dayang Bunting Island, Beras Basah Island and eagle-feeding.

simple breakfast to kick off our beautiful day.

went to a jetty by an arranged shuttle bus from our hotel. not really far from Cenang area.

realize there's a beautiful girl LOL!

blue sea and green mountain never fail to make me feel so blessed and calm! too picturesque!

super crowded jetty! 

there're a lot of companies offering the same tour. you'd be given a sticker and the person-in-charge there will call you accordingly when the company's speed boat arrive. damn so crowded and hot which i really didn't likey.

us 3 together with another 10 tourists!

too breathtaking that i couldn't even take my eyes off despite the strong wind.

along the way to TDB Island, we got to see bunches of small islands which Cindy and Bryan said the scenes there were even better comparing to Krabi, Thailand. *proud*

i love how people smile with bright grins and small eyes. TOO CUTE like us hehehe!

didn't mind getting tan for this scene. and i'm really tan nao!

reached jetty.

taken from TDB Island's jetty.

happy girl! Sun was too bright that i could barely open my eyes.

Cindy, Amelia and Bryannnnnnnn!

we're given 1 hour to stay in this island. to reach the tasik in the middle of the island, you gotta walk a short distant. T.T so tired for that lah. but there's no point of coming here and didn't even take a look at the tasik right? 

tasik, tasik, tasik! we're here!

you're allowed to swim in the lake, life jackets renting are available there but they're too limited and we didn't manage to rent even 1.
Cindy and me got the urge to swim but we don't swim well. hesitate very very long and we finally dipped into the 10m depth lake. Let me show you how we did!

grabbed bryan's leg LOL

we grabbed his legs like really really tight that we didn't even dare to let go.
Bryan kept on saying "first in my lifetime that there're people like my legs that much, still girls some more" and we LOL!! HAHAHA
we hugged and grabbed his EXTREMELY-HAIRY leg OMG!! hahaha
okay here comes the sia-soi-to-the-max part! getting down into the water wasn't hard at all. how did we get up??!! T.T
the stairs were too far away from us. no choice we gotta climb up directly there.
Bryan pulled me up like hell and finally, i was up. too embarrassed that everyone was watching and the only thing you can do to make thing look easy is to laugh. laugh and blush at the same time. wtf.
that miss cindy chee was laughing like hell at me that time *damn her*

this f'cking fake jetty is f'cking hard to climb!

before leaving the first station =(

a kid as our driver.

after the first station, our original driver was eventually substituted by this little kid till the end of the tour.
i thought maybe this's the original driver's son. his skills were good too. *clap clap*

all the birds were EAGLE! wasn't really obvious from the photo but we guessed that there're more than 30 eagles there.

eagles were soaring freely! super excited as you don't always have the chance to see such many eagles at the same time. 

just a short while for the eagle-feeding session. off to the last station -- Beras Basah Island.

love 'em, love the island!

don't stare at my super big tummy LOL. look at the scene!

i really didn't mind to get tan. azure sky, pristine water, sandy beach and wavy coconut trees!

actually i mind getting tan, but such scene was too irresistible so i don't really mind =)

CAMWHORING TWIME!!

cindy said that this piece of photo looked like our kahwin photo HAHA

so she borrowed my piece of cloth and wanted me to capture a photo for her 'n her monkey! haha

talented Bryan drew a shincan on the sand. he's really good in drawing shincan 'cause that's his favourite cartoon!

another super nice shot from Bryan =)

after another 1 hour staying here, we finally went back to our hotel.
this tour took us 4 hours. super tired after the tasik part 'cause climbing up from the jetty really consumed lots and lots of my energy =.= and very sia soi some more!

took a quick change and we went for a quick lunch.

didn't enjoy this meal. small portion. and they didn't worth the prices too. cindy's fried chicken rice, bryan and me had fried rice.

and here we're! PANTAI CENANG!

finally stepped into this beach after so many hours in Langkawi.
too lucky that there's event on-going. kinda like beach carnival with futsal, tug-of-war and etc.
very happening but we just walked through. we're more interested with the water sports *wink*

in love with this piece! so natural and the colour tone is too nice for me.

found the cheapest (i assumed) water sports along the whole beach.
jet-ski RM100 for half an hour, banana boat RM20 per person, para-sailing RM50 per person.
we divided ourselves into 3 groups for jet-skiing:  amelia(driver) & cindy(passenger), bryan(driver) & amelia(passenger), cindy(driver) & bryan (passenger).

had so much fun doing jet-skiing, we're allowed to jet-skidded until the middle of the sea. too cool.
and my driver, MR. Bryan Ma, was really expert in this. i yelled like hell for that 10 minutes continuously.
damn him. so fast. kept on speeding my goodness. but we really liked it!

after jet-skiing, it's banana boat twime baby!
us being greedy requested the driver to throw us into the sea for 3 times (normally twice only) HEHE!
and then something happened! when i was about to climb up to the banana boat at the seashore, clumsy me fell down and cracked my toe nail wtf =.=
at first it's just very painful and horizontal cracking line could be seen on my toe, so i thought it's okay.
until we have finally done with playing banana boat and back to the shore, i could feel my nail drifting in the sea water.
i insisted Bryan to drag me back to the beach instead walking 'cause i really didn't my broken nail to be drifted away, in the end, it still drifted away and i was really upset i couldn't keep another half. T.T
big piece of my nail drifted away!!!!!!!! =.= i really wanted to keep it so much!!!

Cindy and Bryan played para-sailing too. i didn't join as i have just played last month in Bali.
they drove us to pantai tengah for para-sailing as this water sport is not allowed to carry out at pantai cenang 'cause there are plenty of activities carrying on that it might be a little dangerous.

me me me as the photographer =D

happy Cindy!

Bryan's turn!

it's a must-try water sport at least once in a lifetime! super like!
bungee jump next maybe? wait until i have got the guts LOL


as requested by that ridiculous waitress from the restaurant to give a try on Wonderful Seafood, we really came LOL

fried egg with oyster, butter prawn, thai chicken, grilled fish and one more, fried squid.
i know the photos didn't look tempting, but they're kinda delicious, which we really preferred this restaurant rather than that restaurant with that ridiculous waitress =.=
i purposely walked pass that shop to show her my face that we really went to Wonderful, but too bad she's inside and didn't notice me *double sigh*

Wonderful Seafood! so crowded.

went backed to hotel after having dinner. around 10pm. we went there 

3rd trip of the year!

i've just arrived kuching yesterday from Penang!

since the memories are still FRESH in my mind, i decided to blog about this trip first instead of the previous trip, but don't worry. i will still blog about them *wink*

booked this trip's flight ticket months and months ago during AirAsia sale when i was still in Form 6.

actually, my travel mates were Hee and Raph, but ended up to be Cindy and Bryan LOL

checked in for them, but something came up and both of them couldn't join at last.

so Cindy and Bryan booked last minute ticket and joined me!

bless enough to have them for joining me *kisses* 

reached LCCT at 0050 on 17/5/2013. flew to Penang at 0715 in the early morning.

such exhausting wasn't it? by the time we landed on Penang International Airport, we're already half-dead.

the flying duration was only 35 minutes, damn fast LOL. can't even take a good rest.

you know things get f'cking annoying when babies cry non-stop in-flight. that's something i really can't bear with. OH DEAR!

*stop my nonsense*

after landing, we went to a jetty by taxi to go over Butterworth with a FOC ferry.

we got no idea where's the jetty too =.=

FOC ferry

the camera picks people to focus on and it actually focused on the owner and ignored me =.= that's why my face was blurred!

 from the jetty, we walked to a nearby bus terminal to take bus from Penang to Kuala Kedah for Langkawi.

actually we planned to go Kuala Perlis instead of Kuala Kedah, but the taxi uncle kept on telling us to go from Kuala Kedah *damn we're being cheated*

by the time we reached the bus terminal, we bought the bus ticket to Kuala Kedah which cost RM9 per pax and it took us 2 hours.

the booth person-in-charge was being really dishonest that he told us upon reaching the Kuala Kedah's bus terminal, take another bus for just few minutes to reach the jetty. ended up we took cab from the bus terminal to the jetty because you got to change few buses and it actually takes lots of time! *being cheated again*

from what the taxi driver told us, he suggested us to go to Kuala Perlis instead of Kuala Kedah 'cause Perlis has more ferries. *lesson learnt*

Kuala Kedah's jetty.

the ferry ticket costs RM23 per pax. it took about 1.45 hours to reach Langkawi.

we rented this car for only RM90 for 48hours! damn so cheap isn't it? auto some more.

contact number : 0195434553 Mr. Hujan. (cute name LOL)

trust me, you MUST rent a car/motorcycle to travel around this wonderful island. it'd be the cheapest way of travelling instead of cab!

throughout the trip, Cindy's monkey-- Bryan, was the driver! THANKIU!! =D

Rainbow Lodge

our room!

we didn't book any room before reaching, since it's an easy-going trip, we decided to book until we're there.

Rainbow Lodge at Pantai Cenang area. RM70 per night. they actually moved another single bed in for 3 of us! 

maybe the photo doesn't look good but it's really comfortable anyway. very spacious too.

after setting down, we went to bought shampoo, soap and toothpaste. of course, some food too. *starved*

went food hunting after taking our shower. so comfortable after long road/sea-trip.

we actually traveled on few kinds of public transport that day, from aircraft, cab, ferry, bus to car. 

damn grueling =.=

actually we wanted to give a try on Wonderful Seafood Restaurant (recommended by trip advisor), after searching for so long, we found it and then they didn't open and we're like WTF!!

you know that feeling when you drove all the way from Cenang Beach to Kuah, and you found out it didn't open. DAMN lah.

20km from Pantai Cenang to Kuah!

went to the next door instead, just normal but we're okay with the dishes.

there's 1 very ridiculous waitress kept on telling us how delicious is their butter prawn compared to Wonderful's. and she actually wanted us to go to Wonderful the next day to try out their butter prawn.

the hell. what's she thinking? =.= 

so our dinner only cost us RM49 with plain rice, vegetable, bean curd, prawn and squid. CHEAP!!

FYI, this shop is located at Kuah area, nearby Bella Vista Hotel. just ask people if you couldn't find the route in your gps app.

chocolate hunting!

Hoegaarden for only RM3.90

bought chocolate at Teow Soon Huat Departmental Store. it's a duty-free shop. 

hence, expect that the prices of chocs and alcohols are dirt cheap!

did some researches before coming here, and i get to know this shop has the lowest price in the entire Langkawi. 

went back early and slept after this. didn't sleep for 48 hours so expect me to be extremely exhausted!

*sorry if this post bored you out, it's more to informative blog post as i could hardly find information before going there after 'googling' for quite a time. so i would like to do it! =) and that's our way of getting from Penang to Langkawi. Must not follow our route! it takes more time and tends to pay more.

till then, i will blog again tomorrow!