Penang-Langkawi Day 3: Langkawi

We had a ferry to catch that morning.. the ferry departs at 8.3oam so we had to be there by 8.. we decided to leave around 7.15 coz we were afraid there would be a jam...

But turns out there was no jam -.- .. so we arrived very early at the jetty..we had to queue up for quite a while before getting into the waiting hall.. it was really packed because there was an 8.15 ferry and those passengers were in the same area as we were...





I was still sleepy so i slept all the way on the ferry.. it takes approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes to get to Langkawi from Penang...
When we got to Langkawi we decided to rent a car after a bit of thinking.. We got a Vios coz though the Myvi would've been cheaper, it was a manual transmission one.. It costs RM130 for 24 hours and since we'd be using it until 2pm the next day it cost us RM150 (RM 10 for each additional hour) ..

Syn Joe being the most experienced driver was our driver for the trip.. We went back to the hotel first but we couldn't check in yet so we dumped our luggage and went for lunch at a Thai restaurant nearby Underwater World..




We had a lovely seafood tom yam soup, vegetables, sizzling chicken and i just realised that i didn't take a picture of the fish!!! ahh!! my food documentation is incomplete D: ... but anyways, it was a good lunch :)



We then walked over to underwater world and paid RM28 for admission.. Walked around, snapped some pictures, looked at penguins, looked at otter, touched a stingray, bought souvenirs and that's about it.. the only pictures that turned out ok were the jellyfish so i won't bother putting the pictures up here :p

Next stop, Black Sand Beach..
There is a reason why the sand is black... and unfortunately i don't know the reason -.- .. they do have a sign board there telling you why it is black but i didn't read it.. but if you dig at the sand you'll notice the bottom layers aren't black.. :/ .. i was thinking maybe they dyed the sand XD .. Syn Joe was saying something about petroleum?? ahh.. i'll google it later...
But the weather was pretty nice that day which resulted in nice pictures.. i love it when lighting is just right :D



We actually wanted to go for the cable car ride at Oriental Village earlier but it was raining.. so since it wasn't raining anymore we decided to go to Oriental Village after all..
Bought the cable car tickets (RM30 i think?) and there was still time to kill so we went to get some chocolates first :)



I'm quite afraid of heights but cable car rides aren't scary to me for some reason.. maybe i feel safe in that little capsule.. hmm..

After the cable car ride it was about time for dinner so we went to the Chenang Beach area for dinner.. it was another long stretch of road and we again had trouble deciding what to eat -.- .. we ended up in an indian restaurant and i had the worst maggie goreng ever! it was tasteless :( ..



We still had time so we decided to go to Eagle Square.. It's quite surprising that such a landmark has no roadsigns leading to it.. It was very near to the jetty but we went round and round for quite some time before we found it..



After taking pictures we went back to our hotel.. well it's not really a hotel.. it's more like an apartment..a 2 storey apartment :D ..

We flipped a coin to see if we should go see the sunrise by the beach the next day.. The coin said we should.. but DID we go and see the sunrise??

find out in the next installment of the Penang-Langkawi series! :)

-llen-