Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Langkawi Trip 21Nov2007 - 24Nov2007

It's the same entry that I had on my fotopages.

So many things happened to my life. I've been very busy lately... started with hubby accepted new job offer and potential to be relocated, 2007 Hari Raya, taking care of the kids by myself since hubby is always on the move, kids' exams, and the recent Langkawi holiday trip without the company of hubby. His fully paid air ticket has to be forfeited since it was bought on promotional price. :-( Good business strategy by Air Asia ;-)

Here is the story of our long planned Langkawi trip.
We left home early in the morning with MPV cab chartered from Sunlight taxi. Taxi fare is RM90. Journey to LCCT from Shah Alam took merely 1 hr where I could have reached LCCT by 1/2hr if I were to drive there myself ;-)

We had our breakfast at LCCT's Mc Donald's and proceeded to check-in counter after we were done with our breakfast.
Arrived very early at the designated gate. Malaysian are kiasu too when it comes to get the best seat available on the airplane. We boarded the airplane and succeessfully secured good seats after queuing as the 2nd family in the line. ha ha ha

I would say that Air Asia's Airbus A320 is more comfortable than the previous Boeing 737 aircraft. Seats are more spacious and more room for legs. It's incomparable to MH's flight but, considering a low cost flight, to my standard it worth the money. Kids were complaining on no in-flight entertainment system. What do you expect on an hour air plane ride compared to long haul journey.

Landed safely at Langkawi International airport as per scheduled arrival time. I proceeded to the car rental counter as soon as I entered the terminal building. I went counter hopping for best bargain car rental package. Successfully secured a deal for the latest model Nissan Sentra for RM75/day. Good bargain, huh. And I'm proud of myself. hahahaha

We headed to Kuah town for lunch and sight seeing and window shopping. Had our first meal of Pak Hj Ya Nasi Ayam.

Checked in at the hotel at around 3pm. It was the beginning of swimming pool and beach treat for the kids for the rest of the 4 day stay.

Did not do much on the 2nd day. Swimming pool and beach activities. Lunch at Kuah town at Pak Hj Ya Nasi Ayam AGAIN !
3rd day started with roti canai breakfast at Harbour Park followed by light shopping trip at the Zon Duty Free out of Under Water World. Visited Langkawi Underwater World. Entrance fee is RM28 for adult and RM18 for children. Expensive for me considering that the underwater tunnel was closed for renovation and the 3D theater was viewed with 2D. I felt that the fee shall be lowered due to these incoveniences. Kids did enjoyed themselves but did compared the joy that they had when we visited Sea World in San Antonio. NO Shamu, NO Dolphin feeding at Langkawi. Of course !! Macam langit dengan bumi. The rest of the 3rd day was spent at swimming pool and beach again......
4th day was our last day in Langkawi. We had breakfast the hotel followed by swimming pool and beach experience again. Checked-out at 12:15pm from the hotel. We planned to visit Telaga Tujuh as it was located very near to the hotel. Parked the car at the parking lot and paid RM2 for the parking fee. Asked the shop assistant at one of the stalls and we were informed that it would take ~25 minute walk to reach the "well" and none of us were prepared for such trip. We went back to the car and headed down to Kuah town for another adventure. There goes my RM2 parking fee. uwaaahhhh

Stopped by at gamat factory named warisan Salju Enterprise. We were taken to the place where the gamat ointment was cooked and explained by the 'owner' on the processing. It was a short educational trip for the kids :-) We then headed to Kuah town for lunch and guess what. Nothing else than Pak Hj Ya Nasi Ayam. This was our 3rd and last lunch meal at the same restaurant for the trip. Pak Hj Ya sure be happy if he would have known this. ha ha ha

Spent time for some duty free chocolate shopping and key chains shopping for my collegues before heading to airport to catch the flight home.
Safely landed at LCCT on the ETA. Stopped by to watch airplanes landing at the airport runaway for about 1/2 hour before heading back to Shah Alam....

It was a wonderful trip altogether but we really miss the presence of my husband. The kids wanted to go back again but, with the father. Insya Allah.....

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