Thursday, September 04, 2008

Langkawi -Pulau Payah


Hi....this is the 3rd day in Langkawi....not actually in Langkawi but went to this island nearby called Pulau Payah... Intially i thought gonna be boring due to the rain as tis gonna be out door activity but boy i was wrong...




Travel 2 hrs of ferry and it cost you RM 120 for adult and RM 80 for children..(lunch and snorkelling gear included). Inside the ferry, the tour guide you a crash course of the iternary and how the proper way to water snorkelling. They also offer scuba diving lesson at Rm 120. I was tempeted but as the scuba diving only for 20 min and the rest hr will be the training, make me reluctant. Well i decided to give it a go....next time maybe....


Once reach to pulau payah after the sea sick(my mum felt the worst), it was worthy.... It was damn nice lor.... clear water, nice coral, crystal sand and aw........wish can suntan naked there hehehhe.........just kidding




Did i mention not to forget to bring a lot of breads along with you.....cause if you don't they sell it there....No!!!! its not for you ...its for the fishes.... See how close the fishes can get to you....


When i swam ard that area, we were warned to stay away from such fishes... one of those are the sea urchin....they are black, round fish with sharp needle ard them.... when i swam, i saw three of them, their shiny black make you attracted to them but NO!!! don't get close to them... See them...just run....hey .....cannot run but swim away.... But the view of the coral and the skools of fishes is speachless...its a breathe taking..... You can even swim with the shark....Serious!!!!




After a long day there..... i just lay down and enjoy the sun light penetrate thru my sking awwww........listening to my ipod....especially the song I'm yours by Jason Mraz.....sigh THE BEACH.......miss it....I'm yours Bitch! opps Beach :P


Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Langkawi Part 2

Sigh..........again leaving lame excuse of not continuing my stories....busy at work...holding 3 jobs...My perm job as IT engineer, as a photographer at HOA and as a waiter at Mel's place and not forgetting helping my mum for her catering business. But now, its fasting mth and taking break from all this and today is my 2nd day of Mc hence here i am continuing my blog...

2rd day its a bit of anti climax as the rain starts to fall....but we did visit some historic places....


1st) Mat Cincang Mountain aka A walk in the clouds


The mountains at the back are the Mountains of Mat Cincang and Raya
Due to the rain- we visited the place on the forth day instead...

There are two well known mountains in the heart of Langkawi Island, Gunung Raya and Gunung Mat Cincang. Added to the two and appearing to separate them is a hill called Bukit Sawar. If you look hard at Gunung Mat Cincang located at 700m above sea level, you can actually see it is smiling to its 850m high neighbour, Gunung Raya (the island's highest mountain).


Gunung Mat Cincang - A Walk in the CloudsThe legendary Gunung Mat Cincang, Langkawi's second highest peak was believed to have been once a being named Mat Cincang who turned himself into a mountain. Fables aside, today the mountain rises in a spectacular skyline of crags that glow pink in the sunset and is part of the Mat Cincang Range which comprises of some of the oldest rock formations in Malaysia, dated about 2,400 million years old.




Legend says Mat Raya's son was interested in marrying Mat Cincang's daughter, much to the displeasure of Mat Cincang. The boy was said to be of bad character. Despite the reluctance on Mat Cincang's side to accept the boy the marriage did take place. But unfortunately a fight broke out during the wedding feast.
During the fight everyone became violent and pots and pans were flung at one another. A big pot of gravy was broken and the contents spilt on the ground. The spot where the gravy spilt is known as Kuah (gravy) and where the pot was broken as Belanga Pecah (broken pot). A couldron of hot water was also spilt on the ground and the spot is known as Air Panas (hot water).
The fight between the two families went on until it was intervened by Mat Sawar. Both parties reconciled and decided to transform themselves including Mat Sawar into their present forms.




There are two stages of the cable car...after you got to first mountain, you have to take another trip of the cable car to reach to Mount Mat Cincang and there you can walk in the clouds by the Observatory bridge( to get down to the bridge, you have climb down some steep steps- but its worth viewing). May look fighten due to its height and by the blown of the wind you can feel the bridge is swinging side to side.But suprising the blown of the wind is not cold enough to blow you off.


Because of the weather we didnt get to the top of the mountain but instead we went to

2nd) Makam Mahsuri

During the time of the powerful Sultanates of the Malay archipelago there lived a young woman named Mahsuri. She was the most beautiful woman in all of Langkawi, and the wife of Wan Darus, a brave warrior. As was required of him, her husband had to go to war, leaving Mahsuri behind to fend for herself. It was during this time that Mahsuri befriended a young man named Deraman.
Their close friendship lead others in her village to believe that their relationship was sexual in nature. Some versions of the legend claim that the parties who perpetuated the gossip were those who were envious of Mahsuri's beauty. Eventually the rumours grew strong enough that the villagers openly accused her of adultery. Mahsuri pleaded her innocence, but no one believed her.
Following the old Islamic punishment for adultery, Mahsuri was to be tied to a tree (or pole) and stabbed to death. When they stabbed her, white blood flowed from her wound, signifying her innocence. With her dying breath, Mahsuri cursed Langkawi to have seven generations of bad luck.

Monday, July 07, 2008

Langkawi

Its been ages that i have a family trip. Always miss out but now yes i finally took leave and take the intiative to go holiday with them. This time round a total of 15 people..and we heading to Langkawi........



Located in North of Malaysia, lies a wonderful island. I think this is the best island that Malaysia have invested. You can visit to historical landmark, to entertainment centre till sea side activities....Shoik....till my father wanna go back again....trust me...

We took Silkair airline as our main transportation to get there and it just take 1hr and 45 mins instead of a long bus ride. Best of all, i have my uncle, my father's brother to fly us there... He is the co pilot of the aircraft and we have the privilage to get to the cockpit. Its a bit small to what i think...







Once we got there, we rented a van and a car which is pre arrange by my sis with the local agency for RM $ 600. We drove to our resort chalet called "Pelangi Meritus Beach Resort" rating at Rm600++ per room and times 4 room will be Rm 2400 per night and times 4 nights will be RM 9600 in total . Thou it is expensive but it is nice. Since the Malaysia's school holiday was just over, it seem we have the whole area to ourselves.
The chalet are designed as a malay kampung full with malay identity... The only flaws is that you have to walk in and out bout 5 min to your chalet if there are no available buggy or late night. Our chalet is right in front of the swimming pool....so no need to have morning bath but just jump into the pool but sadly it closed as eight pm.






As our flight delayed, we reached quite late and was left with just dinner and return back to the hotel. We slept quite early on that first night, well most of the time i been sleeping early and wake up late...hehehe



i didn't know langkawi was also hit by Tsunami till i meet this memorial in my hotel...