17 May 2006
Langkawi Trip - Day 2
As early as 7:30am my boy started to stir in the bed. Must be he wanted to pee, I thought. True enough, after a few stirs he woke up and went to the toilet. He came back up on the bed, but it didn’t take long for him to start asking me to wake up. Haih… there’s no going back to sleep after the dragon has awaken.

The suite includes buffet breakfast, so we had quite a heavy meal. We went to the Oriental Village (that’s where the cable car station is) at about 10:30 am. While FIL queue up to purchase the cable car tickets, we spent some time in a fenced area where rabbits roam freely. My girl had fun patting and chasing the rabbits.

The ticketing staff told FIL that we had to wait for another 2.5 hours in a queue before our turn to alight the cable car (no thanks to the exceptionally large crowd). So we changed plan to visit Underwater World instead and come back in the evening or next day.

The Underwater World is quite nice albeit admission is kind of expensive. The place is not as big as I had expected; the 3D show has nothing 3D about it … could be because of the lousy 3D specs *thumbs down*. I took some videos of the penguins and clown fish because I didn’t manage to get any good photo shots of these animals.





We had late lunch at the Sun Café. The food was absolutely delicious with a fairly large serving. MIL commented that this is ‘real’ café food… like those you’d find in western countries. I ordered fettuccine carbonara to share with the kids (actually both of them finished 80% of the serving!!), MIL shared barracuda fish that comes with potato gratin (as a side dish) and potato & leek soup with FIL while hubby had sandwich (which looks like a burger), Sorry no photos because we chomped down the food as soon as they were served! :P

Before heading back to Oriental Village, we detoured to The Datai and The Andaman to have a look. Heh…we were curious as to what the resorts look like since they have such expensive rates.

Luckily the morning crowd at the ticketing booth had dispersed so there’s only a short queue to cable car. We were told that we are not allowed to stop at the 1st station as it was already quite late in the evening. The ride from base station to the top (and vice versa) takes about half an hour. The children had ice cream at the station. On our way down from the viewing deck, there’s a furry caterpillar on one of the step; I quickly snap a shot. Ain’t it cute?


Where is the horizon? 天与海连成一片的情景
After we got back to the hotel, we let the children have some fun playing sand at the beach. Again we head for the pool after we had enough of the sand. Don’t ask me why, but we went back to the same place for seafood dinner. So, if you asked me to list the good places to eat in Langkawi, I’d tell you Teo, Teo, Sun Café and Teo! Heh! :P
 
posted by domesticgoddess at 5/17/2006 11:45:00 am | Permalink |


11 Comments:


  • At Wed May 17, 01:45:00 pm GMT+8, Blogger Mumsgather

    The ko ko really look protective over his little sister. So sweet photo.

     
  • At Wed May 17, 02:14:00 pm GMT+8, Anonymous Anonymous

    落霞與孤鶩齊飛,秋水共長天一色。:)

    very nice picture.

     
  • At Wed May 17, 02:56:00 pm GMT+8, Blogger Sue

    That restaurant must be pretty worth visiting since you went there 3 times hor :) What the name of the place?

     
  • At Wed May 17, 10:50:00 pm GMT+8, Blogger shoppingmum

    When I go to Langkawi next time, I'll get the address of the restaurants from you! It's been so many years since my first and last visit to Langkawi. Can't wait to go there again.

     
  • At Wed May 17, 11:36:00 pm GMT+8, Anonymous Anonymous

    such a pair of pretty kids you have!!! waaaaa!

     
  • At Thu May 18, 02:03:00 am GMT+8, Blogger jazzmint

    aiks..didn't know oriental village had rabbits lehh...don't u just love the view from the cable car station, so nice hoh

     
  • At Thu May 18, 02:37:00 pm GMT+8, Blogger domesticgoddess

    Dear mumsgather, that's because i asked them to stand closer heheh!

    Dear maria, heehee... 幸好我的相机派的上用场!;)

    Dear sue, it's called Teo... it's along the Kuah main road.

    Dear shoppingmum, i don't have the exact address of the seafood kopitiam/restaurant but it's not difficult to find as it's along Kuah main road. I do have the Sun Cafe address though. I'll post it here after checking the business card.

    Dear l b, thank you :)

    Dear jazzmint, yeah...

     
  • At Thu May 18, 04:00:00 pm GMT+8, Blogger Helen

    Hi, you mentioned Oriental Village... if u dun mind, where did u stay.. and more importantly, how's the price?? :-P

    The last time I went Langkawi it was a disaster. We followed an Ipoh tour agency and we stayed in this hotel called Seaview?? OMG!! I wonder how they justify such a name when there is no sea in sight!! (except the jetty...) The only enjoyable time was when we broke away and continued our journey to Rebak Marina. Beautiful!

    I think I might go again this year. Seeing your post, the chances went up another 50%!! lol

     
  • At Fri May 19, 08:19:00 am GMT+8, Blogger domesticgoddess

    Dear shoppingmum, the address of Sun Cafe is Shop No. 8, Sunmall, Jalan Teluk Baru, Pantai Tengah, 07000 Pulau Langkawi, Kedah. Their website is http://sungrouplangkawi.com.

    Dear helen, we stayed in Holiday Villa. They have Manja Weekend package, you can get the details at http://www.holidayvilla.com.my
    There are so many other hotels/resorts there, just pick one you like.

     
  • At Fri May 19, 02:09:00 pm GMT+8, Blogger Helen

    Thanks. Will checkout the link!

     
  • At Sat May 20, 12:41:00 am GMT+8, Anonymous Anonymous

    ei... get a rabbit for mei mei?
    :P