Langkawi — Farewell to Malaysia

Langkawi was so intense. Despite not wanting to fly in general, in order to make it in time to the lantern festival in Chiang Mai, I decided to fly in from Penang.

I stayed at the bed attitude hostel in Cenang. The island is duty free and feels a bit like a huge airport, everywhere stores can be seen selling big bags of chocolate, boose and alcohol. Also plenty of options for water sports. The weather could have been better, but the place felt like full of energy.

After a walk by the beach I met with Rita (the one I met in Penang) and we went out for dinner with a nice Dutch couple. I didn't actually eat because hours earlier I got a huge chocolate bar from one of the free duty stores and stuffed my face with it...

After dinner they all had to leave so I returned to my hostel where I met Mat, an Italian guy who I'd previously been introduced to in Penang by Alison, the three super young and energetic Norwegians that I had met in Cameron Highlands, and a bunch of other people who's face was familiar from other places. Also met Petr, a Czech that was volunteering at the hostel. We challanged the Norwegians to a dart game and Petr managed to get the first and only perfect 60 points round I have ever seen.

We ended the night at the Bam-boo bar, where a Halloween party was taking place. Silly dances all around!

Next day started slow after the party. Niko, a German guy I met while partying invited me to go explore some waterfalls. We rented scooters and off we went. I always feel so happy when the sun is shining and I find myself driving a scooter through the empty roads of a paradisiac island.

The seven wells waterfall was stunning and had a small natural slide that was good fun to go down. After having a swim we went to the sky bridge cable car, but it was already too late to go up. Although we did get to see some nice dusty monkeys, a funny looking gecko and a cat hunting some funny looking birds.

Later I met with Rita (from Ipoh) and Vanessa. We got to spend a nice evening at the Cenang beach watching the impressive fire show.Read more