So if you watched our previous video you know that we left Penang after living there for six months,
and most of you guessed that our next destination was going to be Langkawi, and you were right!
We arrived just before Malaysia went back into lockdown.
Let's take a look at the activities we did there, we'll tell you about some of the food we ate, where we stayed how much money we spent. Let's get started.
We left Penang on the ferry to Butterworth, in fact we took the new ferry on the first day of operation.
And from Butterworth we took a bus to Alor Setar for a one-day stopover there.
And really the only reason we were planning to go to Alor Setar was because we could get a boat to Langkawi from there,
But Alor Setar turned out to be much more interesting than just a quick stopover
We really enjoyed our time there.
You can see this beautiful mosque in Alor Setar here. This is the Zahir Mosque and it was voted one of the top 10 most beautiful mosques in the world.
Then we went to the top of this observation tower here, and wow what magnificent views over Alor Setar and beyond Alor Setar over the Malaysian state of Kedah from the top of this tower.
Let's take a look at the views.
This is looking east I believe.
Now we are looking north.
Here's the view of the Zahir Mosque from the top of the tower.
There is also a platform that is made with a glass floor that sticks out over the edge.
And I'm generally not afraid of heights but it was a little scary at the top of this tower, even more so than the Komtar tower in Penang.
And i don't know if it was because this tower in Alor Setar is taller,
or it might have been because it was really windy here and that just made it feel a little bit more frightful I guess.
And we stayed after dark so that we could see it lit up too.
After our time in Alor Setar we took the ferry to Langkawi and what a wonderful wonderful time we had.
Langkawi has great nice beaches, although we're honestly not really beach people so we didn't spend a whole lot of time at the beach.
But we really did like the sunsets at the beach, look at this!
One of the things that we did that we really enjoyed was a mangrove boat tour and just saying we enjoyed it is an understatement.
This was really spectacular, one of the highlights of our time in Langkawi.
We went through some caves as you can see here and our guide was so knowledgeable,
and he did an excellent job explaining the ecosystem of the mangrove forest.
We saw quite a bit of wildlife on this tour including the eagles, now the tour company that we used do not feed the eagles because supposedly this is not healthy for the eagles,
but there was another tour boat from a different company there feeding them.
We also had time for swimming on one of the beautiful islands.
But one of the best things about the tour was that it included dinner at a floating restaurant,
where we had papaya salad, mee gorang, some delicious satay and also sea bass, which I normally don't like seafood but this fish was really delicious.
The company we used for this tour was Dev's Tours and you can see the price there, worth every penny or should I say ringgit as far as we're concerned.
Another thing we really enjoyed was the cable car up one of Langkawi's mountains.
Now this is very touristy of course but still the views at the top were quite amazing.
If you plan on coming here I should mention that at the top it was very windy and almost, I don't want to say it was cold,
but it was definitely a cooler temperature up there.
And of course you'll be very high up off the ground on the way up and down in case you have a fear of heights.
We saw a waterfall from the gondola and decided to hike up to it after we finished the cable car.
It was a steep hike, it was a hot hike until it started raining then it cooled off a bit.
But the waterfall was quite amazing. This is the Seven Wells Falls and as you can see here you can go swimming at the base of the falls, a nice way to cool down after the hot hike.
I think he's going to jump!
Then we hiked to the top of the falls where there are some more pools and where you can slide down on the rocks.
There he goes!
All right next up is our trip to the aquarium or Langkawi Underwater World.
And we hesitated about going here because we didn't want to spend a lot of money just to see fish in a big fish tank,
but wow this was truly a terrific experience. First the penguins were really fun to see,
especially since we were there during their feeding time they seem to be a bit more active I guess.
I get that way too when it's my feeding time. This guy here was my favorite.
We also saw the seals during their feeding time, they were really really hungry.
And we saw sharks.
And we saw turtles
And we saw jellyfish, and it was really more than just the aquarium.
There's a lot of different kinds of birds including flamingos and also parrots and we really enjoyed our visit to the aquarium.
A very common activity in Langkawi is to take an island hopping tour.
The highlight of this tour for us was at a freshwater lake surrounded by the cliffs that make up one of the islands,
with some kayaking some boating and some swimming.
And let me just mention again that this was before the latest Covid lockdown so that's why you see the crowds.
We had some great food all around the island but our favorite was the food from the local night market.
This market actually moves to a new location depending on the day of the week and there is some great food here.
The mee gorang was especially good and the satay was fabulous, absolutely fabulous.
Even though this market was small we didn't have small stomachs by the time we finish eating all of this food.
I want to give a shout out to the Sayy Haa Inn, we really enjoyed staying here for the week and appreciated the friendly owner.
Now how much did all of this cost? Let me break it down.
Our hotel was only 50 ringgit per night, that's like $12, super super inexpensive for a nice hotel.
We spent an average of 69 ringgit per day eating out for every meal.
Our transportation averaged 22 ringgit per day. There's no bus system on Langkawi so we used Grab taxis to get around.
And we averaged 107 ringgit per day for all of the activities that you saw in this video.
So if you add it all up it comes to an average of 248 ringgit per day,
and that's for two people and it also doesn't include things like our health insurance.
So where is our next destination? Well I want you to try and guess,
and here's a hint: we took the train to our next destination from Alor Setar so it is somewhere on the train line here in Malaysia.
We arrived just before the country went back into lockdown.
If you want to try and guess please leave a comment below,
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