Category: Travel

• Back From The Tax Free Island (Langkawi)

  11.07.05 |Langkawi, Travel| Permalink | 9 Comments

  
  
  

  I am back, back to work. 🙁 Hoping for a longer holiday. *Greedy Look* It was a great holiday in Langkawi. Two things that are real cheap there, cigarettes and alcohol. Both of which I don’t take. Imagine beer selling at RM1.50 per can. Drink till you drop. Other than that, Penang has it. The only thing that I bought back from there that is worth the money and cannot find in Penang is imported chocolates. YUMMY!!

  Talking about chocolates, you really have to be careful if it is real cheap. I saw a shop selling huge bar of imported chocolates, priced at 5 for RM5. Wow, I could just give my colleagues 1 bar each. Some has liquor in it. I took a look at the back and the expiry date was 07 Nov 2005. What a let down??!!

  I was away from Internet, TVB series (no TV8 & NTV7), newspaper, normal housework and the list goes on.

  Itinerary:

  Thursday – Nov 3rd
  12pm – Flight (Delayed – children were hungry)
  Check in Langkawi Village Resort
  Lunch and nap
  Played Sand
  Dinner at a Seafood Restaurant
  Hunt for petrol station and got lost for 20 minutes because the rented car tank was empty. Worst of all, Emily poo poo in the car. Mummy didn’t bring any diapers or tissue. Finally we found a petrol station, pump petrol. I washed Emily clean.

  Friday – Nov 4th
  Complimentary buffet breakfast in hotel
  We went to Underwater world to visit the penguin, fishes, reptiles and souvenirs store.
  Lunch & nap
  Swimming & Spa. The children enjoyed the warm water spa.
  We had steamboat for dinner.
  Drove around the area and took a stroll.

  
  
  

  Saturday – Nov 5th
  Breakfast
  We went to Mangrove Tour Oriental Village (Cable Car, 7 Wells, Telaga Yatch Club). We didn’t go for the Mangrove Tour for the safety of the children. Maybe when they are older.
  Lunch & nap
  Shopping in Kuah Town
  Dinner at Thai Restaurant
  More shopping.

  Sunday – Nov 6th
  Breakfast.
  Pack and relax.
  Drove around.
  Duty Free shopping.
  Flew back

  We reach home at 2pm, send all the children to sleep. Later at 4pm, we have to rush to Timothy’s school for his prize giving day. Read more in the next blog.

  Timothy did enjoyed the experience of flying & Emily wasn’t sure.

  

  

  Plane View:

  

  

  The Resort:

  

  

  

  

  

  Underwater World:

  

  

  

  

  Food:

  

  End of the Trip:

  

• Spice Garden

  09.18.05 |Penang, Travel| Permalink | 8 Comments

  
  
  

  Finally we got to go to Spice Garden with my family. It was the haze, wedding dinner and rainy weather that keep us from going. The Spice Garden is located somewhere in between Batu Ferringhi and Teluk Bahang of Penang. It was not what I expected. No doubt the scenery was very beautiful with lot of greens and water falls. The place has alot of hiking trails that you need to climb. Lots of stair way up and of course no place for stroller. I had to carry Emily to hike up. My children had fun and so did I (exhausted), to enjoy God’s creation again and always remind me there is someone out there who created the world perfect.

  The above picture shows that Emily actually was holding a big giant spice called the Kayu Manis (Cinnamon).

  

  

  Navigation:

  

  Emily playing with the fresh water from the hill:

  

  

  Little Waterfalls:

  

  

  

  

  Purple Flower:

  

  Our Ride:

  

  Beautiful Scenary:

  

  

  Two Sneaky kids in the Gift Shop: