Story of My Life: Langkawi Trip

Early of this month, me and my family went to Langkawi Island. Although, I have been here in Malaysia for almost 10 years but this was my first trip to Langkawi. I heard this island is a tax-free island where you get to enjoy cheap chocolate, liquor, cookware and many other things. Me and hubby decided to buy the package during MATTA fair. The offer is MYR1000 2 nights at Berjaya Resort Langkawi with 1 night free at any Berjaya hotel in Malaysia and for this case we chose Berjaya Waterfront Johor. Reason is because I never been to JPO so at least I get a free accommodation for my Johor trip in October. Out of blue my parents called me and ask if I got any plan for September as they wanted to visit me so I asked my parents to also book airplane tickets and Berjaya hotel to join me and hubby for Langkawi trip.

We met up at KLIA 2 around 10am as our flight to Langkawi was at 12pm. That was my first time at KLIA 2. This new airport is awesome! They have plenty of shops, restaurants, and refreshing place like Thai Oddysey or Nap Lounge. We have finally arrived in Langkawi at 1pm, started to call the car rental agency (http://langkawivacation.com/). They gave us the car plate number and asked us to met up with them at the car park. Once hubby filled up the form and paid for rental fees, we flee from the airport to the next destination which is HAJI ISMAIL GROUP. oh yes, buying chocolate is our first destination. Too bad this place was closed as it was on Friday. Many shops are closed on Friday in Langkawi. Hubby said they practice the same with Middle East countries where they work from Sunday-Thursday only. Since HIG was closed, we went to Teow Soon Huat. I read in some blogs that chocolate prices at this shop is cheaper than HIG or The Zon. I knew for sure that a pack of Hersey chocolate cost about MYR12.90 while in KL is MYR28! Once we finish our chocolate shopping we went to cable car Langkawi, checked in at Berjaya Hotel Langkawi, and had dinner at Orkid Ria Restaurant Langkawi. This restaurant is located in Pantai Cenang. My father ordered 1kilo plus of lobster and it cost about MYR360++. Apart from that we also ordered chili crab, fried squid, veggies, butter prawn, tom yum, and drinks. Total we spent was around MYR500++. All foods that we've ordered were so tasty and its a must go seafood restaurant if you are in Pantai Cenang.

Our car that we rented from www.langkawivacation.com

HIG

Mom and Dad at Teow Soon Huat

Us at Berjaya Langkawi Resort

Chocos that we bought

The lobster!

Fried Squid

Variety of chocolates at Teow Soon Huat

Monkeys are everywhere at Berjaya Resort since its located in the forest.

Me and hubby at Langkawi Sky Cab

Hubby's favorite choco (Hersey's!)

2nd day - Mangrove Tour, Idaman Suri, Pantai Cenang, and Wan Thai Restaurant.

The second day we started our day by chilling at the private beach of Berjaya Langkawi and then Mangrove tour! We bought the package at MYR80 per person from Baron Holidays and its inclusive, eagle feeding, kilim geopark, fish farm, lunch, open sea etc. The tour started at 10.30am and finish at 15.00pm. Once we have finished our tour we headed straight to Idaman Suri in Kuah town as hubby was so excited to buy cookware from there. Cookware in Langkawi is also cheaper than in KL. Hubby got Pirex for about MYR10 after discount and Visions glass pot for about MYR199 while in KL is around MYR300. To cut the story, our 2nd day was so tiring but fun! we also had dinner at Wan Thai restaurant. Recommended! We ordered tom yum, chili squid, chicken pandan, mango sticky rice and drinks the total for 4 people was about MYR110 (cheap indeed!). The next day we went back to KL and mom and dad went back to Indonesia :(( . Will visit Langkawi again some day!