Langkawi 樸素又美麗 （三）

I really like Langkawi as it has many nice places to explore. I have rented a car at the hotel and it is 相當容易 to drive around there. Armed with a GPS and map, you can zip around Langkawi easily. The usual practice is to top up the fuel to full when you return the car. The interesting part is you need to pay before pumping the fuel. This is to stop you from running away without paying. Langkawi is a rather quiet city as compared to places like Phuket but I love it.


1. Beach
Langkawi has many nice beach resorts but my friend wanted to stay at Kuah Town area. But I feel that it is better to stay near the beach. There are a few beach resorts to select. It ranges from very high end such as The Datai to more affordable one such as Langkasuka Beach Resort. The Datai and The Andaman Langkawi have extremely beautiful views but 我嫌它們太遠﹗They are located about 45 mins drive from the airport and their surrounding are forests! Very exclusive (read: very inaccessible!) So I booked Meritus Pelangi Beach Resort & Spa. Their beach is not the best but it is quiet enough for me to enjoy the sun and sea breeze.


2. Langkawi Cable Car
The Langkawi cable car ride is one of the must visit places. It takes visitors all the way up to Mount Mat Cincang, Langkawi’s second highest peak at about 710m above sea level. The cable car 全長 2.2 公里。Towards the end of the ride, it has a 42° angle incline for a few hundred feet! This is the steepest moving angle for a cable car in the world! It has a really nice view looking out from the cable car. There are two base stations. So you can alight at the first one to take some pictures before proceeding to the second one.


3. Langkawi Sky Bridge
At the highest point, you can walk to the infamous Langkawi Sky Bridge. But the walking to the bridge is not simple. It has many flights of stairs and very steep. The sky bridge is a 125 metre curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge. So it has no supporting structure below but having cables holding onto it from a pillar structure.


4. Telaga Tujuh Waterfalls and Air Terjun Temurun
From the cable car, we can see Telaga Tujuh Waterfalls (Seven Wells) and Air Terjun Temurun (Waterfalls). But going to the exact spot is not easy. It is again a long walk up slope and you need to climb many stairs!!


Telaga Tujuh Waterfalls referring to a collection of seven intertwined natural pools fed by seven separate waterfalls in Mount Mat Cincang. Locals claim that fairies reside in the area but tourists are more likely to find the flora around the water more magically appealing.


The Temurun waterfalls are conveniently located in the Mat Cincang Nature Park of Datai, offering the ‘hot’ visitor refreshing waters from the mountains. The waters cascade down a 30 m drop, forming a nice pool below which you can swim in.


5. Underwater World
I got a soft spot on aquarium. Whenever I went to some place and if I know there is an aquarium, I will go and visit. Although the Underwater World in Langkawi might have limited species, it is still very interesting to see the sea creatures swimming around.


6. Kuah Town
Kuah Town has many big shopping malls to explore if you are into shopping. It also house a night market operating at every Saturday night. There are also many eateries and shopping area for 土產 there too. I went to the Eagle square which has the famous Eagle statute but I went there at night and the light there is very dim. So it is better to go in the day to have a better view.