As you may have guessed, we are once more visiting Maylasia. This time we decided to join our friend May Lene on a long weekend getaway to Langkawi before the week's work began. Ken had to teach a seminar in Beijing so his stay was a brief one since he could not join us till Friday evening. I headed to Malaysia early and met up with May Lene on Thursday afternoon in Kuala Lumpur where we boarded a short flight to our weekend destination.
Langkawi is an island at the northern end of Malaysia in the state of Kedah. It borders the Adaman Sea and when the weather is clear you can see the coast of Thailand. (I actually had a Sarah Palin moment - "I can see Thailand from my beach.")
We arrived at the Langkawi International Airport which has a certain charm to it. It felt like the first time I flew in 1961 - stairs pulled up to the plane, walking across the tarmac to get to the terminal, a small terminal opening onto a parking lot full of rental cars.
We headed to our serviced apartment to check in before heading out for dinner and a little unwinding at the reggae bar.
Palm trees are among my most favorite type of foliage. All of Malaysia is filled with palm trees. It just makes me happy to look out my window and see one swaying in the breeze. I took this as a good omen for the next few days.
The sun was beginning to set as we headed out and the sky was an explosion of color.
We headed to the Cenang Beach area and a dinner of local seafood. The feature was a grilled tiger prawn which filled a plate all by itself. Think shrimp on steroids.
After eating our fill of tiger prawn, fresh fish and veggies along with some great fried rice, we headed to the beach to a little place May Lene loved from her previous trips.
Babylon Mat Bar actually sits in the sand on the edge of the beach. There are a few tables for the less adventurous crowd, but most just sit on grass mats on the sand and sip cocktails while listening to live reggae music. There is an open air grill where you can have prawn and chicken and squid grilled to order. We actually did this for our Friday night dinner.
The moon rose over the sea and the palm trees swayed and we were in heaven. What a way to unwind at the start of a vacation.
We eventually headed back to our apartment to get some rest before our day of exploring on Friday. Even the traffic rotaries were happy and cheerful.
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