You should all be very proud of me. I've managed to sit still on the beach and just watch life go by with no pieces of technology for three hours in the last two days. OMG! This is huge!
Today I ran, swam, walked, trekked through the jungle to a waterfall, rode the steepest cable car in the world (more on that later), checked out eagle square, drank ginger & lemongrass tea (now hooked on it), visited the black sand beach, did some duty free shopping in Kuah, had a traditional Malay massage and still found time to chill on the beach at the resort. That's 16 jam packed hours of fine holiday fun. I'm a little sunburnt, a lot happy and pretty relaxed.
I booked this tour months ago through Asia Web Direct and to be honest I was a little annoyed at the time at having to pay for a minimum of two people, whether there was one or two actually going on the tour. However, I had the tour guide/driver and car all to myself today so we were able to cover more ground than we would have if I had been part of a group or pair. Five fantastic destinations today and no crap to have to see - awesome!
I'm particularly stoked with myself because I did the cable car ride all on my own, with no chemical courage and I have a squillion awesome photos of the ride and the view. It literally is the steepest in the world. If you're scared of heights, come see me - I used an NLP technique to get over it and stay calm - and believe me there's no way in hell I'd have done that before NLP. $9 AUD well spent to test it out, wonder if I can claim that on tax as a coaching business expense?
I'll pop up the photos of today ASAP, unfortunately they are on my digital camera and my apple camera connection kit for my iPad and iPhone doesn't work with either. Stupid apple! I need to buy a whole new kit for my iPad mini and a new digital camera with Bluetooth I think! I haven't been able to find this kit in Langkawi so looks like I will be buying one in Penang, hopefully tomorrow!
In other news, today we also covered Telaga Harbour, the black sand beach (Pantai Pasir Hitam) with the ugly concrete plant at the other end, Telaga Tujuh (seven wells waterfall), Eagle Square, Kuah town (with a quick duck into Langkawi Fair duty free mall for a pair of sandals for $3.70 AUD and a batik sarong, both bought at Billion for half the price I would have paid in Cenang) and then back to Cenang in time for dinner, which I ate at old town white coffee.
Tomorrow I'm off island hopping and eagle feeding. I get to watch the famous Langkawi Eagles diving for food, visit the lake of the pregnant maiden, avoid monkey attacks, swim at a private beach on a remote island, hike in the jungle and lots more. Better remember the sunscreen, insect repellent, change of socks, drinking water, Camera batteries, sunglasses and bathers!
I am also hopeful that I will be able to go back to Kuah town and do some more duty-free shopping that I can then post home to Australia. I did make sure when I was packing for this trip that I brought
a whole lot of old clothing with me, so that I could throw it away as I went along and replace it with awesome new stuff in smaller sizes.
Getting late so I'd better get to sleep, night all!
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