To Langkawi We Braved October 5, 2007
Posted by Zara's Mama in : going places, my two girls, notable , trackbackThanks to Chanel, many months ago, I booked the tickets to Langkawi when MAS had their RM1 promo. For 4 of us, it was ~RM300 return. Cheap cheap.
Then many years ago, when we were sipping tea in The Datai with my Greek friends, my friend’s hubby vowed to his wife, “If you gave me a daugther next year, I’ll bring you back here, and this time we’ll be staying and not just sipping tea.” Daddy, not loosing out, said the same to me. In deed, we have Zara the following year, so it’s time for Daddy to fulfill his promise. But Datai is so expensive, how to make him pay? So we compromised.
We left the maids at home, and headed to Langkawi, with an active toddler and a beginning-to-be-mobile baby. Brave huh?
We got our car from the airport, a Honda City, 4D/3N for RM240. I just love travelling off peak.
Our 1st stop upon arriving Langkawi was Bon Ton, can you beat it? Nasi Goreng for RM36? Laksa for RM28? .. but we have to say, the environment was nice, although the tables and chairs can do with some cleaning (cat fur and dust everywhere!).
Girls in Bon Ton, padi fields and cow dung just a stone throw away
A close friend sold us her Berjaya room stay for RM50/night. We were supposed to get a Superior room, but when the reception saw Zara batting her eyes we came in a family, she upgraded us to Deluxe, which comes with a day bed, and a king bed.
The Beach around Berjaya is nice and clean, with a few shallow pools where Zara could play in. My only complain is, the property is huge! For you to get to the main hall where everything is, you have to call for a buggy to bring you there. Zara loved it though, she said it’s like a roller coaster ride, since the challets are all located on hilly terrain, the rides to the main hall is very bumpy.
This is Zaria’s first time playing at the beach. She was a wee bit afraid of the waves, but happy to be able to play with sand, and even eat some.
Zara just loves the sea! Even under the scorching sun, she refused to get under the shade. Thank goodness Daddy didn’t mind the sun, so he followed everywhere she went.
Nobody should leave Langkawi without going on the cable car ride, more so if you stay in Berjaya, because it’s just a 2min drive away.
Top right pix : The track which is suspended and linked from station 1, unfortunately is closed.
We drove to Kuah town on the 2nd night, kitchen wear and chocolates were so cheap, not forgetting alchohol too. We just bought some Swiss Cadbury that’s all (I can imagine Shopping Amah grabbing everything from Kuah, and maybe even some Kleenix if she were in Langkawi).
Eating in Langkawi is expensive, even out of the hotel. I wonder if people knew we’re not local, so they really cut our throats. Mantis prawns at a road side restaurant (not beach front or posh) ~ RM60 for 2? We also bought bread and buns from Tun’s bakery, The Loaf, ~RM15 for a raisin loaf, ~RM6 for a savoury bun. Bread is of high quality, but price is a bit steep I think.
To be continued here.
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hey, i was there last week :p
What a wonderful holiday!!!!
wah, with 2 young kids in tow, that’s very brave indeed mommy!! (how many diapers did u tapau for 4d/3n btw? lol!)
doesn’t berjaya have a package that include 3 meals/day for adults? kids can most probably eat for free.
ZMM : Diapers.. err.. 20pieces like that loh.. Zara off diaper liao.. luckily.
Tourist spot, sure expensive. Only thing cheap there is cigrattes and alcohol.
Datai is cool!!! from the look of its pix in the website, it must be very exp!
i like zara in that…blue batik?
Hie,
Zara looks soooooo pretty in her batik so as the one in her blue singlet!! CUTE!!! Zaria is soooooooo cute in her bikini swimming ware!!
so its to langkawi u went!I WANT TO GO!!!
Being a tourist attraction place,surely price mahal one la..!!! But then am sure its worth it! =)
ayooo..if go Langkawi I will lug the whole Corningware set home leow! hahahahhaa…wah really good deal u had there..RM50 a night is like almost free leh! OMG!!! How come I don’t have close fren liddis geh?? (*wailing*)
ZMM : Got.. next time ‘announce’ in your blog.. sure got ppl offer..
wah wah wahhh!! i need a holiday like that toooo!!!
ok, the food IS EXTREMELY expensive. It’s crazy!
I wanna gooo holiday – I mean, a real holiday, just me, strolling on the beach, reading a book, listening to the waves, no worries!!
Ouchh… u manage to grab the ticket!!! i cant even go to their site!!
oooh, check out those babes in stripes and polka-dots! summertime here… can I bring your girls out to the beach?
I do love Langkawi.. but yer right.. the food is ex..!
sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. and at that price!! what a bargain! if there’s an offer of rm1 to holland, go book ok? i love the girls pictures at the beach.
Look like the girls are having lotsa fun. But then, the food’s very very expensive yo…
BTW, I’ve tagged you at http://thesoons.blogspot.com/2007/10/5-posts-link-to-keywords.html
ZMM : When I have time i’ll do yah?
so that’s where u went….that’s a really good deal from mas!
Your two girls are getting cuter and cuter! Love to see Zaria in the first two pics, so cute!
Wow! Dat was cheap and really worthed it. There’s a cable car ride in Langkawi? It was ‘eh’ years ago when I last went to Langkawi.
Zara and Zaria loves the sea hor? Haha, Zaria thought the sand could be eaten.
Oh, u compromised by going to Langkawi instead of Datai?! Daddy ‘jup dou lor’ (heehee).
ZMM : Haha.. I think the cable car was quite a reacent addition.. created after the milenium. Daddy didn’t chap dou.. we go last day.. chap dou a bit nia.
Great holiday u had. Expensive food got balanced by dirt cheap airfare n hotel. Ok wat…
Hey, ZM, geat post for me, cos I just booked tickets to langkawi..was looking at datai too..but the price…woah…no no..thanks for the great info here, will check out the websites…
your girls look great – as usual.
ZMM : Check out the email I sent to you..
such a nice holiday … i oso wanna go. imagine .. i’ve never been to langkawi …. hahaha. pathetic huh!
ZMM : With Airasia, anybody can fly!
i’m surprised by the prices of the food! i’ve been to langkawi few times on business but we managed to get decently priced food wor. anyhow as long as the food is good, ok la. worst thing is getting charged cut throat prices for substandard food/service. as usual, very nice pix you’ve got.
ZMM : I think maybe b’cos we were with 2 kids, we really didn’t hunt around for good bargains. Most of the time, we just take the 1st restaurant that spot.
wow, the place is great la. but the food is really exp.
haha, yaya, amah will sapu the whole langkawi… but must hire private jet to bring her back… hehehe.
the last time we went we had our meals in a kopitiam in Kuah town which serves ‘chu-char’, price was quite decent and tasted good too until we went back again twice!
ZMM : We went to Kuah town for 1 dinner also.. more reasonable than the ones outside Kuah.. but a bit too far to drive to from Berjaya.
Zara looked good in the batik…
Really nice to see you all relax…
What a nice vacation for you four. Zaria looks like a cute little mermaid. No problem with sun burn for Zara. I got sunburned just looking at the pictures. (I am just uber white and burn so easy)
How nice… The kids must be enjoying themselves so much ya?
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