Lazy Days in Lovely Langkawi

We have just spent 10 days in Langkawi where we chilled and relaxed after our hectic time in Kuala Lumpar.  We were only meant to stay 1 or 2 nights so as you can most probably tell, we enjoyed it so much that we decided to stay on.  This isnt really going to be a long blog as there is not much to write on the life of 2 people who spend their time drinking, at the beach and generally doing nowt !

Whilst on the train to the airport we managed to book a guesthouse from research we had done on tripadvisor in KL, Pondok Keladi, which was run by Dee and his partner Marc and it is in a beautiful part of Langkawi, nestled in the jungle away from the main strip.  It was so peaceful and Marc and Dee were so welcoming we immediately felt at home.  It was a fifteen minute walk to the shops and restaurants so we hired out a scooter which unfortunately turned out to be a very uncomfortable experience (in comparison to our Indian scooter) so we gave up and got a car instead to have a look around.

This is the chill out area in the guesthouse, Balinese style, we spent a lot of time here

Andrew on one of the Beaches in Langkawi - no one was on the beach as it was low season so it was so quiet and lovely

We met some lovely people whilst in Langkawi - our hosts Dee and Marc,  Felix and Ines from Germany.  We spent some good times with them during our stay in Langkawi. Thanks guys we had a wicked time.   

We (well me and Andrew) got ridiculously drunk with them one night but we blame Ines who drank only Jaigermeister (nothing else) so we were forced into joining her at 5pm after a number of beer and therefore ended up blind drunk - apologies to all of our friends who got a phone call that night!  Safe to say that we spent the whole of the next day in bed, we are rubbish at drinking these days, hangovers are just not worth it, but at least we excelled in the fact we were on a duty free Island - where no joke, beer is cheaper than water!!

This is us with Dee, Felix and Ines on the drunken night (this was before Dee threw up)

We took the car out for the day and went for a drive to the other side of the Island, we stopped off at the Four Seasons Hotel for a drink and to have a look at their beach, this is Andrew in the beautiful chill out area

This is me at the Four Seasons with my Mojito as you can most probably tell from this blog, this is a particular favourite of mine

Marc who runs the guesthouse with Dee is British, so on arrival he was showing us round and there was a communal kitchen I said.. oh thats good..I can make a roast dinner (half joking). But of course being away from home it seems to be the one thing which everyone misses so I sort of volunteered to make a roast in the 34deg heat!!  It took over six hours, it was flippin boiling hot, 6 people - 4 meat eaters and 2 vegetarians but I did it, and it actually turned out alright.    

This is a picture of Felix, Ines and Marc waiting to be served dinner.

We had such a good time in Langkawi and we didnt want to leave, we could have spent another few weeks there recharging our batteries (its a hard life on the road you know) but we had to leave as our next destination was calling but I sure that we will be back.

Well thats about it from us, the next destination is Singapore for 6 days before heading off to Borneo.

Love Sar & Andrew xx

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