Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

March 23, 2014

Port of Lost Wonder.

Morning breakfast at Chinatown before going Sentosa!









The sun burnt!!


August 06, 2013

Langkawi : Day 3

Rise and shine!
Time to checkout from Cosy Inn and check-in Fave Hotel!!
Before that, we drive over to Eagle Square mall for breakfast and 'grocery' shopping


Highly anticipated hotel stay!! Fave hotel is so near to cenang beach as it's within 10mins walk! We still think that it is better to stay near the beach than any other place! We booked through their website and got a 10% discount with their bookdirect promo code. You can choose to pay in advance or when you check-in. Total charge for 2 rooms/2nights = RM838 (including SVC and TAX)



There's carpark right in front of the hotel. Good for those who are driving.


The lobby


Happy 4 friends! =D


Poolside! Love this place!


 Superior room.
It was a decent size with a double bed and all the necessities. Keeping in trend with the outside of the building, the room was accented with a pink colour and brown wood furniture, including a funky little wavy working desk. And of course it had a flat screen television. The wifi was speedy and reliable, always a plus. The room was extremely clean.

Panorama view of room 1.


Panorama view of connecting rooms.


Very spacious bathroom!


Excited 4 went out straight after putting lugguage in room. Booked another island-hop!


Super nua guys wanted to go back to the hotel and use the pool... and the ladies aren't happy as they wanted to visit more attractions so.... the guys are only allowed in pool for 20mins. Lol!
The view from the pool. With comfortable loungers and views of the nearby lush green hills and sprawling field, it was an inviting oasis.


(-.-')


Decide to visit Tejuni waterfall! Almost 30mins drive to this place! Approaching from Pantai Kok you find a small open space car park which has a RM2 charge for cars and RM1 for bikes.
Super steep road up!


















Reached this beautiful place!
The waters cascade down a 30 m drop, forming a nice cool pool below which you can swim in.




Love this place sooo much!


Short visit to black sand beach. Due to safety reason, I did a quick shoot of the beach of left. Not recommended to stay there for long.


After a long day, fatCupid for dinner!!


FatCupid is situated in La Pari-Pari, a homey kind of boutique hotel as it has only 12 guest rooms so the ambience is really quiet and peaceful. Very beautiful and peaceful place. We wanted to book this place for our stay but due to only 1 room is available, we had to give it a miss.... Thou we couldn't enjoy this superb place, we still make the effort to travel here for dinner!

Peek of the guest room. =)




It was quite the hunt to find the location of the restaurant at first as it is located further down from the main road. However, this makes it nicer as the place is far away from the noisy crowds.


Look at the this! Major love!
'The shop' which is selling creative works by Malaysian-based talents.




It tasted good. I admit it is not over the top good but it was okay. The service was over the top excellent, not in the professional way excellent (not that I'm complaining), but in a very friendly, welcoming and warm way that makes you feel as if they are your friends that you can hang out with, which is much better.


2273 Jalan Teluk Baru
Kampung Tasek Anak
07000 Langkawi Malaysia
T: +6 017 552 4223
fatCupid

Ending day 3 post with the night view of Fave hotel. =)

August 05, 2013

Langkawi : Day 2

Day 2
Waiting at the lobby for the bus to pick us up for our island hopping!
Really love this bikini set that comes with a sundress! Bought online for less than S$25!


On the speedboat and wind is blowing against our face hence this picture. Lol!


Tasik Dayang Bunting, or the lake of the pregnant maiden. The legendary lake and its magical fertility powers are a blessed sight after climbing the extensive stairway from the boat dock through the surrounding ‘jungle’ park.



Panorama shoot of jetty.




What you will arrive to the Pregnant Maiden Lake. Pulau Dayang Bunting, a silhouette closest to the island (Pulau Singa Besar and Pulau Tuba) resembles that of a pregnant maiden. There's a mythical legend behind this island....


The legend
Dayang Bunting is closely associated with the romantic exploitery of Mambang Sari, a beautiful female genie and Mat Teja, a male genie. Mambang Sari used to frequent the island accompanied by her maids. Their favourite spot was Pasir Teluk Air Tahun and Teluk Lawak. One day Mat Teja saw Mambang Sari and was struck by her beauty.
He fell in love with her and used to follow her wherever she went. Once while on a lookout for her, he met Tok Diang an old man from the village. Mat Teja told him of his love for Mambang Sari but just did not know how to reveal this secret. He feared that his love might not be reciprocated.
Tok Diang asked Mat Teja to get the tears of a mermaid from the sea and to wipe them on his face the next time he met Mambang Sari. He did just that and when Mambang Sari saw him she fell in love with him. They often met at various places to enjoy the beauty and serenity of these spots. They became more intimate and as a result Mambang Sari became pregnant.She chose to retire at Tasik Dayang Beranak (Lake of Born Maiden) to give birth.
Unfortunately the child died after seven days. Saddened by the death Mambang Sari took the child's body and threw it into the lake, Tasik Dayang Beranak. The lake later came to be known as Tasik Dayang Bunting. Some people believe the water of the lake possesses some mystical power of helping barren women to bear children.


There's a small pool for you to jump in and get wet, sit and chill on water-balance platforms or some paddling activity on the water. Water does not look clean, and we didn't want to get wet so we bought some tibits and just sat there under the scorching hot sun. There weren't any shady area big enough so we could sit and watch.


After 20mins or so, we walked back to the jetty. Outta nowhere, this monkey run towards me shrieking showing all it's teeth wanting to snatch the tibits I'm holding! The face looks something like this.


I was screaming and hiding behind my hus and I'm totally freaked out! Afraid that it will attack us, I threw the tibits away...




We made a pit-stop to Pulau Singa Besar (Big Lion Island) to see eagles. The boat just stop in the middle of the sea for us to just observe eagles do their thing: fly. No, we did not feed any eagles which was a disappointment. :/ That's less than 10 minutes around the area before we were off to Pulau Beras Basah (Wet Rice Island), the last destination for this Island Hopping trip.


Next we cruised to Pulau Beras Basah, a paradise tropical beach with crystal clear water and white sand. We walked on the rocks to the tip of the island to spot the end of the land and the infinity sea. We didn’t want the tour to end, however we left the breathtaking uninhabited island and motored back to the jetty.


Clear and very salty water!








I wanted to try this!!! Looks so fun! Rather expensive to play here and we decided to go cenang beach as we believe the price will be even cheaper as it's quite competitive. =)


This is hilarious!!!




Ended our island hopping and back to hotel for lunch!




They really have good pizzas and it's pretty cheap! Oh ya! The teh tarik is fantastic too!


Visit their website for the list of branches.
http://artisanspizza.com/


Straight after our lunch, we drove to cenang beach and continue our beach activities!
The playful hus. Lol!


Having cold coconut drink on this hot weather is perfect!




Preparation!








Video of our parasailing!


Next banana boat!! It's really an exciting ride!!


These 2 activities only cost us RM60!


Hang around the beach for an hour and buy some drinks... All these for just RM18! Love this place!


And also I got this beach dress for RM15!!!

After an exciting and fun filled day we are so hungry! After googling, we decided at Haroo korean restuarant which is just 5 mins walk from cenang beach. The restaurant is located opposite of the Underwater World through a small lane.
A cafe that runs by korean family, the food is nice it also has a cosy set up with some nicely hand drawn murals.
On our visit there were not many other guests, probably because the restaurant is a bit back from the main street.































The host and he is really friendly! He is never out of your sight! Lol!!


Handwritten address from the owner!

If you are planning a trip to langkawi, please do make a trip down to Haroo Restaurant! They deserve more customers!