*This is a special long post with lots of photos*
This post will include food review (as usual), as well as those places I went on the tour. It is a Langkawi Nature Discovery Tour in conjunction with the “Travel with A Green Heart” campaign, brought to you by Langkawi Coral. Thanks to Mr Criz and Mr Leslie.
I woke up early in that morning and fetched 2 other bloggers before headed to Port Swettenham. We supposed to be there at 7.30am, but we were a bit late. After meeting our tour guide Jeffrey and getting the passes, we board the boat. It took around 3 hours to reach Langkawi.
This is the boat we took.
Once we reached, we were sent for lunch at Royal Langkawi Yacht Club by a van. Before on board, I managed to snap the photo of the symbol of Langkawi, the Eagle.
Royal Langkawi Yacht Club is very near to the port.
The food was ready for us. We only need to order the drinks: Juices, Coffee or Tea.
Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Latte
The Tomato Soup was the first to be served. It was too sour for our liking.
Fish and Chip. The flour was too thick and the taste of the sauce was a bit weird.
Chicken Burger.
Beef Burger.
Fried Rice with Satay.
Sandwich. Very nice, I like it.
Spaghetti.
The view from Royal Langkawi Yacht Club was awesome.
After the lunch, we were rushing to the Langkawi Cable Car. On the way, we passed through a lot of paddy field. The paddy field was so green. Although the van was moving, I still took the photo.
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The main entrance to the Langkawi Cable Car.
Children were taking photo with the snake.
So coincidence, Bloggers met their friends in the Oriental Village.
Unfortunately, the cable car was having technical issue and needed to wait for 2 hours. No luck with it. Sigh. Since the time was ticking, we left the Langkawi Cable Car and headed to Underwater World instead.
We have 1 hour for the Underwater World.
Next destination, Kilim Karst Geoforest Park. It includes Bat Cave, Fish Pond and Eagle Feeding. In order to go there, we need to take a small boat.
First, Bat Cave.
The cave was very dark. We cannot take the photos with flash, only the tour guide can use the torch light to show us where the bats located. Before entering the cave, Jefferey reminded us not to touch the handle along the pathway for our safety.
After the Bat Cave, we left for Eagle Feeding.
It was hard to take the photos of the eagle flying down to grab the food on the water surface. That is why, I only have the photo of the eagle flying on the blue sky.
Fish Pond is the next destination. Someone was feeding the Stingray.
The interesting part was the spitting fish. The spitting fish is very clever. If you place a bread on the pole, the spitting fish will aim and spit exactly on the target, for it to fall into the pond. Interesting!
Our last destination, Dataran Lang or in English, Eagle Square.
Symbol of Langkawi, the Eagle.
After taking photos with the Eagle, it was time for us to go home. The boat departed at 5.15pm.
We thought we only can have dinner after we reached Penang. To our surprise, Jefferey brought us KFC set for each of us, burger with fries and a bottle of mineral water. The boat going back to Penang was so damn cold. It is recommended to bring jacket or sweater, if not, you will be freezing like us.
After we have the KFC and rested a while, we went to the deck for sunset shooting.
At the other side, we can see the Moon as well. What a nice view!
Overall, the Langkawi Nature Discovery Trip was fun and enjoyable. It will be nice if we can stay there for one night. To me, the boat ride took too much time, around 6 hours for round trip. Too bad we missed the cable car ride, don’t have the chance to go to the top and see the view.
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