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Flag of Malaysia Pantai Cenang, Kedah, Malaysia
Sunday, January 23, 2011

After a bus, boat then coach we arrived in Langkawi and after not really falling in love with Malaysia I had high hopes for this little island. It well and truly did exceed my expectations; it felt like we had taken a daydream holiday from Malaysia. Our hostel was like a motel with lots of little private rooms with a plastic patio set awaiting us and best of all we had en-suite. I know it sounds sad that I get excited about en-suite, but you control your own mess in your own bathroom and I don't have to look at other peoples mess for 3 days. We found a great little cafe which served very cheap, good quality food on a plastic patio set off the road side. So once we were full we had a walk along the beautiful beach it really was like paradise, I couldn’t stop smiling.

As it was hot and the day was closing in we returned to our room and relaxed. We were chatting to a couple of girls we met in the Cameron Highlands and they recommended a restaurant to eat in that night, so we did. We had beef in a hoi sin sauce, rice and an ice tea for one pound each. Again we ate on a plastic patio set outside, this was becoming a bit of a joke because as we carefully choose the places we eat at, we always stick to budget and every time we end up on a plastic patio set. We try to get in the restaurants with wooden tables but they just charge to much, even plastic table with table cloth comes at a price. The great thing is we eat with locals and the food is always really tasty, we call these places 'The Plastic Fantastic’.

Langkawi

I slept really bad the first night so after our plastic fantastic breakfast we wandered along the beach, dropped our towels and lay there reading, the water was warm so we bobbed about when it got too hot. I couldn’t help but think how lucky I am to lay on this beach and for such little cost, it is so cheap to live and the people are so friendly I can see it will be a difficult to leave. With that said we booked in for another night.

We walked all the way along the main street to another beach which was much smaller but just as pretty, then in my picture postcard view there walks a German man sporting a banana hammock thong and at the ripe old age of about 65 I can assure you it did ruin my view. Those of you who are wondering – yes of course I took a photo for you all to look at too! That night I was desperate to have a good night sleep and it was just about to happen when our neighbours came home from a bar at about 4am and decided to argue. She was screaming "she was 16 years older than you, what were you thinking" naughty boy! Funny as it was at first after an hour we were both fed up, the argument ended when she slammed the door shut and left. So yes you’ve guessed it as we got up at 6.45am for our bus to leave we started shouting at each other “She is 16 year older than you” and so the sweet revenge continues.

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