DAY 2
16hb February. At 7.30am we took our breakfast in . There’s a lot of food on the table. I took as much as I can to ensure that I have energy enough for our trip that day. At 8.45am we herd
together in the lobby and waiting for the bus and van to picked up us. At 9.00am we moved to ‘Galeria Perdana’ which is located in Kilim, Mukim Air Hangat, 11km from Kuah town.. It took 20 minutes to reached there from our hotel. Galeria Perdana showcases various awards, souveniers and gifts received by the fourth Malaysian Prime Minister The Honorable Tun Dr.Mahathir b.Mohamad and wife Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah bt.Mohd Ali from world leaders and statesmen as well as Malaysian in his tenure as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. This is line with Tun’s belief that the collections belong to the people of Malaysia. Through this gestures of friendship from all over the world, visitors will have the opportunity to appreciate the uniqueness and diversity of various arts and culture portrayed. Galeria Perdana also serves to express Tun’s appreciation and acknowledgement of the generousity from various donors. Here, we have to paid rm2.00 per camera that we want to use. So we paid rm4.00 for two cameras. It was very beautiful inside. One section is devoted to gifts made of wood, leather, crystal and lacquer, as well as musical instruments and stone objects. Another section comprises textiles, game, weaponry, ceramic, plaques and Islamic art. There are also gifts of silver, copper, brass and pewter .There is even an array of automobiles. We took many pictures as we can before we going out.
At 10.20am we moved on to Kampong Raja at Padang Matsirat where the Beras Terbakar was. Field Of Burnt Rice is a tricky place to find, it is located within a small kampung opposite a high school in Padang Matsirat. There were a lot of stalls selling t-shirts, food, drinks and Langkawi’s famous product,Gamat. During the heyday of Langkawi the island's rice granary was located there. During the Siamese invasion of Langkawi in 1821 the Chieftain of Langkawi, Dato' Karma Jaya, ordered the granary to be burnt in order to starve the enemy. Remnants of the burnt rice could still be seen today at the very spot of the burnt granary which is known as Beras Terbakar (Burnt Rice). The burnt rice is said to have been buried a few metres below ground but often appears on the surface after a rainy day. Basically we reach a place that looks like a morning market and we have to park there and walk about 2 minutes into a person’s house compound where the Beras Terbakar (burnt rice) located.
I didn’t see any burnt rice on the ground, I wonder if it’s already disappearing. Only burnt rice on a plate sealed in the plastic container we can see. They look like normal black sand to me. Also located within Field Of Burnt Rice was this nice traditional Malay house, took some photos with it before we left. Field Of Burnt Rice is not really worth visiting because there isn’t much to see around here. But should be quite interesting for those into local markets.
After spending an hour at Padang Matsirat, at 11.20am we moved to taking our lunch in Pina Ikan Bakar. This restaurant is very popular among the visitor. The ‘Ikan Bakar’ was very delicious. No wonder why so much people came to their restaurant.
12.20pm, after luch we went to the Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall which is the largest Shopping Mall in Langkawi offering shoppers a unique experience like no other .Situated conveniently at the South Eastern tip of Langkawi Island it is a more 1 minute drive from Langkawi Jetty, 5 minutes drive from Kuah Town and approximately 20 minutes drive from Langkawi International Airport. The big department and Supermarket Billion Duty Free are in here. The chocolates there were CHEAP!! There’s a lot of chocolates type. I don’t know which one I want to buy because all this chocolates looked very attracting. I spend RM50 buying chocolates. I don’t want stay any longer in there because it will make me spend more. So my friends and I walking around the shopping mall and see if there’s anything we can buy beside chocolates. After spending a lot of money, we waiting for our transport for the next activity, island hopping.
At 3.00 pm, a van picked us up from Billion Shopping Mall to a nearby beach to board a speedboat for the Island Hopping package we purchased. It is worth mentioning that Island Hopping is a very common activity in Langkawi that almost every resort/motel offers it. I have heard of island hopping in Pulau Langkawi from my friends. This is my first time, and I’m very excited. Island hopping is an exploratory journey and you get to visit fascinating islands of Langkawi.
We start from the beach near the jetty and the first island we visit would probably be Pulau Beras Basah, a place supposedly great for swimming and sun-tanning. It takes about 15 minutes from we left. Here, we really have a good time for swimming and taking picture. The sea water here is really blue-green and quite clear too; fishes can be seen from the jetty.
From Pulau Beras Basah, we then hop to an animal sanctuary where you can see eagles being fed by humans in Pulau Singa Besar and it is off to Pulau Beras Basah. Apparently guides would scatter the pontoon with chicken entrails and then sat around on their boats with tourists waiting for the eagles to appear. As our boat approached the pontoon we witnessed a most extraordinary sight, within minutes of our arrival the sky filled with sea eagles. There were around 2 to 10 birds circling waiting to be fed. The boat guide told us that Langkawi derived its name from the eagle or "helang". In old Malay, "kawi" denotes reddish brown .Hence, Langkawi means reddish brown eagle.
After seeing the beautiful birds in the sky, at 4.55pm, we then hop to the Pulau Dayang Bunting, an island with a beautiful freshwater lake called the Lake of the Pregnant Maiden. We were given approximately an hour to spend on the island doing whatever we wanted. We climbed a rock stair for 15 minutes to reach the lake and there were a lot of monkeys around. Luckily they were not aggressive. It's a beautiful lake where you can go for a swim, paddle a solar powered boat or simply dip your tired feet into the cold water to be nibbled by catfish. But I didn’t see any catfish, maybe we have to buy the pack of fish feed first to see the catfish come out for feed. Locals believe that if a woman were to drink the water from the lake, she'll get pregnant. Believe or not, I kept my mouth zipped when swimming. After spending an hour here, we took on the way back to our boat. It was really fun being here, and was an unforgettable experience for me. At 7.00 pm we arrived at jetty. In wet clothes, we were going back to our hotel since we not have much time to changing clothes there.
At 7.15 pm, we arrived at Langkasuka Beach Resort. June and I going back to our room. We prepared ourself for the BBQ dinner that night. It was 8.15pm, there is so much meal on the table and I was very hungry after all day journey. That night Miss Zaharah, our cute lecturer asked us to introduce ourself since some of them didn’t know the members of our class yet. At 9.30pm we were going to our last activity for that day. Karaoke time! We really have a good time. Some of them have a great voice. I even don’t know some of my friends really talented. Listening and watching them singing make me forget how tired I am. At 12.00am we going back to sleep. Time to relax our body.
together in the lobby and waiting for the bus and van to picked up us. At 9.00am we moved to ‘Galeria Perdana’ which is located in Kilim, Mukim Air Hangat, 11km from Kuah town.. It took 20 minutes to reached there from our hotel. Galeria Perdana showcases various awards, souveniers and gifts received by the fourth Malaysian Prime Minister The Honorable Tun Dr.Mahathir b.Mohamad and wife Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah bt.Mohd Ali from world leaders and statesmen as well as Malaysian in his tenure as the Prime Minister of Malaysia. This is line with Tun’s belief that the collections belong to the people of Malaysia. Through this gestures of friendship from all over the world, visitors will have the opportunity to appreciate the uniqueness and diversity of various arts and culture portrayed. Galeria Perdana also serves to express Tun’s appreciation and acknowledgement of the generousity from various donors. Here, we have to paid rm2.00 per camera that we want to use. So we paid rm4.00 for two cameras. It was very beautiful inside. One section is devoted to gifts made of wood, leather, crystal and lacquer, as well as musical instruments and stone objects. Another section comprises textiles, game, weaponry, ceramic, plaques and Islamic art. There are also gifts of silver, copper, brass and pewter .There is even an array of automobiles. We took many pictures as we can before we going out.
At 10.20am we moved on to Kampong Raja at Padang Matsirat where the Beras Terbakar was. Field Of Burnt Rice is a tricky place to find, it is located within a small kampung opposite a high school in Padang Matsirat. There were a lot of stalls selling t-shirts, food, drinks and Langkawi’s famous product,Gamat. During the heyday of Langkawi the island's rice granary was located there. During the Siamese invasion of Langkawi in 1821 the Chieftain of Langkawi, Dato' Karma Jaya, ordered the granary to be burnt in order to starve the enemy. Remnants of the burnt rice could still be seen today at the very spot of the burnt granary which is known as Beras Terbakar (Burnt Rice). The burnt rice is said to have been buried a few metres below ground but often appears on the surface after a rainy day. Basically we reach a place that looks like a morning market and we have to park there and walk about 2 minutes into a person’s house compound where the Beras Terbakar (burnt rice) located.
I didn’t see any burnt rice on the ground, I wonder if it’s already disappearing. Only burnt rice on a plate sealed in the plastic container we can see. They look like normal black sand to me. Also located within Field Of Burnt Rice was this nice traditional Malay house, took some photos with it before we left. Field Of Burnt Rice is not really worth visiting because there isn’t much to see around here. But should be quite interesting for those into local markets.
After spending an hour at Padang Matsirat, at 11.20am we moved to taking our lunch in Pina Ikan Bakar. This restaurant is very popular among the visitor. The ‘Ikan Bakar’ was very delicious. No wonder why so much people came to their restaurant.
12.20pm, after luch we went to the Langkawi Fair Shopping Mall which is the largest Shopping Mall in Langkawi offering shoppers a unique experience like no other .Situated conveniently at the South Eastern tip of Langkawi Island it is a more 1 minute drive from Langkawi Jetty, 5 minutes drive from Kuah Town and approximately 20 minutes drive from Langkawi International Airport. The big department and Supermarket Billion Duty Free are in here. The chocolates there were CHEAP!! There’s a lot of chocolates type. I don’t know which one I want to buy because all this chocolates looked very attracting. I spend RM50 buying chocolates. I don’t want stay any longer in there because it will make me spend more. So my friends and I walking around the shopping mall and see if there’s anything we can buy beside chocolates. After spending a lot of money, we waiting for our transport for the next activity, island hopping.
At 3.00 pm, a van picked us up from Billion Shopping Mall to a nearby beach to board a speedboat for the Island Hopping package we purchased. It is worth mentioning that Island Hopping is a very common activity in Langkawi that almost every resort/motel offers it. I have heard of island hopping in Pulau Langkawi from my friends. This is my first time, and I’m very excited. Island hopping is an exploratory journey and you get to visit fascinating islands of Langkawi.
We start from the beach near the jetty and the first island we visit would probably be Pulau Beras Basah, a place supposedly great for swimming and sun-tanning. It takes about 15 minutes from we left. Here, we really have a good time for swimming and taking picture. The sea water here is really blue-green and quite clear too; fishes can be seen from the jetty.
From Pulau Beras Basah, we then hop to an animal sanctuary where you can see eagles being fed by humans in Pulau Singa Besar and it is off to Pulau Beras Basah. Apparently guides would scatter the pontoon with chicken entrails and then sat around on their boats with tourists waiting for the eagles to appear. As our boat approached the pontoon we witnessed a most extraordinary sight, within minutes of our arrival the sky filled with sea eagles. There were around 2 to 10 birds circling waiting to be fed. The boat guide told us that Langkawi derived its name from the eagle or "helang". In old Malay, "kawi" denotes reddish brown .Hence, Langkawi means reddish brown eagle.
After seeing the beautiful birds in the sky, at 4.55pm, we then hop to the Pulau Dayang Bunting, an island with a beautiful freshwater lake called the Lake of the Pregnant Maiden. We were given approximately an hour to spend on the island doing whatever we wanted. We climbed a rock stair for 15 minutes to reach the lake and there were a lot of monkeys around. Luckily they were not aggressive. It's a beautiful lake where you can go for a swim, paddle a solar powered boat or simply dip your tired feet into the cold water to be nibbled by catfish. But I didn’t see any catfish, maybe we have to buy the pack of fish feed first to see the catfish come out for feed. Locals believe that if a woman were to drink the water from the lake, she'll get pregnant. Believe or not, I kept my mouth zipped when swimming. After spending an hour here, we took on the way back to our boat. It was really fun being here, and was an unforgettable experience for me. At 7.00 pm we arrived at jetty. In wet clothes, we were going back to our hotel since we not have much time to changing clothes there.
At 7.15 pm, we arrived at Langkasuka Beach Resort. June and I going back to our room. We prepared ourself for the BBQ dinner that night. It was 8.15pm, there is so much meal on the table and I was very hungry after all day journey. That night Miss Zaharah, our cute lecturer asked us to introduce ourself since some of them didn’t know the members of our class yet. At 9.30pm we were going to our last activity for that day. Karaoke time! We really have a good time. Some of them have a great voice. I even don’t know some of my friends really talented. Listening and watching them singing make me forget how tired I am. At 12.00am we going back to sleep. Time to relax our body.
