weekend in langkawi

when i met honey he was about to embark on a backpacking trip to malaysia. one of the places he couldn't visit for that trip was langkawi, so he kept it on the list. and since langkawi is a mere 90 minute flight from singapore i thought why not cross this one out while lovro is not here? so off to langkawi i went, but only for the weekend.

given that time was limited, my only priority for the trip was to get to the sky bridge because that was specifically what hon wanted to see. my friend jo and i first thought of doing this the day after but since the hotel we stayed at was pretty close to the oriental village - which is where you need to get into the cable car to get up the bridge - it was the first thing we did.

the way up

langkawi sky bridge is a curved pedestrian bridge that rests at 660m above sea level. when you get off the cable car you'll be presented with two options - either climb up a bit more to get to the platform deck or walk down to get to the sky bridge. we went to the bridge first, since it was gonna close at 5:30 and we're a bit out of time. 

it gets a little tricky when you start to walk around. at first i thought i'm alright, but i could feel my knees started to feel a bit jellyish whenever i try to look down. so i guess, you shouldn't do that! the view is spectacular though, so it's definitely worth it. 

don't look down

it was also a great timing because even though we did wait for some time to get into the cable car, the crowd wasn't so bad when you get up there. so there was a lot of room for taking photos without much obstruction. 

we were pretty tired after that, more than we expected. going back up to the station to get into the cable car was a pretty good hike. when we returned to the hotel, i opted for the beach and pool while jo was room-bound. no issue though, i did enjoy my alone time. 

sunset by the beach - never gets old

sunday was lazy day. which originality meant just hanging around the pool and beach area. instead, we were glued to our hotel room watching the truman show. when we got out it was mid-day already and the sun was glaring. which meant great beach photos. we were also lucky that one of the hotel staff is a pinoy guy - he talked to us in tagalog and then offered to serve us some mocktails. why yes, thank you. 

it always tastes better when it's free

there it was. short and sweet. and crossed off the list. and if i could find cheap flights again, i'd go back with lovro.