Langkawi Cable Car 30th Dec 08

A map of Langkawi

More information on Langkawi here

In our 4 days there, we pretty much went all over the island on the roads available. We hired a little scooter called Rooter Scooter, and off we went!

We went driving on our first day in Langkawi and came across this cable car ride. We had heard a little about it and thought we'd give it a go. How fantastic was it, it too you up 500-700 meter depending which platform you stopped at, there were a few.

Below are some pictures of going up the cable car

Here are some pictures at the top

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One of Kane's wonderful photos of a bay in the cable car.

Georgetown Penang 28th Dec 08

This is the place we stayed at in Georgetown, which is the capital of the state Penang. You can see where Georgetown is by looking at the map on the post below.

The street outside the hotel


An Indian restaurant we ate at for lunch

An Indian restaurant we ate at for dinner - very good food!

Jarajak Resort Penang Island 27th Jan 08

We stayed at this resort when we first got to Penang. It was called Jerajak Resort and it was on Jerajak Island which started with a shady past. It was a penal colony, a hospital for lepers and other contagious diseases, a quarantine station and finally a jail, know as the Alcatraz of Malaysia!

Kane in the infinity pool, it had 2 pools.

The pool from another angle, I saw an eagle flying around from this pool.

Me in the pool

In the top of hill pool balcony, with a view of Penang Island in the background.

Mt Kinabalu National Park 25th Dec 08

- This is how we spent Christmas Day 2008 -

Mt Kinabalu 4,095 metres above sea level. We drove/walked to the park headquarters at 1,563 meters. Click here to go to the Wikipedia page about Mt Kinabalu.

Kane having a snack on Malaysian saladas on a hike trail at Mt Kinabalu Park to see a huge waterfall.


The waterfall in the distance

A rapid at Poring Hot springs, it was a ghostly blue/green/white colour... beautiful. Poring hot springs was built during Japanese occupation of Borneo and is now a major tourist attraction. It also has some hikes to waterfalls, a canopy walk high up in the rain forest, a butterfly farm, orchid farm and a few other attractions. It too is part of the Mt Kinabalu National Park.

Kane on the canopy walk platform which is really a steel and rope suspension system and you walk on wooden boards, it was really scary.

Me on the canopy walk

A photo of us on the canopy walk

Kane in a fresh water pool next to a waterfall. It was pretty cold he told me. There were heaps of Muslim's around and so I didn't want to strip down in front of them. You can see from the other 3 heads that they are covered in hajib.

Lok Kawi Wildlife Park 24th Dec 08

Eagle's are the Malaysia's national bird, you can see them flying around

Elephant swimming in the smelly water!

An orangutan we met

The first snake I've ever touched, it was a baby python

Cooling of by a stream after a hike up a hill

Island Hopping Kota Kinabalu 23rd Dec 08

A Map of Sabah on Borneo

Welcome to Kota Kinabalu

Manukan Island Kota Kinabalu. This island is one of four islands that form the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park. You can see more here.





Fish in the water Manukan Island




Leaving Manukan Island




Sapi Island Kota Kinabalu

Holiday almost over

Kane and I are sitting at the computer about to get a taxi to the Langkawi Airport. We are catching a plane tonight at 10.30 and should get into Kuala Lumpur at 11.40pm. We are going to just stay at the airport as our next flight is to Hangzhou in China at 8.00am. We thought staying at the airport was a much more sensible idea than the 1 hour trip into town, sleep for only 4 hours and another 1 hour trip back to the airport. We are both tired, but have had a wonderful trip. I am sure we've done at least 200km on a little motor scooter/bike around Langkawi Island in the last 3 days. My bum is sore! 2 bugs found Kane's eyes as well :)

I will write a bit more and add some photos when we get back to Suzhou.

PS - Kane took back his uno crown... :(