Langkawi...part 1

Went to Langkawi over the last weekend in July with a fellow foodie. It is low season now in Langkawi but not where we stayed at Casa Del Mar. We flew directly to Langkawi from Singapore via Silkair on Friday evening. It was after 8.30pm when we arrived in Langkawi airport. After immigration, we bought a taxi coupon from the taxi counter at the entrance of the airport for MYR18. The journey to CDM took about 15 minutes. When we reached CDM, we were served peppermint scented cold towels and refreshing fizzy drinks made with ginger and lime by Rajesh. Jason, the general manager, came out to greet us before we were shown our room.

Casa Del Mar at night

After keeping our belongings in the room, we decided to go out for dinner and asked Rajesh for suggestions. She suggested the hotel restaurant but also informed us of other options a few minutes' walk from the hotel. We decided to eat out since we planned to have dinner in the hotel the next day. So we walked down the main road and passed Restoran Orkid Ria, a halal chinese seafood restaurant. We decided to try it since it was the busiest outlet along that street. In addition, we love fresh seafood!

Fresh seafood on display at Orkid Ria Restaurant

Fresh fish steamed Teochew style - my favourite

The next day, we decided to rent a car and visit some tourist attractions such as Gunung Machingchang. We drove to the Oriental Village only to find the cable cars to Gunung Machingchang not working due to cloudy weather.

Clouds shielding Gunung Machingchang

So we decided to drive to the black sand beach. It was small and dirty. Having seen the black sand beach in Bali, I felt it was not worth the drive. Then again, we wouldn't have known, right?

Black sand beach

We decided to drive to the Mardi Agro Technology Park since we love local fruits but when we reached there, the weather changed and it started to storm. Well, that was the end of our adventure as we decided to drive back to CDM. It continued to storm until dinner time. Sigh...

(To be continued.....)