Langkawi is a place to an alluring variety of beaches, historic buildings, museums, sports activities and interesting sightseeing places. Take advantage of Langkawi’ attractions and those in the surrounding area while you are there, be it indoors or out.

Here’s a simple guide of the Top 10 things or places that you should visit while you are at Langkawi.

1. Cenang Beach

The first place you must visit on your trip to Langkawi. Relax and unwind yourself at this clear, clean and pristine beach. After all, Cenang is one of the famous beaches in Langkawi with just 25km from Kuah town.

2. Telaga Tujuh Waterfalls (Seven Wells)

Enjoy freshwater streams cascades about 90 metres from this majestic waterfall with a series of seven magnificent wells. The uphill trek to the top is less than a mile, the trip is quite strenuous, and you’d be well advised to take water with you. Also, be careful – the rocks are slippery. It is just 45km from Kuah town.

3. Gua Cerita Cave (Cave of Stories)
As the name suggests, the cave is entrenched in mystery and folklore. Inside the caves, you’ll find inscriptions written in Jawi that reportedly date from 1754 AD. To reach the cave, you’ll need to catch the boat ride from Tanjung Rhu.

4. Pulau Payar Marine Park- Langkawi Coral

Enjoy diving, snorkeling, and swimming among a bevy of tropical fish and explore the internationally known coral reefs. Visitors from around the world can also observe the marine life up-close by joining the underwater observatory program.

5. Ibrahim Hussein Art Museum
Malaysian artist Dato Ibrahim Hussein’s goal was to create this pristine natural gallery. The gallery sits in a clearing that overlooks the azure waters of Pasir Tengkorak.

6. Pulau Dayang Bunting

Go swimming, rent a water bikes or bask in this largest lake in the area. Pulau Dayang Bunting is made famous for the legend of the fairy that was captured here and tricked into marriage by a human prince. The fairy gave birth to a child but the baby died and she threw the corpse into the lake.

7. Summer Palace Langkawi
The place is full of historical features and thus the movie “Anna and the King” was filmed here to recapture the period of ancient Siam. A visit here promises to be an unforgettable one.

8. The Bistro
Stay alive at night with live entertainment and a terrific dance floor at The Bistro.
Located in the Kampung Tok Senik Resort, this bar serves only drinks and lively tunes. The decor is wood, the crowd is friendly, and the bar offers a splendid view of the resort’s pool.

9. Langkawi Geopark

Experience nature and wildlife at this preserved park and understand the geological heritage. Not only that, you can also ride on “Lasah”, the Asian elephant into the foothill of the Gunung Machincang Mountain range.

10. Charlie’s Place Restaurant and Bar
The open-air concept restaurant and bar has an upscale ambiance. The décor involve an oval bar tables lined to overlook the water which creates a romantic feel because of its magnificent view at sunset.

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This journey was taken by my good friend, Dennis Chiang on 24 September 2009 to Penang. Dennis has started his passion in photography recently. Let’s see what he saw, taste and feel in Penang.

As you know, to get to Penang, you need to get on the ferry first!

These are how the cars parked in the ferry

The view on the ferry from Butterworth to Penang

Buddhas

The everly famous, Kek Lok Si Temple

View down from Kek Lok Si

Try some vegetarian food here at the temple

‘Ah Mah’ begging at the temple

Souvenirs anyone?

Khoo Kongsi- the largest clan comples in Malaysia and awe-inspiring for its architectural attributes and bas-relief sculptures. The movie Anna and the King actually took its scene here

CheongFatt Tze Mansion- It has 38 rooms, 5 courtyards, 7 staircases and 220 windows. This charming home was awarded by UNESCO for the restoration work done to preserve its heritage

Time to eat! A different way of eating rojak, like celup-celup. Only RM0.40 per sticks!

This is the very famous ‘Loh Mee’ in Butterworth and that’s the special vinegar which we can’t get it easily in Malaysia

The other everly famous, St. Anne’ church

Inside St.Anne

Old buildings

An old man cycling a trishaw, such hardworking life for these old people. Imagine us complaining when we have a car?

That’s more or less about Penang. Hurry up and experience Penang by yourself!

Thank you

Our next experience came from Prakash of Johor Bahru. He tells us his first experience with Firefly. Bad or good comments? Well, you will have to read it!

My colleagues have been flying Firefly almost exclusively for the past 2 years. So often I have heard of passengers complaining about the flight delays, but I consider myself lucky because I didn’t experience any delay on any of my flights I previously travelled. That luck evaded me during my most recent date with the airline’s flight FY 2148 from JB to Subang and to tell you frankly, that was the 1st time i took the Firefly aircraft.

Many have told me about the decline in Firefly service. They said they are not like they used to be at the first time when they launched their service mid 2007. I hate to believe that they are correct. I sincerely hope they are wrong.

The 1st hurdle came by as I received 6 text messages informing me that my flight have been delayed by 2 hours. Well, i felt that it was ‘okay’ for me as this was my 1st experience of getting flight delays and I eventually arrived at Sultan Ismail International airport for my check in at the re-timed session.

As everything went on smooth, there was another setback as the flight have been delayed by another 30 minutes which by this time all the passengers who were all waiting to board the aircraft at the boarding bay stranded without any prior notice or announcement over the Airport PA system that announced about the delay.

Well, what I could witness was, there were many passengers who were unhappy and many of them approached the information counter for further explanations and what they get was a no vail answer. While I was walking around the boarding bay, there was a guy by the name of Raymond who approached me and we started to chat about the flight delay and eventually ended up being a new friend on board.

Through his conversation at that time, he told me this was the second time in a row that he faced this flight delay without prior notice and he was getting fed up with such services. His 1st flight was bound to Kuala Terengganu via Subang.

As the conversation was getting lengthy, we talked about many topics which I believe could be an improvement for Firefly.

1. Firefly should take advantage of the access to Subang International Airport which would be an easier an convenient route to many of the passengers staying in Selangor and KL district as I believe all the other aircrafts are flying to KLIA or LCCT which is quite far from the main sub-urban areas. (Except Berjaya Air i guess). So I believe the flight delays, cancellations and poor service is not recommendable.

2. If there is any flight delays exceeding 2 or 3 hours, passengers would be entitled to cash vouchers which they can use to purchase the next Firefly ticket. In this way, I believe the passengers would be given another chance to judge the credibility and improvements that out to be virtues by Firefly. (Passengers don’t lose hope on the Firefly services)

3. Announcement over the Airport PA system if there are any flight delays and appointing a crew or representatives over at the boarding bay. (This to improve the communication service.)

Budget airlines may be good in terms of value for the tourists but for business people it is different. If a company is a prestigious one and is prospering why should it make its productive and hardworking executives travel cattle class or budget airlines? If I am working as an executive for a big and renowned company and it makes me fly budget or economy, I will switch allegiance. My reason for switching to another establishment is why work for a stingy company?

So you see people will still fly business and first class especially now when the recession is almost over and companies are reporting brisk businesses and turning in profits.
In this light,airlines like Firefly need to improve their services and compete with the best as i believe many of the Firefly staffs have the experience working with a world class airlines such as MAS. So, I hope that it would bring up some bright ideas to establish Firefly as the best community airline as mentioned!

Last but not least, I would like to say some great moments travelling up the new ATR72-500 and their cabin crew services. This is really great experience as the plane look awesome and great.

I believe firefly can make wonders with this aircraft as this is an unique model here as many of the other airlines are using Airbus and Boeing up their sleeves. So, let Firefly go in with a bang to get the large community to fly frequently with them. Well, the cabin crew services was a great one and didn’t had any hiccups along the way as their broad smiles and delicate service was a natural cool down for many of the passengers.

Well, this was what I could think about at this moment and if there is any improvements or comments, would post it up soon.

Regards,
Your concerned community
Prakash