Not with content with 2 Malaysian islands we decided to try one more. We caught a ferry from Penang to Langkawi and then a taxi to the main beach area of Pantai Cenang. We found a lovely little guesthouse called Sweet Inn (Sweat Inn would have been more accurate) set back from the road and the beach.
We spent our few days on the island enjoying the beach, beers and sunshine. Our main concern was where we were going to watch the last Premiership game of the season and spent an embarrassingly large proportion of our time checking which bars would be showing it. We were particularly interested in an elusive bar called 1812 run by an eccentric northerner who sold Bolton Wanderers Pies. We eventually found it but it wasn't open, so no chance to compare them to Holland's.
One evening we decided to take a sunset cruise throughout the smaller islands. It was wonderful, made even better by free booze and great company! We also got a chance to have another go at boom netting. Our experience in NZ was quite a frantic affair and hardly relaxing but the Malaysians had got it right. It was so relaxing that we were thrown beers to enjoy whilst having our salt water jacuzzi. The next morning I woke up with a ferocious hangover and spent the morning in bed with the AC as Kate sunbathed on the beach.
Over the past few weeks we had been keeping a close eye and ear to happenings in Thailand. Considering our government had warned against all but essential travel to all parts of Thailand, which meant that if we stepped foot in the country our insurance would be invalid, we decided to fly to Cambodia and reevaluate our plans for Thailand later in our trip.
We flew from Langkawi to Kuala Lumpur, then the next morning caught a plane to Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was perhaps the emptiest flight we had ever been on with an added bonus of Ferrero Roche complimentary chocolates!
We spent our few days on the island enjoying the beach, beers and sunshine. Our main concern was where we were going to watch the last Premiership game of the season and spent an embarrassingly large proportion of our time checking which bars would be showing it. We were particularly interested in an elusive bar called 1812 run by an eccentric northerner who sold Bolton Wanderers Pies. We eventually found it but it wasn't open, so no chance to compare them to Holland's.
One evening we decided to take a sunset cruise throughout the smaller islands. It was wonderful, made even better by free booze and great company! We also got a chance to have another go at boom netting. Our experience in NZ was quite a frantic affair and hardly relaxing but the Malaysians had got it right. It was so relaxing that we were thrown beers to enjoy whilst having our salt water jacuzzi. The next morning I woke up with a ferocious hangover and spent the morning in bed with the AC as Kate sunbathed on the beach.
Over the past few weeks we had been keeping a close eye and ear to happenings in Thailand. Considering our government had warned against all but essential travel to all parts of Thailand, which meant that if we stepped foot in the country our insurance would be invalid, we decided to fly to Cambodia and reevaluate our plans for Thailand later in our trip.
We flew from Langkawi to Kuala Lumpur, then the next morning caught a plane to Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was perhaps the emptiest flight we had ever been on with an added bonus of Ferrero Roche complimentary chocolates!
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Its fun cruising around the islands…I also scuba dived and bicycled around. Evenings I spent around the poolside at the Langkawi beach resort.
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