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Langkawi Island
My Langkawi Island trip
Langkawi Trip Part II : Cable Car Ride
Aug 22nd
Continued from [tag]Langkawi Trip[/tag] Part I : Getting There
After we settled down, we immediately set out. Bringing along only a small map given by Mr.Che Di we drove to the latest attraction in Langkawi Island, cable car ride to Gunung Mat Cincang. The cable car is located in Oriental Village – 东方村庄. Besides serving as an entrance to the cable car, Oriental Village also provides a lot of shopping and dining options as well as a holiday resort.
Admission fee to [tag]Langkawi Cable Car[/tag] is at a low RM15 per pax and the cable cars arrive very fast. Hence, waiting time is minimal. Initially we were quite worried that the visibility on the hill top would be poor. This was due to the earlier rain and a sticky on the ticket counter stating that weather condition could be cloudy. Luckily when we reached the top, the weather was clear and the visibility excellent! These are some interesting facts regarding the cable car,
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Langkawi Trip Part I : Getting There
Aug 22nd
This is the first part of our [tag]Langkawi[/tag] Trip last weekend. Siang Leng and I started our journey from Bukit Mertajam at 5.45am to reach Kuala Kedah’s jetty 1.5 hours later at 7.00am. It was drizzling on the way and we were worried sick that it would be raining in Langkawi too. When we reached the junction to the jetty, there were a lot of motorcyclists ushering us to use their parking services. It was a scary experience because we thought they were robbers or rempits.. they just flag you down by the road <_ <
We parked our car at RM10 per day (no shades provided) and had to walk for around 300m before reaching the jetty. There are 4 different ferry companies available and all tickets are sold at RM18 per pax. We took the earliest ferry which leaves at 7.15am. While filling in our particulars, we asked for car and chalet renting services with one of the travel agents (booking chalets in Langkawi incurs extra RM20) Actually we had originally booked a room in City Bayview Hotel (RM150 per night) but decided to cancel it to save costs.
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