I forgot how hot Bangkok is.
current temperature
bkk feels like 36.8 today
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
street art in kl
It was our last full day in KL today, so we took the super quick light rail to Chinatown. When we got off the train at Pasar Seni station I was surprised to see lots of great street art, mostly stencil based.
no war
turtle
politic backstabbers
planes in the city
out of the box
mencari kasih (looking for love/affection - thanks gullybogan)
king of the jungle
various canal graf
photographer
We are flying to BKK tomorrow morning. I can’t wait.
heart shaped rock
I found a really cool heart shaped rock on the beach today. Often I find these on the beach when I am on holiday.
Heart Shaped Rock
ayam bakar
I’ve really been enjoying the Malay style chicken from Rasa Restaurant called Ayam Bakar. It’s marinated in fenugreek, galangal, lemon grass and tumeric. So many flavours; yum!
Photos by Kitty.
creative crabs
The sand crabs seem creative here in Pulai Langkai. Each morning it’s a pleasure to see what shapes they’ve crafted using sand. This morning I saw a butterfly, a whale, a love heart, a seahorse and a wi-fi symbol.
Photos by Kitty.
curry for breakfast (again)
As I explained in an earlier post, a few days ago I had my first ever breakfast curry. What I didn’t realise at the time was how easy it is to get curry for breakfast in Malaysia.The last two days I’ve had a hearty bowl of chicken and potato curry with two pieces of freshly made Indian roti canai. Talk about a good way to start the day.
Photo by Kitty of Beach Garden Resort’s Roti Canai
thank you for smoking
Sometimes the opposite of something isn’t actually the opposite of something. For example, the opposite of thank you for not smoking is not thank you for smoking. Like this hilarious sign in the restaurant at our accommodation in Pulau Langkawi in Malaysia.
The movie of the same name is really good by the way.
in pulau langkawi
We’re spending the next six nights on Pulau Langkawi, the largest island in Langkawi, Malaysia.
KUL -> LGK
The taxi ride back to KLIA-LCCT was even more full on than going in. The cab’s fan belt was broken so the air con didn’t work. So imagine a seventies/eighties Datsun style cab driving 120+ km ph down a highway with no air con, all four windows down and no seat belts. Unreal! We even had to stop for fuel because the cab didn’t have enough to make it all the way. But we got there alive and well, and the cabbie was still smiling.
We booked Air Asia flights to Langkawi from KLIA LCCT. The flights were really cheap (MYR170 or about $55 return), which included Xpress boarding which allows you get a good seat as there is no seat allocation. We got front row which was good but then again the flight was only one hour.The plane was an almost new Airbus A300 which was immaculate.
A nice easy flight and easy cab ride to our accommodation meant we were eating at sunset on the beach.
Beach Garden Resort
We’re staying at a place called the Beach Garden Resort on Pantai Cenang (beach). It’s not flash, but it is clean, comfortable and affordable. It’s right on the beach which is amazing.
Today it’s about 30°c but the water is nice, and we also have air-con in our room. We get a big breakfast every day and our room is serviced which is good.
Food
We’re starting to look for good Malaysian food to eat because we’ve mostly seen western food restaurant (restoran!) here so far. We’ve got a reccommendation to try tonight. Yum.
