Langkawi - The Goa of Malaysia, Langkawi, Malaysia

Having been to Malaysia before where I had only covered Kuala Lumpur in the past, I wanted to go to the country again after my month long workation in Vietnam & Thailand was coming to an end. With Langkawi in the proximity, I picked the destination so I could relax for sometime before deciding which direction to head further. And woah ! Langkawi turned out to be more awesome than what I thought it’d be and I couldn’t have chosen a better place to unwind and gather my travel thoughts again.

I arrived into Langkawi from KL, around late evening. Having done a li’l bit of research of where to stay for my kind of travel & explore I chose to book a place in Pentai Cenang area. It was about a 15min car ride from Langkawi Airport hardly costing me about 15MYR. As I was being taken to my accommodation, after the first 10mins of the drive it felt like I was heading into a familiar part of South Goa, the Benaulim/Palolem kind of area but with broader roads and lesser people. Though for a place like that it was too quiet for 7pm, despite all the stores/restaurants/pubs being open. I for a few minutes thought that perhaps I was in the wrong part of Langkawi..

After checking in at my hotel & getting fresh as I went to grab some street food I thought the crowds would’ve made it down to the street. But it was eerily quieter than it was 2hrs before. I grabbed a take away, a beer and then called it a night at the room. The next morning, I rented a scooter and hit the wildly popular Langkawi Sky Bridge. A place made popular in India due to the Bollywood movie Don. Enroute to the Skybridge was a stunning coastline of the Strait of Malacca. It was even more gorgeous on my way back, as the sunset made it even more prettier than it was. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).