After having spent great days in Kho Phi Phi, we were rather disappointed when we found ourselves in the Ghost town, also called Langkawi. According to the lonely planet this was supposed to be a glorious place with beaches so white that you needed sunglasses. The beach was OK. It was full of Malaysians doing various boat activities. It was impossible to swim in the water though, due to the waves and rip currents. The water was not clear.
The town of Langkawi looked very 80s and so deserted. Matt said that he felt that he was in a disaster movie right after the people had just fled the town. There were a few good restaurants, but other than that there was nothing to do! Since we don’t like sitting around working on our tan, we decided to leave the place and head for Georgetown in Penang instead.
Georgetown
This town was more than interesting! It used to be a famous trading city back in the colonial days, and so many different nationalities clearly left their marks on the city. The English built beautiful colonial buildings! On every corner you could see either a beautiful Hindu temple, a mosque or a Chinese temple. The town was so alive and colourful. We had the most amazing Chinese and Indian food there. The history of the place is also very interesting, so we really enjoyed visiting the museums in the town.
Kuala Lumpur
Now this capital is NOTHING like Jakarta! First of all, it has a great subway system. We can get anywhere we want, but since we are staying in a central place we don’t really need to take it that much. We can also walk on the pavements, can you believe that? The food here has not been as great as the rest of Malaysia, but we are by no means starving. Who can complain when you get to eat fresh noodles? We went to see Harry Potter yesterday. It was a great movie I think. We only paid 10$ for the two of us. We will probably watch another movie tonight because we have to spend some time while waiting for our night train that takes us to Singapore this evening.
We only have two more days of summer, and then it’s winter in Japan!!
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