The Overwhelming stench of Pinang's Gurney BeachWe were up early to drive to Alor Star in order to catch the hour long ferry to the holiday island of Langkawi. One of our concerns about Alor Star was where we were going to park the car when we left on the ferry since it's not a very developed place. Upon arrival to the port we found a sign for a 'car park'. This place was not your average multi-storey car park but rather an unused space in a shanty town beside a rat infested stream. We offered double the 15 ringit (3 Euro) parking rate the next day if the car was still there safe and sound. The 'car park manager' was overjoyed with this offer. See video of the car park below.
After the hour long ferry, we arrived and organised ourselves seme cheap accomodation by the main beach on the Western side of the island. Langkawi is an archipelago of 99 islands in the Andamen Sea. We stayed on the largest island, Pulau Langkawi which is a duty-free haven attracting many Thai and Malaysian shoppers.
Chuck on Pantai Cenang, LangkawiAfter settling in, a brief swim and some blog work by Fintan and Dave, we headed off for a cheap seafood dinner and an evening at Reggae Bar, the most popular club on the island.There were some very interesting Malay characters, especially one who was off his mond on something or other by the name of 'Captain Jack Sparrow'. The Malaysian Reggae band were great craic and played some classic Bob Marley and UB40 tunes.
The Boys and Captain Jack Sparrow!DAY 40 - ROUTE MAP
1 comment:
nice parking boys!!!!
just remembered talking to u the other night!! i was leg less!!!
keep up the crazy journey!!!
geeeeerruupppp!!!!
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