Few hours left in Langkawi so a drive to the top of Gunung Raya the 891 meter highest peak of the island seemed a good way to pass some time. From the top of the windy road the view of the surrounding small islands was spectacular. The ferry trip back was again 2 hours, and although the slow speeds of getting cars on and off the ferry would have driven any Greek ferry crew to commit suicide on the spot, was pleasant and efficient. And what you do if you don't want your last t

Today we decided to go to the NW of Penang to the Pantai Pasir Panjang a beach near an army base. The setting was nice, the sea cooler than yesterday but warm, but jelly fish made it's appearance. Admittedly it was not from the very painful ones but still irritating for 40 mins or so. This did not stop us from staying couple hours as it did not stop the patient fisherman We stopped in a small fish restaurant Jiang Sang, next to the fish market and had fried pomfret. This was

Time to head to the coast after two nice days at Cameron Highlands. Few days ago looking the weather we decided to head to Penang and Langkawi rather than out choice the Perhentian islands. We 'll add some pictures of the mountain trip and the amazing Penang main bridge later on. We stayed at one of the suburbs of Georgetown, Guerney. An area with high rises. The afternoon we headed north and after bypassing the more touristic Baru Farringi we stopped to the quieter Teluk Bah

Around 9:30 we set off for our trip. Or we tried too. The car had no proper Android auto so the way we were shown ggogle maps refused to work. Back in the rental office where they showed an alternative way. We St off again and they both started working to get her with 2 voices giving directions together. Nightmare that caused a bit of upsetting, and a couple circles trying to get out of Kuala Lumpur, including paying a bit more tolls that we ought to. Better with an old paper