Langkawi

Saturday we slept in, ate a bunch of bananas for breakfast (they are tiny and you’d need three to make one of the bananas we get in Aus) then headed off for a drive to the Langkawi waterfall.

Langkawi Waterfall


The rain was so heavy when we got there, we just took shelter in an old shop for about half an hour looking at the waterfall in the distance, then gave up and drove to KFC back down the road to shelter some more, eat our lunch and use their nice toilets. We got 3 pieces of spicy chicken, 1 zinger burger (smaller than ours) two serves of cheese wedges and two carbonated drinks for just under $9.00 AU.

Black Sand Beach


After that we drove on to the very pretty Black Sand Beach and then home via a stall drying and selling fish. As we pulled up, the owner signed to us to come take a photo-he couldn’t speak any English but was happy for us to take lots of photos (and didn’t expect any money for it).



For dinner we chose the Palace of India in the main eating area of the little village nearby. It was a beautiful restaurant but not a patch on the Indian meal we had on our first night at Taj Mahal. The service was way better, but the food lacked the fresh herbs and spices the other seemed to have. I did really enjoy the onion naan which (according to the menu) had been spanked with fresh coriander leaves. There should be more naan spanked I reckon. We had butter chicken (very tasty), mutton kebabs (a bit dry), potato and pea masala, mixed veggie Raita, rice and the naan and a large bottle of water for 69.50 RM.

It was quite busy driving and eating on the Friday and Saturday as Malaysians are mostly Islamic and that is their weekend. School is in on Sunday and all businesses are open.