First Time In Asia: Malaysia Part III

Here we are with the last post about my beautiful trip in Malaysia. You can find Part I of this journey here (we speak about Kuala Lumpur) and Part II here (where we explore Penang).

Our last stop in Malaysia was the beautiful island of Langkawi.

Langkawi is basically situated on the border with Thailand, and shares with this Country its amazing beaches and landscapes. The main reason for us to visit Langkawi was actually to spend a few days chilling out on the beach, after having walked for so much!

One of the most beautiful beaches we explored in Langkawi

The guest house we stayed was lovely, in the countryside, surrounded by a massive garden full of plants and flowers, besides cats. Lots of cats, that we just couldn't stop cuddling.

Langkawi is a small island, very rural. There's no public transport here, so you can only move by taxi or by bike. Or boat obviously. We decided to do one of the organised tours promoted by the guest house itself, and we visited three of the small islands forming the archipelago.

The "Pregnant Lady" Island, shaped like the figure of a pregnant lady lying on her back

One of the islands we visited was Pulau Dayang Bounting, also called “The Pregnant Lady Island” for the shape of its hills, that remind a lot the figure of a pregnant maiden laying down. On this island there's a lake, formed many centuries ago after the cave that was once there crumbled down, forming the lake. The island is populated by monkeys – many monkeys – which are mostly friendly and quiet... unless they see food. When they smell or see food they start fighting among themselves to gain the food, and most people (especially children) get very scared. 

The massive lake in the middle of the island

My suggestion is then, please don't feed the monkeys. They live in a forest, there's plenty of food for them, don't worry they won't starve. But if you feed one the the others will jump on it to get the food, and the whole group might start running after people to get more (I saw that happening, and believe me, even if it might seem funny, it is not so funny being chased by a big, hungry, upset monkey with massive fangs).

Eagles flying over the Eagles Island

After that, we saw the amazing Eagle Island. Langkawi is actually also known to be the island of eagles, as there are soo many of them, flying over the mountains, and from times to times, jumping over the water to catch some fish. We had the amazing opportunity to see them pretty close (but not too much... they're still wild), and it was an experience I will never forget.

An eagle catching a fish in the sea by our boat

The last island we visited was Pulau Beras Basah. This island is amazing, no other words to describe it. It represents the ideal of the typical tropical beach, with white sandy shore, transparent turquoise water, green palms surrounding you. Get your mask and enjoy snorkelling, even though the water is so transparent you don't really need a mask. Or grab a towel and sunbathe on the soft sand. Pulau Beras Basah was with no doubt the most beautiful of the beaches we saw in Malaysia, and I do really suggest you to go and visit it. You'll fell in love.

Another picture of the amazing sea and the forest surrounding it

A tropical paradise, no other way to describe it.

Another funny activity to do would be go and visit the waterfalls; they're not impressive, but still very nice. We visited the Air Terjun Temurun, dropping from a 30 metres drop, and forming a lovely pool at the bottom where it is possible to have a swim.

The Malaysian sunsets will probably be the thing I'll never forget in my life

And so, which one is the next destination?

With this third post we come to the end of my little story telling/recommendation of my Malaysian trip. I hope you might have found this useful, and that you might be inspired by some of the activities we made to organise your own vacation to beautiful Malaysia.