Langkawi Island

Penang - with 10/10 points we leave you and fly to the more laid-back and relaxing Langkawi.

The time at the Penang and Kuala Lumpur airports doesn't seem to pass, probably because we are really freezing. Of course, we are wearing warm clothing because we know that Malaysians like to play with the air conditioning, but unfortunately, that doesn't help. The burger at "Marybrown" - a fast food chain that is also available in Asia, but also in Tanzania, for example - is supposed to warm us up from the inside. It works quite well, the sweet bun, the vegetarian potato patty, and the lettuce (nothing more, no sauce or anything) temporarily fulfill their mission.

Eventually, we land in Langkawi with a few turbulences in the air. We immediately notice:

• It is quiet and the traffic seems organized
• The prices (especially food prices) are higher here. While we paid 1.10€ for a main meal in Penang, here it's easily 6-7€
• There seems to be relatively few street stalls
• Tourists come not only from the Asian region
• ...

We are warmly welcomed in our accommodation, and I am very excited that the beach is right behind our house. Except for a stray dog ​​that pees on the towels and clothes of vacationers (a disgusting, albeit funny sight), everything is clean and beautiful. Michi ventures into the waves and swims off her first delicious Korean calories. Yes, our very first time Korean (https://www.tripadvisor.com.my/Restaurant_Review-g298283-d3261856-Reviews-Haroo_Haroo_Korean_Restaurant-Langkawi_Langkawi_District_Kedah.html) we experience here in Langkawi. I order "Kimchi" and tofu, Kimchi is spicy cabbage and a national dish, the waiter - concerned about my European origin - gives me/us something to taste first. I love it, but due to my recently suffered stomach issues, I order something else. A poem. Just like the greetings from the kitchen that we receive... it seems that we like to eat.

The breakfast at our accommodation doesn't impress my fellow travelers much - they find apples with salt and gray tea a bit bizarre🥴.

Anyway, we are going to the Skybridge. Our Grab driver (just for your information: Grab is like Uber here in the Asian region) is a kind soul, we receive many tips and have his number for further questions or similar.

It is foggy, the further you look into the sky, the fogier it gets. Nevertheless, we decide not to give up our plan and take the Skycab through the Stephen King-like fog of horror up to the mountain and from there to the Skybridge... even if it takes a while... (why should really both sellers work at the ticket counter when one alone can serve the 7 million customers ?!).

Back to the bridge: The Langkawi Sky Bridge is a curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge on the west coast of the island of Langkawi in the far northwest of Malaysia at an altitude of around 700 meters. From it, you have a breathtaking view of the Andaman Sea. It was completed in 2005 and has a length of 125 meters (Thank you, Wikipedia)

Although you can't see everything because of the fog, but what I see, I like it, it is quiet and cool up here. Every now and then it thunders (as always and constantly in Malaysia and Singapore) and occasionally people - like us - are asked to drive down slowly. But they don't seem to take it very seriously, because more and more people are crowding into the Skycabs to go up.

We head home, cool off in the pool, and end the day at the beach... and are excited to see what Peter Höfinger will do with us tomorrow.