The Anjung Suite

We had a few choices when we planned for the Langkawi trip. Since the boys and Anita preferred to take the boat, we planned to stay a night in Alor Setar to avoid rushing to Kuala Kedah from KL. The stay worked out well. The hotel we stayed at was really nice. We wo ke definitely come back to that particular hotel - The Grand Alora - should we stay in Alor Setar again.

But for the couple of nights in Langkawi, the choice of hotel was not that straight forward.

View from the beach balconyIdlan finding his spot straight away ...We would definitely not want to stay near Pekan Kuah. Not near the airport, where many hotels were located. That left us with either the Datai or Tangjung Rhu area. And that were four of the more secluded hotels were located.

We asked around amongst our friends if they had stayed at any of those hotels. They have had a mixed experience. Mainly along the line of being treated as a second rate visitors since they were Malaysian. A common scenario unfortunately.

Then we started exploring the room. We started with the toilet.Welcome drinks servedThe table for dinnerAfter some thoughts we decided to go for Tanjung Rhu Resort. It was secluded enough and the beach was private and huge!

We got a great deal on the room - we booked the biggest suite, Anjung. It was damn nice and cosy. But the main drawback was it was on the third floor. And there were no lift directly to the room floor.

We didn't need to order an extra bed as the sofa at the sitting room opened up nicely into a bed. The room has a huge bathroom complete with a jacuzzi - which the boys sampled on the first evening of course. There was also a separate dining area where we had dinner on the second evening. There were also a couple of balconies on the opposite sides of the room.

The view from the suite? Amazing. It was directly in front of the famous sand bank which appears on low tides - where sometimes you were able to walk to a small island nearby.

Unfortunately there was no wifi. There is a common lounge next door equipped with PCs for the patron to use. But no wifi signal in the rooms. Luckily there were strong LTE signals there - on both Celcom and Maxis.

Too hot to venture out yet ....Apart from room service, the subset pool was quite near if you wanted a snack. The main restaurants however were quite a walk. With the stairs, it might not be suitable to our parents should we plan to bring them to Langkawi.

Would we come back again? Most definitely! With the deal we had, it worked out really well.

Fancy a Dip?

After finishing his homework, Idlan asked if he could go to the pool for a dip. Initially I was hesitant since it had been raining in late afternoons lately. Luckily for today, the rain came early. By the time we went down, the drizzle had stopped and the pool was empty!

Party time! Couldn't hang around for too long though since it was almost Maghrib!

Friday Night Outing

Irfan had one of his classmate staying over for a sleep-over. On Friday the 13th of May! It just can't get any spookier than that.

They had been all excited all afternoon as his friend came along straight from school. We took them out for dinner at Bubba Gump at The Curve and the trip ended up with them picking up a bunch of junk food as they planned to stay up all night playing games.

After running around for a bit .... I could hear them snoring away at 10.30 am! And they woke up early the next morning wondering what happened the night before. I guess all the excitement has used up their energy .....

Looking for Eagles

Feeding eagles was not part of our original plan. But taking a ride amongst the swarm was. We were lucky that plenty of eagles showed up during our boat ride the other day. Unfortunately I did not bring my zoom along. No eagles close-up I'm afraid.

They were hunting for foodThere were flying in in groupsThe boys were discussing eagles. Naturally!We then went past some swamplandsThe hot weather did not help matter as we were sweating in the heat. The boys turned grumpy and right on cue, our guide sped up for them to enjoy the wind. We went on to snake through the swarm before returning to Tanjung Rhu.

I was surprised to see the number of private hatch and boats at the mouth of the river there. Certainly a suitable spot to anchor as the breeze was quick but the water was still. There was also a small jetty for boats to moor right on the other side of our hotel.

On the way home, we passed by a dockThe boats were parked here during off-peak seasonThe famous ape mountain in the backgroundBack to the hotelSince the water by the beach in front of our hotel was shallow, the guide was able to drop us right in front of our hotel. But it was not without incident as Irfan managed to get himself wet while alighting the boat! Served him right for being a diva. Quite impressive but quite expensive ....

A Quick Escape

After the call last night, I felt like having a quick escape from the hospital during lunch. Although it did not last long - I was called back in - it was always good to leave the hospital. And Anita joined me for an early lunch in Bangsar.

Back and forthThe traffic was not very bad and now during lunch hours, I managed to discharge a couple of patients and just waiting for the afternoon rounds while doing letters and paperwork in clinic. Hopefully I would have a quiet hour there.