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At the platform for the Sky Bridge, after taking the Inclinator from the Top station to this platform. The Langkawi Sky Bridge is definitely one of the island's highlights. If you are doing the cable car, remember to budget enough time for the Sky Bridge too. It is a 410foot curved walkway...

From the top station, we could see the Sky Bridge, a curved bridge. We would be heading there shortly. The geology was fascinating. Many peaks and sheer drops. Looking out into the horizon. Langkawi SkyCab Top Station. They started this locks thingy on the bridge. Very nice. Not...

At the middle station, we got off the cable car to check out the views. If you were in a hurry to get to the top, you could decide to stay in the cable car instead of getting off. This was taken at the middle station. Great view of Langkawi from here. Even better from the top station. Here...

And now, for more sight-seeing. Today, we head to the Cable Car, Panorama Langkawi. This is the website of the attraction - http://www.panoramalangkawi.com/ From our hotel, it would take about 40 minutes (depending on traffic). Here is a signpost to the place, still 21km away. I recall this...

Malaysia, Truly Asia. The stores were doing a good trade, and I think they needed more rubbish bins.

Now, after some sightseeing, how about a night market? This night market was in Kuah (the commercial center of Langkawi), about a 400M walk from the hotel I stayed in. Here is a video of some of the scenes from the night market. Some pictures to follow. This is one end of the night market...

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Now, on to some sightseeing. We visited the Kilim Karst Geoforest Park, featuring breathtaking landscapes of nearly vertical hills, of various shapes and sizes, as well as a mangrove area. We took a 2 hour boat-ride and saw very interesting sights, including a bat cave (not flesh-eating, don't...

For one of our dinners, we went to a place which sold good local seafood near the hotel. I think the distance was less than 1km. The place was called Wonderland seafood. Apparently, this place was quite famous. A rustic place to eat. Here is the video. Here are some pictures. From...

Let me move on to some snippets of what I did in Langkawi. In our ride, leaving the airport. Some signages. Another picture of the signboard. Various resorts. I stayed at Bayview Hotel, which is located at the Town Center. This is the view from my room, which was on the 10th floor. I...

The flight time was quite short, only 1hr 20minutes, approx. Now the fun started. We had pre-booked our meals, however, it looked like a large number of pax also pre-booked their meals and turned out that the service was very slow. There appeared to be a large group of pax on the plane...

The plane was slightly late in arrival, but the disembarkation of passengers and our embarkation was relatively quick. In this video, I show you part 1 of the flight. We had to taxi for a very long while before take-off. During the taxi, I saw the upcoming Terminal 4, which is about 70%...

We fly AirAsia from Singapore to Langkawi, Malaysia. AirAsia is a very large budget carrier, owned by Tony Fernandez of Malaysia. It has been a stunning success, however, it was hit by a crash last year when AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed, presumably due to bad weather and some pilot error...

Hotel Metropol Here are some pictures of the room I stayed in. I think it was a standard room. Wasn't too expensive, which was good. This was the bed. Rest area, mini-bar. TV. The channel selection was pretty good, at least to me. Bathroom. Bathtub cum shower. Be careful stepping in...

We were picked up by our business associates from the airport, which was nice. I wasn't sure how we would get into the city, so was happy to be picked up. Another picture of the Terminal from the area where we boarded the car. Looked pretty cold. Glad to be in a warm car. I recall it was...

I must have spent more than 2 hours in the lounge. Well, time flew by. The internet connection was pretty fast and some work kept me busy. The lounge cleared out a lot past 1am, but soon it was time for me to make my way to the gate, which wasn't too far away. It was late (or early), and...

The SilverKris Lounge in Terminal 3 was pretty busy at this time of the evening. This should be the evening peak, as many flights leave for Europe and other destinations in the late night and into wee hours of the morning. Still, it was not difficult to find a seat. f Here is a video I made...

I fly to Moscow and back within a few days, for a short but most fascinating experience. Singapore Airlines operates a daily flight to Houston via Moscow. I would be flying the Singapore-Moscow leg, and on return the Moscow to Singapore leg. Flight SQ 62 scheduled departure from Singapore...

In Amsterdam, I stayed in NH Carlton Amsterdam, which was right by the Flower Market. There was plenty of tram rail works going on outside. Fascinated that the tram could still move. Taking a walk along Flower Market.

I also dined at two restaurants in the Hague. The first was called Alexander the Hague. This place was well reviewed on the social media. Another restaurant was Gauchos, which was known for its steak from Argentina. Not bad too.