{"id":36340,"date":"2025-03-05T21:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T10:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=36340"},"modified":"2025-04-28T08:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T22:36:08","slug":"langkawi-malaysia-%f0%9f%87%b2%f0%9f%87%be-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=36340","title":{"rendered":"Langkawi, Malaysia \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date : 3rd March 2025\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled : 200 NM from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited : Langkawi and the SkyCab Gondola \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed : Holland America\u2019s Zuiderdam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another smooth night\u2019s sailing. Pam and I have had our coffee and catch dawn\u2019s first light (pictured above) as we do our usual laps around the promenade deck. Still an hour from docking in Langkawi we continue to pass many small islands on our starboard side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Langkawi Island is part of an archipelago of 99 islands, it stands 30 kms off the coast of Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have booked a half day, \u2018Best of Langkawi\u2019 tour today. So after breakfast it\u2019s off to the bus, our first stop a traditional rice farm. We found the rice farm fascinating, firstly there was an old fellow gives a demonstration on how they process coconuts, de-husk then producing coconuts milk. We had no idea there are male and female coconuts ! Then it was on to growing rice from seed, transplanting the shoots twice as they grow. All this with water buffalo wandering around. Not sure we enjoyed the rice museum quite that much but it was all very interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Rice Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Water buffalo wandering wherever<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From the rice farm it\u2019s back on the bus for another 15 minutes to the SkyCab. Basically a 6 person gondola to the top of mount Gunung Machinchang. We have express tickets so we somewhat by-pass the crowd and find ourselves on our way up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luckily its a reasonably clear day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pam looks fabulous in her new outfit from some boutique in Darwin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking down on middle station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On top we wander tacking in the sights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The views are panoramic, although its a bit hazy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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