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Monday, March 8, 2010

LANGKAWI ISLAND~THE LEGENDARY ISLAND OF UNCOUNTABLE FOLKLORES

 AMAZING OF PULAU LANGKAWI







PULAU LANGKAWI or LANGKAWI ISLAND!!!


Let us go to Pulau Langkawi or Langkawi Island is an archipelago of 104 islands lying in the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The largest of these islands is Langkawi Island and is bigger than the Penang Island. The other islands in this group are Island of Pregnant Maiden (Pulau Dayang Bunting), Lion Island (Pulau Singa Besar) and Beras Basah Island.


Langkawi is comes from the Malay words Lang and Kawi. Lang is a brown eagle and Kawi is a local manganese stone. The ancient anglers must have seen eagles flying clutching the manganese stones! A giant monument of a brown eagle clutching the manganese stone greets all visitors to Langkawi near the Kuah Jetty.

WHY YOU HAVE TO GO TO PULAU LANGKAWI???


If u comes to wonderful culture and society, which is Malaysia, you are very loss if you are not going there..


• The main tourist attractions of Langkawi Island are its virgin white sandy beaches. The beaches have very gentle continental slope and the water is clear.

• This island is unique in the sense that it has so many legend sand myths associated with it.Langkawi Island is therefore also called Pulau Lagenda or Legendary Island.

PULAU LANGKAWI IS A LAGENDARY ISLAND..

• Mahsuri..


She has laid a curse on this island for seven generations. Luckily, the period of this curse is over now and Langkawi Island is fast becoming an internationally recognised tourist destination.

• Pulau Langkawi FREE from duty zone


All goods sold in this island are exemption from government tax. Therefore, this Legendary Island is a haven for the shoppers. You only need to stay in Langkawi for a minimum of 48 hours to take back home a reasonable amount of tax-free goods.




HOW TO GO THERE????


• ROAD


Visitors who drive by road, they should go to Kuala Kedah and take ferry to Pulau langkawi.


• AIR


The Langkawi International Airport at Padang Mat Sirat .Direct air services from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi are providing by .Malaysia Airlines on a daily basis and Air Asia five times weekly.


• RAIL


Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) provides comfortable and economical rail services from Kuala Lumpur to Alor Setar and Arau. From Alor Setar or Arau, you can take a taxi or bus to Kuala Kedah or Kuala Perlis respectively and then proceed by ferry to Langkawi.



• FERRY


There are four ports of embarkation:


1. Kuala Perlis in Perlis


2. Kuala Kedah in Kedah


3. Georgetown in Penang Island


4. Satun at South Thailand.


• CRUISE


WONDERFUL BEACH IN PULAU LANGKAWI


PANTAI CENANG


It is also a favourite place to relax at day’s end to watch the sunset. The beach is the most popular attraction due to its beautiful sandy beach that faces a pleasant and gentle sea.













PANTAI TENGAH


Pantai Tengah is a peaceful beach with a slightly steeper gradient and deeper water.Pantai Tengah is a pleasant piece of beach with a relatively quiet atmosphere and smaller crows







PANTAI TANJUNG RHU

It is generally quite peaceful with the occasional fishing and tour boat sailing past.











PANTAI DATAI BAY

Pantai Datai bay is only accessible or through the Andaman and the Datai Resorts and access is only for in-house guests unless you arrive by the sea.



Other Beaches in Langkawi

There are numerous other beaches (or pantai) such as Pantai Kok, Pantai Burau Bay, Pantai Yuluk Yu, Pantai Teluk Baru & Pantai Senari near Rebak Island which is used exclusively by
Rebak Island Resort Langkawi – A Taj Hotel





BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS AT PULAU LANGKAWI

Pulau Tuba, Dayang Bunting, Pulau Rebak, Pulau Payar


                      PULAU PAYAR
Pulau Payai is a marine park centre in Pulau langkawi. This island have a fantastic place for diving or snorkeling. Land-lubbers who don’t want to set foot in the water can ride in boats with transparent fiberglass bottoms to watch the life below




  PULAU REBAK
maintaining the island’s natural splendour, preserving the environment and offering eco-tourism activities such as marine park tours and trips into the jungle.


 PULAU DAYANG BUNTING



PULAU BERAS BASAH

















~~HAVE FUN AND CUTI NOW~~