.....times of refreshing.....

Somehow I am glad to turn back the clock to an hour late as we were back in Malaysian waters to adjust back to our normal time. However, that also meant we have to woke up an hour early! In Phuket, the breakfast was ready by 7am which means it's 8am Malaysian time but then in Malaysia, it's still 7am! We have to wake up early to catch the buffet breakfast and be on time for the next excursion to Langkawi.

While going out from our cabin to the restaurant, the sun was shining beautifully and brightly and I love these views that welcome us at the Langkawi port. It's so calm, serene and beautiful at 8am.




After breakfast, we were on our half day excursion tour of an island view of Langkawi. Again, since have kids with us, we cannot afford to go for island hopping and water activities. Anyway, this tour was really short and not that as interesting compared to the one we had in Phuket. I guess in Langkawi, you really have to go for the sea and not the town. I believe Langkawi have lots of wonderful beaches around.

A good view of our cruise while coming down to the jetty

Folks walking to their excursion buses

First stop - at Eagle Square with my little princess and missus.  And, that what's Langkawi is known for - Eagles! In fact, there was a place to see lots of eagles feeding. Well, next time.

Some kiosks selling handicrafts at Eagle Square

A selfie  for the three of us

Anyway, I am always fascinated by the myths and legends in Langkawi since I studied history in school. And, finally I got the chance to visit one of the legends of Langkawi - the Mahsuri tomb.

Mahsuri's tomb

A narrative on Mahsuri's tomb.

 As mentioned on  wikipedia, Mahsuri was a young woman who lived in Langkawi, Malaysia either during the 14th or 19th century. According to folklore, she was accused of adultery and executed by stabbing. Her tomb,Makam Mahsuri, has become a tourist attraction on the island. (wikipedia)

Spears on display near her tomb

There was a place called 'Kampung Kedah', where the authorities tried to reenact the type of design during Mahsuri's time. This is the type of malay hut  where she stayed.

Above and below, the inside of the kampung house

Aview of another kampung house at the 'village'

 Another fascinating discovery was her descendants, especially a lady which was her 7th generation, was found in year 2000. She was a Thai and pictures of her marriage was displayed in this tourist attraction. And, she was indeed beautiful where the people believe she looks like Mahsuri. More info can be found here.

Perhaps visiting the Mahsuri's tomb was one of the highlights of the short tour. After that, we were brought around places to shop for handicrafts, chocolates and delicacies. We were back on our cruise for the trip back home later.

Beautiful blue sea of Strait of Malacca  and to spend the final night on the cruise.

Looking back at Langkawi

Overall, the short tour gave me a glimpse of the sleepy, hollow and quiet island of Langkawi as the tour went into the outskirt of the island. There were lots of malay kampungs around town. I guess my next trip is to visit the islands as well as the beautiful beaches around.

It was a great journey!

When you are on a cruise, one of the main attraction that everybody look forward to was the abundant of food there. Food were served almost 24 hours a day at various restaurants. The restaurants seems to take turns to serve you, whenever one closed, another one opens. Thus, you will never get hungry on a cruise and it's also a good time to put on weight and indulge. LOL I almost had 7 meals a day, 2 meals in the morning where it started at 6.30am, 2--3 meals in the afternoon and 2 meals in the evening. The supper was available from 10pm onwards till 6.30am.

Since I love to blog about food, I have taken some of the food pixs served in the ship.  Since this is an Italian cruise, they mainly served Italian dishes. Thus, I almost had pasta and pizza daily!!  *WARNING* DO NOT READ WITH AN EMPTY STOMACH!! :P

Appetiser - Tuna salad

Side meal  - Pasta with mince meat

Appetiser - Brocolli with shittake mushrooms and onions

Main meal  - Fish fillet and chips

Main meal - Chicken in herb sauce

Dessert - Chocolate cake

Dessert - Strawberry ice-creams

Appetiser - Nuggets

Side meal  - Some rice cook in herbs *blur*

Soup - *forgot*

Side meal - Pasta in Olive Oil and cheese

Main meal - Fish

Main meal -- Chicken in some sweet sauce

Main meal - Pie with Edamane beans salad

Pork with cheedar cheese

Dessert - some fruit cakes

Side meal - Macaroni

Main Meal  - Fish

All day available - Salad

Main meal - Fried rice

Dessert - Strawberry cupcake

Dessert - Almond cake

Apppetiser - Squid salad

Appetiser - *forgot* :(

One of our favourite restaurants

Above and below, waiter and waitress did a flash mob to entertain the crowd

They churned some moves with songs like Gangnam style, Gentleman and Italian songs.

Side meal - Pasta

Main meal - Lamb cook with herbs

Appetiser - Fried chicken wing

Appetiser- Mini Pizza

Main meal - Beef cooked with some  ......... ???

There you are .... some of the dishes I sample during there. Well, I needed to put in more effort in the gym now. :P Have a good weekend, folks!