More Langkawi Pictures

2007-02-24 Malaysia Trip

We made our first Asian excursion during the time we had off for the Chinese New Year. Without any knowledge of what to do, we chose to go to Langkawi, Malaysia based on a recommendation from a local travel agent.

It turned out to be a good recommendation. We took the Maglev on Sat Feb 17 to the Pudong Airport (see previous pictures). This train is about 1/2 mile from our house and it takes 8 minutes to get to the airport vs. a 45 minute car ride. Amazing!

The kids were great on the plane. It took about 5 hours to get to Kuala Lumpur (KL), then we had a layover, changed planes and arrived on the island of Langkawi around 6 pm. It was hot and humid when we got off the plane and we were excited about getting to the hotel to swim! We had a van pick us up and it took about 30 minutes to get to the Westin Resort.

The resort is in a very tropical location and has an open air lobby. The service when we arrived was good and we knew we would be taken care of. We got into our room and we saw that we had a beautiful view of the landscaped area of the hotel and waterfalls as well as partial view of the sea.

I actually don't think we made it to swim that first day because by the time we ate dinner, the kids were toast. They had a swim in the bathtub and then to sleep to get ready for the next day. Kirk and I were able to sit on our balcony and have a glass of wine while they were sleeping so we did get some alone time!

We got a start the next morning by letting Daddy sleep in while we went and had breakfast at this awesome buffet! Then we went swimming. This was pretty much our standard routine (Daddy joined breakfast occasionally) for the next 6 days.

Those kids had so much fun swimming. There were 4 pools and here is what Elizabeth named them...1.) The Fountain pool (1 ft deep childrens pool with a small fountain in the center), 2.) The Rock pool (see pictures) 3.) The Big pool (self explanatory) and 4.) The Small pool (on the other side of the big pool). We pretty much worked our way around all of the pools everyday.

Alex's favorite was the fountain pool. He could swim around on his own in this pool. He could crawl on his hands while kicking his feet. Good start to swimming.

This was also the pool where Elizabeth learned to swim. She didn't have to wear her water wings in this pool and she was doing the same crawling thing as Alex. Except one time, she decided to swim with her face underwater and that was it....she was an official swimmer.

I'm tired, I'll edit the post and write more tomorrow!