Ferry to Langkawi

We woke up in Kuala Perlis knowing that we have a ferry to catch to Langkawi at 2 PM.  Since the ferry isn't until later, we weren't in any hurry so we just relaxed in the room blogging and internet surfing.  Susan texted that her and Peter were interested in find lunch, so I got ready and met them in the hallway.  Tim was satisfied eating whatever food we had we us, so he didn't join us.

We decided to drive to find food since it was already pretty hot and this town is small enough that we shouldn't have any problem finding parking.  We first drove to the parking lot that has many food stalls, but everything was closed.  As we were sitting there trying to decide where to drive next to look for lunch, a motorbike pulled up next to us and asked if we needed help.  We told him we were hungry and he said that he knows where there are restaurants open...just follow him.  So...follow we did.

We wound up at a small intersection with 3 different restaurants that were all opened.  The first place that caught our eye was a Roti restaurant.  Check out how it is made:

And this is the final product that we devoured and left us wanting to order another one.

After lunch we went back to the hotel, finished packing, and headed to the ferry station.  We are taking a passenger ferry, so I dropped off Tim, Susan, and Peter at the ferry and drove back to the hotel where they allowed us to leave our car.  After a quick-paced 10 minute walk, I was back to the ferry station and we all boarded the boat.

We are all looking forward to the 1 hour ferry ride.

As soon as we took off, we were all looking forward to the 1 hour being over.  We were in the back of the boat where it was extremely loud with extreme vibration  With ear plugs inserted, it was a bit better, and only 1 hour later we were pulling into Langkawi.

We ordered a Grab for the 30 minute drive to our hotel which was pretty nice with a private beach.

After relaxing a bit it was time for dinner, so we took a Grab to Cactus, a restaurant we picked out on Google Maps.  The owner was awesome and the food was pretty good as well.  Tim and I shared a deep fried fish, stir-fry squid, prawns in a special sauce, and a vegetable dish.  I guess we were pretty hungry since we haven't eaten since the Roti this morning that seems like a long time ago.

Tim and my total cost for dinner with 4 beers (we finally got to drink a couple of beers after not having any for a while) was 146 MYR => $33 USD.

While looking for a restaurant for dinner, I came across a place on the beach that served beer, so we headed there hoping to beat the sunset...which we didn't, but the scene was fun to watch and the Tiger beers were a great price (2 beers for 14 MYR => $3.16 USD).   I thought our shadows looked cool, so here is a photo of it.

By 8:45 PM we were done and ready to take a Grab back to the hotel.  Tomorrow we booked a 4-hour boat tour that we are looking forward to.  Until then...