Ikut Kawe Kuba Kawe: Family Away Day

Alhamdulillah....I am back after quite a long break. Now I feel good to start updating this blog again.

I believe many of us have visited or at least heard about the legendary Pulau Langkawi. That's the location where my family and I spent 4D3N (24-27 Nov 2019) to occupy my employment contract renewal grace period. It was a last minute decision. My wife and I decided the the venue, hotel and airlines only a day prior to the trip.

We took Malindo's morning flight at 8.15AM and that caused us to wake up as early as 4.30AM just to complete our last minute pack up and of course, to wake our children up. Not an easy task at all.

Rushed to KLIA early in the morning and we even almost missed the flight. Alhamdulillah we finally landed at Langkawi International Airport on time approx. 9.15AM.

At the Departure Hall KLIA - everybody is so excited especially the kids

Malindo flight OD2204 KUL-LGK boarding 8.15AM

Ibu guiding Insyirah on using in-flight entertainment screen

Haziq - So excited...first time boarding on a flight

Upon exiting the arrival hall I was greeted by rent-a-car guys. Many of them. Normal scenario at Langkawi airport. Got a good deal finally. Three days for RM200 I got a sedan Mitsubishi Mivec. Not bad at all.

This is the car...a Sedan for RM200 for 4D3N at Langkawi considered a good deal.

Prior to departure my wife and I had already booked a chalet called Lavigo Resort located some 3km away from lively Pantai Cenang. However, we did not straight away go for check in at the hotel. We headed for our breakfast instead.

I suggested a place which I had visited before during my office away day back in August this year. It was Nasi Dagang Pak Malau - a traditional Malay restaurant serving only Nasi Dagang plus some kuih for breakfast. This restaurant was located some 7km away from the Langkawi International Airport, about 10 minutes normal morning drive.

According to my wife the Nasi Dagang was nice, marvellous! She finished a plate and so did everybody else - Haziq, Hazim & Insyirah. Me too. Each plate cost us RM10 for either chicken or fish and for fried ayam kampung it would cost RM14 a plate. I didn't try ayam kampung this time.

Nasi Dagang Pak Malau

Enjoying Nasi Dagang by the paddy field

Posing by the paddy field after breakfast. They're the winner.

My daughter and I

Around 11.40am we finished our breakfast. My wife called the hotel just to check if early check in was possible. Alhamdulillah, we were informed that the room was all ready.

I started the engine and drove everybody to the hotel which located about 12km away from the place where we had our breakfast. It took us approx 15 minutes to reach the hotel.

Lavigo Resort - pool right in front of our room. Heaven for the kids - Haziq, Hazim & Insyirah.

We checked in a bit early around 12.30 noon. Check in time was supposed to be at 2.00PM but since the hotel was not fully occupied at the time we arrived, the staff allowed us to check in. She was was generous enough for allowing us to check in a bit earlier.

Posing by the pool

Well, had some rest just to recover the restlessness caused by morning rush at the KLIA then we decided to stroll around Kuah, capital of Langkawi. We managed to walk around Langkawi Eagle Square or also known with Dataran Lang. So many people...they were just like us, tourists I guess. It was a hot day and I left my sunglass!

Hazim, Haziq & Insyirah at Eagle Square

Finished at Eagle Square around 4PM and straightaway headed for the hotel for a bit more rest before continuing with our plans for dinner and night stroll. As usual, immediately after reaching hotel all my kids got themselves ready for the pool. Ii's pool time! So tired, I couldn't manage to snap photos of them enjoying the pool.

Around 8.30PM after paryer (Jamak qasar Magrib & Isyak) we left the hotel heading to Pantai Cenang which was known for its lively street malls by the beach. It took us less then ten minutes to arrive at there. It's about 3KM away from our hotel.

As we had not been having proper meals for our lunch we decided to have something a bit heavy for dinner. I suggested a malay thai restaurant called Warung De Cenang. This reataurant was known as Warung Pak Tam before). It serves mostly Thai food such as tomyam, nasi goreng and all that.

We ordered our meals - tomyam, ayam goreng kunyit, fried kailan and drinks, to my disappointment the food was not nice at all. I had tried food at this restaurant before and it was fantastic and reasonably priced. It had changed its cooks I assumed, I don't know. My wife was so disappointed. That's our bad experience. Let's put it behind.

My second visit here is a disappointment...

After the dinner we walked along Pantai Cenang street malls, from one shop to another. It's a lively place along that street, not boring at all. I observed my son Haziq was eyeing for something at shops we entered. Cap, pouch bag and sunglass were the items he was seriously looking at while at the shops. I came to know that he had some extra money in his wallet. No wonder...he got some tips from my MIL.

My wife celebrated her 44th birthday last two weeks. I was thinking, we should have celebrated it here la that day. Maybe next year, In sha Allah.