Goodbye Georgetown

I woke up before my alarm that was set for 6am. I'd had 2 and a bit hours sleep. I'd woken up several times paranoid about sleeping through my alarm after what happened in Kuala Lumpur. Thankfully I didn't. I hadn't done any packing as I had been planning on doing it yesterday evening, not thinking I'd be out. I had to very quietly just shove things into a bag and take all my stuff outside the room so as not to disturb anyone. I left the hostel at around 7:40am and got a taxi to the port. It wasn't really that far but I couldn't be bothered to walk in the heat. I got some food at the port as I was pretty hungry despite yesterday's midnight snack. We boarded the boat around 7:45 but it didn't leave until half 8, right on time.  I've really enjoyed the past few days in Georgetown. It's a nice little place full of cafes, bars, amazing food courts and awesome colonial architecture. The people I've hung out with have also been pretty awesome. But it was time to get away from the cities and back to the beach.

We arrived at Langkawi just before half 11. The journey had been long and boring and not particularly comfortable.  As you can see from the photo I had a great view. As we approached the plans the weather out the front windows looked grey and miserable but I was pleasantly surprised to find when I got off the ferry that that was just an effect the windows created. It was boiling and blue skies. I walked towards the arrivals hall of the pier and could see the queue of taxi drivers all lined up ready to pounce. It was kind of helpful that they were as apparently there is no public transport on the island and I needed on to get to my hostel. It was a 35 minute drive to the hostel. The driver dropped me off at the end of the road (which was more like a dusty concrete track) and I wandered down to find the hostel, which is actually a guesthouse.

When I arrived I was too early to check in so I just dumped my bags and went and got some lunch. I ate more fried rice than is reasonable for one person to consume. Then I went back to the hostel and hung round for a bit before changing into my bikini and heading to the beach. The nearest beach is about a 2 minute walk from where I'm staying which is nice. It has quite white sand but the water is kind of murky. I went in anyway. The second time I went in I stood on something sharp that felt like I was standing on a hedgehog.  I have no idea what it was but I didn't go in the sea again after that.

I returned to the hostel around half 4 and got a shower and then I was invited to go with a couple of people from the hostel to the nearby food market. It was like a bigger version of the one at the Cameron Highlands, selling all the same sort of stuff. I got a chicken kebab which was really spicy. As we drove home we could see the sun setting. It looked like a giant red orb. It was kind of beautiful. Unfortunately it was gone by the time we got back to the hostel. I spent the rest of the evening chilling on my bed. I'm looking forward to getting a good night's sleep tonight.