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After our visit to the Petronas Towers, Ding and I experienced KL’s rush hour for the first time.  Remember when I sad I loved the transportation system? Well not that day.  Our train to Langkawi was scheduled to leave at 8:00pm.  We only got back to our hostel at 7:00pm.  With our 15lb packs, we then had to run through a crowded Bukit Bintang to hop on the Monorail.

Only to go int he wrong direction.

Back up and down the stairs to get to the train station.

At 8:03 pm.

Running through the station we were desperately trying to find the platform when we heard that our train was about to depart. I rushed the platform guard, pleading in desperation to let us on, my back on fire from running with the backpack, and sweat dripping down my face (I’m sure I smelled a little too).

Either way, he let us on, and we were off to the paradise called Langkawi Island.

Poor Ding had a really hard time with her fat bag and the narrow train passageways. She kept getting stuck in doors… SO I left her behind and searched for and settled into our seats. She got there ten minutes later. The ride there wasn’t as comfy as that back since we didn’t have beds. Plus it was cold.

But getting to Langkawi was worth it!

We stayed in the Pantai Tengah area at a great hostel with an awesome little bar. Ford and Stuart (who work at the hostel) were awesome. The beach at Pantai Tengah had blue water and white sand. Clean and uncrowded. Perfect.

We spent our days there and our evenings at the bar, with BBQ dinners, mixed drinks, good company and bottles of wine. Perfect relaxation… except for the force feeding of shots…

Back on the train (we got beds this time… soooo comfortable!) and headed back to KL to catch our bus to Melaka. I don’t really have all that much to say about Melaka, but must note that Jonker street was amazing (especially the night market) as was all the old colonial architecture. Dutch square was another area that we walked around a lot, taking tons of pictures.

Is that it?

OH WAIT NO.

Capitol Satay.

This is where we went to dinner with Howard, our hostel host, and two new Taiwanese friends. There was a 20 minute wait in line just to enter. Once in, we were given a tray and went to the refrigerated area to choose the meats, fish and veggies we would share for dinner.

Back at our table, with our tray filled to the top, we then began dunking the raw food into a vat of bubbling peanut sauce.  Of great value were the giant prawns which Ding and I childishly played with at the table, to the amusement (well, they  pretended to be amused) of our new friends.

One word: AWESOME.

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