Island Hopping in Malaysia

The claim is that Malaysia is the land of 100 islands and the Langkawi area certainly works at providing its portion of the 100. It is surrounded by a large number of small islands, some of them very, very small islands, imagine car size. We spent one day on an island hopping tour, again on one of the small boats, though this time with about 10 other people. This time they took us to some of the small islands to spend some time. The day was gorgeous so we had a wonderful time soaring through the water, smacking into the backwash from other speeding boats and having water splashed up into the boat as the drivers raced to the first island. I actually think their goal was to get to the island as fast as possible because then they got to lie back on the boat for and hour or so while all of us crazy tourists took a walk UP the hill to the small lake hidden in the jungle. Well..it’s actually not hidden very well because there’s a walkway heading up to it, complete with toilet facilities (that you pay for), drink stand (no ice) and, when you get to this hidden lake, they have paddle boats available for only a small fee. So much for back to nature.

After their siesta, we visited a beach for more swimming and lounging around, us on the beach, them in their boats. Here again they had a food hut…perhaps the destinations were chosen by the availability of facilities to fleece the tourist??? It was pleasant to swim, the water warm, the beach clean (for a beach) and I just like being warm and in the sun!!!