Malaysia was at first more just a destination because of practical reason - I needed to leave Thailand before the 14th of February and I was meeting with a friend in Myanmar one week later. So in order both to have the same amount of time left to travel in Myanmar I wanted to spend one week in between somewhere and Malaysia was convenient for this. Close to Thailand, without a visa and a country I haven't been to, so surely worth a visit.
I didn't know what to expect as I didn't research it much. I started the travel in Langkawi, I took a ferry from Satun, a small Thai town just next to the border. There I met Li-Anne and on the ferry we picked one more guy and waiting for the taxi three more people. We lost two so at the end there were four of us sharing a room and hanging out. It was quite fun, very easy going and relaxed. At first I was a bit disappointed with the island as it was overcrowded and over touristic for my taste. But then I rented a motorbike for two days and loved exploring the island. On the North I found a beach that was amazing, not a lot of people and very nice surrounding. When I saw it I decided to come back the next day for sure, with a hammock. The first night we spent at the beach, drinking a beer and talking, enjoying the fire shows. We called ourselves "The pick-ups" like we were a music group:). We went to the night market where we tried different things and then just relaxed on the beach. I left the group as I wanted to explore the island and the next day I slept in a place that was interesting - in one part of the guesthouse there was a place with birds and accommodation like tents, but with normal beds and more space. I liked it but had problems there because of mosquitoes or even some other animals maybe that bit me a lot.
I spent the days going around the island with the wind in my hair, getting some fruit and a coconut, enjoying different beaches. I found a nice place that represented the local arts and I drove to the top of the hill for the nice view, so I skipped the sky bridge, which would be probably nice, but I can't do it all :). I swam in the refreshing 7 wells waterfall that has a natural toboggan. I didn't do much swimming in the sea as the first day I saw a jellyfish but it was nice just enjoying in my hammock at the lovely beach.
I did a tour of the fruit farm where I saw different trees and got to taste delicious fruit and also the rest of the food there was great.
