One more evening in Malaysia before we depart for Thailand in the morning. We have really enjoyed our time here. The people are friendly, the food is wonderful and it is a beautiful country. We are currently in Langkawi, an island in the north-west corner of Malaysia. Our hostel is a rather lively one so we have been having fun with the other guests while we are here. On our first night we played Ring of Fire, a drinking game, and we held our own against ten other 20-somethings in the hostel bar. Beers are only $1 / can so it was very cheap entertainment. We're still not sure how anyone wins the game (last person standing?) but after the bar fridge quickly emptied and the replacements were 'warm', the game lost it's energy for us around 1 am (some of the others continued until 3 am......but we didn't see any of them for breakfast the next morning). Yesterday, a young couple from Louisiana and a BC girl working in China, joined us for a day trip further north on the island. We started with a 2 km+, 20 minute cable car ride up to the second highest peak on the island which then had a suspension bridge over to another peak. The views were outstanding as we could see most of the island along with many of the 99 small surrounding islands that make up Langkawi. After that we hiked over to the 7 Wells Waterfall and after a steep climb to the top we were able to relax in several of the wells (small pools with refreshing cascading water) that cooled us of for the journey back down the mountain.
Today we had a lazy day, opting for the pool rather than the beach across the road, since we had a few very minor clashes with tiny jellyfish on our first encounter two days ago. Tomorrow we take a couple of ferries and a mini-van with our Louisiana friends into Thailand where we will spend a few days on the island of Koh Lanta (where hopefully I will be able to find Superbowl coverage to watch my beloved NY Giants).
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