After we had our lunch at Oriental Village, we decided to go to the Waterfall just before the Seven Wells not go up to the hill for Seven Wells. We felt a bit disappointed when we arrived at the Waterfall. The water is not as clean as during my last visit in the year 1995. It is dirty and drying. As a result, we don’t stay long at there.

We continued our journey to the Tanjung Rhu for some beautiful scenery. We saw the Tanjung Rhu beach and tried to look for a nice place for scenery view. However, we end up arrived at a jetty. Well, we stopped the car and came out to have a look. One of boat men approached us and offered us for approximately 2 hours mangrove tour and eagle feeding. We heard about this mangrove tour and eagle feeding but we never thought we can get this tour package from Tanjung Rhu. Normally, it will departs from the jetty of Klim River.

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After stopped at the Kok beach for a while, we continued our journey to Langkawi cable car. It located at the Oriental Village. However, we don’t spend our time at the Oriental Village. We just went directly to the Langkawi cable car station, stepped into a cable car and the journey to the summit of Macincang Mountain (Gunung Macinchang) began.

On the journey to the summit of Macincang Mountain, we saw the Seven Wells clearly from the sky. We stopped at the last cable car station on the summit of Macincang Mountain which about 708 metres above the sea level. You can have a very nice spectacular view from here. There is a suspension bridge allows you to enjoy the nature and also the view around too. When we were stand still on the bridge to take some photos, we felt the bridge was a little bit wobble. That feeling made us became a little bit nervous. Would you? Look at the picture then you will know.

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On the next day, we decided not to take any group tour but we rented a car to tour around Langkawi Island. Honestly, you are hard to get lost in Langkawi because there are several main roads only. Besides, it is an island unless you want drive to the sea if not you can’t get out from it.

Our first destination was Telaga Harbour Park (Yacht Marina). From the resort, we drove along the Pantai Cenang road toward to Pantai Kok road. The scenery along the road was beautiful and the weather was of course hot. We have stopped at the road side for a couple of photos. Then, we continued our journey.

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In the afternoon tour (it was a group tour), we met up with other visitors from China. I believed they are studying in Malaysia. Well, the first stop for the group tour was the Underwater World Langkawi. However, we don’t join them because we knew an hour was not enough for that visit. We have other plan for this visit since it is near to our resort. We have a long walk along the Cenang beach, of course it was hot.

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After our civil marriage, we have our short vacation in Langkawi Island. We departed from Penang International Airport. Yes, we flew to Langkawi. After compared the ferry’s fees and the air ticket’s fee, we decided to give Firefly a try. Firefly, a new budget airline (100% subsidiary of MAS) starts to fly on April 2007 and based at Penang International Airport.

Well, the journey from Penang to Langkawi Island took us approximately 40 minutes. This was the first time both of us on board a Fokker 50 air craft; we really have unforgettable experience on this “lovely” Fokker 50.

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I received my Targus backpack replacement case today. Thumbs up to Targus customer service (Europe).

I was given a Targus urban series backpack for my purchase of NEC Versa S3200 laptop. I have one Targus backpack before and still using it. So far, I have no complaint about my previous Targus backpack. However, this one was a bit disappointed me.

I used it for less than a month, then, several defects were discovered. Therefore, I took photos and wrote to Targus customer support (Europe) an e-mail about these problems. Guess what kind of feedback I received from Targus customer support (Europe).

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UPDATED

The technical support is not friendly and terrible. Click to read the story.

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I bought a new laptop while I have my slightly long vacation in Malaysia last month.

It is NEC VERSA S3200. The main reason I chose this laptop because of the weight. Besides, the specification of this laptop was impressive too.

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Finally I have finished the business I need to do. Although there were some tiny things I need to follow up but it is okay. Yes, I have to return to Turku, Finland. In my original plan I will stay in Malaysia for about three weeks time only. However, due to certain reasons I can’t finish that business in short period. I have to postpone my return date. But, the return air ticket from Malaysia to Finland was fully booked from June until end of August because of World Cup 2006. I have no choice but to queue on waiting list. Finally, I managed to secure a seat on the end of June to return to Finland.
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I like the weather at Cameron Highland, +20°C but not my girlfriend.She said a bit cold to her. We have our dinner at one of the shops in Tanah Rata town, administrative town of Cameron Highlands. Both of us were agreed that the dinner we have was not impressive. After dinner, we walked to pasar malam (night market) nearby. Again, we saw a lot of strawberries, of course fresh vegetables too. I still remember during my school time, my geography teacher used to tell me Cameron Highlands is the place produce a lot of vegetables. After a short walk, we drove back to the resort. Actually I was tired after drove all the way from Penang to Cameron Highlands especially journey to Strawberry Park resort.
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After a week stayed in Penang(actually I want to stay more), we left for Selangor in the afternoon. I need to settle those unfinished business in Selangor. While we were on our way back, we stopped by at Cameron Highlands for a night.We stayed at the Strawberry Park resort, a Resort about all. Yes, it is really about all. It is located at the top of hill in between the Brinchang and Tanah Rata. The road to the resort is very suitable for drift driving (if you are the fans of Japanese manga, Initial D).
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