After an enjoyable and mostly relaxing 5 days on Penang, we headed north up the coast to the wonderful island of Langkawi.

The flight of just 70 miles must be one of the shortest we’ve ever had, with the time in the air being no more than 15mins before we were back on the ground!!

Before the flight and whilst we were at the airport we heard from Jennifer, our Canadian travel buddy from our Lombok trip a month or so back. She was keen to know if we were still wearing our coloured Indonesian wrist band from one of our home visits. The good news is that they are still going strong, hence the photo proof below.

Once in the air, we took our customary photo and messaged our daughter Amelia to let her know we were flying just in case she messaged!

The next 5 days are being spent at the wonderful Weston hotel & spa which sits just outside Langkawi on the beach. Of all the places we’ve stayed at to date this has the best view. It’s absolutely stunning.

Once we’d had a brief look around the grounds we headed to our room. We’ve managed to get an upgrade to a garden room which is blessed with a uber sized bed and has its own perfume room spray – wow we are truly living the life.

As we missed lunch due to our flight, we decided to head to the bar area and grab a bite and embrace the 180 degree view across the bay with views of the archipelago of islands.

With our hunger pains kicking in, Michelle went healthy and ordered salmon and salad whilst Andy held firm and ordered french fries!

With hunger abated, it was time to hit the swimming pool and check out that vista and pinch ourselves that we are truly here.

We had booked this hotel stay almost a year ago, so weren’t sure whether the initial excitement of seeing the photos on-line would be matched in person, but I can confidently say it’s all we could have hoped for and more.

Still pinching ourselves that we are staying at such a lovely hotel and appreciative of what it has taken to get here. No doubt we will look back even more fondly when we are staying in the Cambodian jungle in our bunkbeds….!!!

Tonight we headed up to the main hotel lobby for pre-dinner drinks and enjoyed a local singer and guitarist play some classic tunes – Elvis, Barry Manilow and the Carpenters were just some of the ones we can remember.

Tomorrow we plan to chill by the pool before heading to the local yacht club for dinner (sounds posh, it isn’t, just a good recommendation from our friends at Google!)

Sunday won’t be a day of rest, as we are booked on an island hopping boat tour with a 8.45am start.

Better enjoy the rest first before we get back on the travel front!