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Rented a motorbike this morning to drive round and see the island - as most of Malaysia is dense rainforest we had to be extra careful not to run over the monkeys or huge Lizards which were crossing the road.
Our first stop was Gumung Machinchang Mountain, the second highest peak on Langkawi. We obviously weren't planning on walking up it but the main reason to see this mountain is for the cable car rides to the top. It was a little scary, especially, on the last vertical climb to the top where our car decided to stop and swing with the 800ft drop beneath us for a few minutes! There is a viewing platform at the top which looked out into the ocean. Nice, but a lot of clouds passing underneath. There is also a randomly placed suspension bridge which hangs you directly over the valley below - enough to make your legs weak when looking down!
When we were back on ground, Claire had her first time at driving a scooter round the car park - definitely a funny 5 minutes! We then set off to Air Hangar - a natural hot spring which is basically just an extremely deep well with bubbling hot water inside. The custom is to sit with your feet in the bucket of hot water, not really too sure why, good luck and fortune we think. If not, then we looked damn stupid!
Setting back onto the road we then headed for the highest mountain peak, Gunung Raya. Again we didnt have to walk up it, just drive up! We eventually made it to the top after passing loads of wild monkeys and another huge Lizard, where we were faced with a strange massive mansion or hotel. It was like where a James Bond super villain would live. The view was really nice, but like on the first mountain the clouds were in the way!
Arriving back fairly late, we went out for a great Indian meal for tea before heading back to the room.
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