Fish Spa in Langkawi

     One of the things I was looking forward to trying when living in Asia was the famous fish spa. What does this entail? Well, for those of you who aren't familiar with this type of spa treatment, it's when you place your feet in a tank of water and allow fish to eat the dead skin off. When Abby and I were in Langkawi we found a fish spa for only 4 dollars for 10 minutes. We put our feet into the tank and let the fish do their jobs!
 

     The initial reaction - IT TICKLES. Tons of little fish just came right to my feet and started nibbling. It was a really weird feeling - I had to take my feet out multiple times because I was laughing again.

     The result - a fun activity, but the results didn't really show. I don't know if the fish were full, but my feet still needed a good scrubbing afterwards. I will definitely do it again though. Here are some pictures that we managed to get even with all the laughing.

             The initial reaction                                                          Starting to like it

Hi fishies

Finally Abby putting her feet in

Langkawi Malaysia

     Last weekend (March 9-12) Abby and I decided to head to Langkawi, Malaysia. It was kind of a spontaneous trip seeing as I couldn't even pronounce the island when we booked it, but I was excited for a beach and some fun.

     Langkawi is an island in northern Malaysia and is known to be a popular resort destination. In order to get the cheapest flight we took the 4 hour bus ride to Kuala Lumpur and stayed there for the Thursday night (March 9th). Abby and I woke up bright and early the Friday to get to the airport and arrived in Langkawi around 10am. Not really knowing exactly where to go, we got off the airport and headed to get a map. By the time I had picked up a map, Abby came to me and said, "Lianne, let's rent a car". My immediate thought was NOOO. But with a little convincing and thought we ended up renting the cutest little silver car. For 3 full days we payed about $40 dollars each, got the keys and were off to find a place to stay.

My driver for the weekend everyone - Abby Goodwin

     Our destination was Cenang beach. Driving through the beach strip we ended up seeing a sign for a dorm. Dormitories are exactly what they sound like, a bunch of people in one single room. Abby and I payed 25 ringgit each, 7 canadian dollars for the first night. Luckily, the big room was empty with only one other person staying there. We put our bags down, locked our passports up and headed to the beach!

Cenang beach

Baby Aliah at the night market

Our dorm .... yikes

     Saturday consisted of exploring the island. First thing was first we had to fill up the car though. To fill half the tank it only cost 10 Canadian dollars, quite different from back home that's for sure. We visited a crocodile farm and found a really beautiful waterfall. That night we hung out with the Swedish guy who was in our dorm and a German girl and planned to drive around the other side of the island.

                

The biggest croc

Frienship pants

Such a beautiful waterfall

Me and my Iranian buddy

     On Sunday we went to two more waterfalls, monkey beach, and the popular Langkawi cable car. Our day ended off with enjoying some Langkawi nightlife. We headed home Monday morning back to Singapore, just in time for my Monday morning class at 11:30.

Going up the cable car

Spectacular view

Black sand beach

Hot Springs

Langkawi was a peaceful trip. It was nice to explore more of Malaysia since it's so close too. 

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Alive/dead porcupine 

Perfume Pagoda