01st June

Langkawi. Cloudy with occasional shower, particularly first thing. Temp 28c

Four ports very close together can be tiring so we had intended to stay on the ship today and have a quiet day. However we could not resist going for a ride on the shuttle bus to the nearest beach area to take a look. Also we thought we may be able to get fast WiFi so we took our iPads. Langkawi is a duty free area so there are lots of shops selling all sorts of items including booze even though Malaysia is predominately a Muslim country. After looking in one of the shops which seemed to sell everything we headed for McDonalds where you are sure to find WiFi and a Mac Café. Both were there but the WiFi was nearly as slow as on the ship as at every table there was someone using their tablet or phone to connect to the internet. I did manage to send yesterday’s edition of this blog . It was a Sunday and it is school holidays here at present so there were lots of families about. We still had some ringgits left so we went back into a shop to see what we could get for the money. In there they were taking your photograph and putting it on a small plate for 15 ringgits which left us with 1.74 which went into the charity collection on the ship.

Langkawi is an island located in the Andaman sea, it is actually not one island but more than 100, most of them are just tiny specks. There are quite a lot of resorts here so it must be a popular spot for tourists. When we were here last time I remember we went for a white knuckle cable car ride up a steep mountain. Some on our table went there today and they said part of the ride was up through the clouds.

Ashley Carruthers was back tonight in the Princess Theatre. You will recall he was on 2 nights ago and we loved him. He was so popular tonight that they simulcast his shows into the Vista Lounge. If you ever get a chance to see and hear him play piano do so he is great. After a hot chocolate while listening to David Crathorne on piano in the Atrium we retired to bed as we have an early start tomorrow on a tour in Phuket. We do get an extra hour tonight as we have to put our c locks back 1 hour.