tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237172012-01-18T12:12:50.318+08:00all about life in langkawi, malaysia. this is one of the best vacation spots in southeast asia and a wonderful island to live in.deniz kumralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08667319533934240741noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-823717.post-73515562468407852712012-01-18T12:01:00.003+08:002012-01-18T12:12:50.328+08:00

I would like to share my thoughts on one good one bad restaurant from Kuah. Kuah is the town in Langkawi Island. It's been developed since 2006, last time I was here. Now there are hell a lot more foot reflexology places, a cinema and more restaurants.Good Restaurant Review from Kuah; WonderlandWonderland is a local cuisine restaurant in Trimula of Kuah. It's easy to access, just on the road,

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After 5 years things have changed in Langkawi. Actually it's a more "alive" island now. When I left, even in high season, it was kinda couples getaway but now it's attracting more and more people. number 1 tourist area Pantai Cenang has grown significantly. This growth brought a lot of new restaurants, cafes and shops. I've tried some of them and I would like to share my thoughts.Pantai Cenang

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I left Langkawi in a hurry because my project was finished and this and that. Now I'm going back. I will be in Langkawi January 4th evening an I am so happy for that. So I will start writing here again.

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this is one of the most popular places of langkawi. totally reggage, nothing else. everynight they have their own reggae band playing (same songs always, but it's fun anyway). drinks are quite cheap compared to other bars and atmosphere is really warm.it's in pantai tengah. you can see its sign on the left while driving from pantai cenang through pantai tengah, right at the opposite of holiday

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lovely, friendly and exotic atmosphere. clean and quality service and very good drinks. when i first came here frankie the dj was the first (and the right) person i've met. he is a one hell of a dirtytalking good retro dj and a cheating go-cart racer (kidding, he is very good at driving). place is owned by jeffrey. you can see him; an asian with glasses and long grayish nice hair. he can help you

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not much related to travel and touristic stuff but you will need this when you decide to stay more than a month.in malaysia there is only one legal satellite tv provider, astro. actually it has a good variety of channels and satisfying enough for a touristic island. i mean, there are always better things to do than sitting and zapping. they have movie channels, lots of news and sports channels,

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while i'm writing here about coming to langkawi, malaysia, wonderful beaches etc. i forgot to talk about legal stuff. here is the list of countries with visa details. Info is up-to-date from Immigration Department of Malaysia (you need IE to view the page properly, not all the features work with Firefox).Countries that require visa:Afghanistan (Visa With Reference), Angola, Bhutan, Burkina Faso,

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Here are some wallpapers I've made from the photos I took at Bird Paradise, Langkawi. 1024x768 | 1280x800 | 1280x1024 1024x768 | 1280x800 | 1280x1024 1280x800 1024x768 | 1280x1024 1280x800All photos are taken with a Canon 350d digital slr body and a Canon 60mm macro lens in natural light conditions.

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air asia and malaysia airlines are in a battle on cheap tickets. it's holiday season here; gong xi fa cai (chinese new year, year of the pig) time and everybody's going somewhere. also the end of high season is very close.whenever i open newspapers star or new straits times i see discount flight fares from malaysia to anywhere in the world. this year air asia started international flights with

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today me and my wife suddenly decided to go to northern parts of langkawi. but time was kinda late so we just went to bird paradise and tanjung rhu beach (pantai tanjung rhu).it was one of the most beautiful beaches i've ever seen. all white sand together with beautiful trees very few buildings, a river's path, small islands and very few people. it was nothing like cenang beach (lots of water

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i've told about chogm villa (where i live) before. it's really suitable for long term stay. here is a view from my balcony, you can enjoy this every evening:

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i've changed my car yesterday. my plumber decided to rent his car; a 2001 nissan cefiro 3.0 . very nice and clean car, have cruise control, 3.0 v engine etc. i was happy with the perodua kembara but this one is cheaper. kembara was rm1200 / month (~$342) and this car is rm1000 (~$285). there is a huge quality difference. this new one has a real air-con, abs, cruise control (yes, i said this

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as a first time blogger, i'm trying to submit this thing to blog directories. when you are new to these stuff and also late, you get surprised how huge they spread through the net. lots and lots of them ...

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before i arrived i was looking at the perdana beach resort which had an apartment looked nice in photos. it had a pool, nice flats, by the sea etc. my friends were also living there back than. but the truth is it's in the middle of nowhere. not many people are living in it and there is nothing around it. also because of the wave breaker the sea is dirty and muddy. actually generally it's muddy

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since i came here everybody was talking about a high season; "it's gonna be good, langkawi will be crawling with people, business will be good, beaches will be full..."yes, now there are hell a lot of people than it used be. but the high season came quite late. it was supposed to start around mid november, but it started in christmas. since than, it's getting better. it's not my problem though,

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i forgot to tell about my journey here. i took the bus from ankara to istanbul which was from kamilkoc and was quite comfortable. than i stayed in my friend mighty babafingorn's, oops i mean lord aragorn's house. than last night i stayed with my brother in kemerburgaz. we had some very good time in maria's garden in istanbul. wonderful place with wonderful food. their food service is slow but

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there are a couple of places in langkawi which has very good italian food. i'm lucky that my friend tolga became friends with the owner of l'osteria; lorenzo. he is italian, came to langkawi some time ago as a chef, than opened his own place which is very classy and has the best italian food in town. his pizzas (pizza l'osteria and pizza diavola especially) are wonderful. since i like to try

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perodua kembara is a good car. first car i've rented here was a proton wire. it was something like our tofas cars back in turkey. local, cheap car. but for an island like this you don't need much. this is where kembara comes into play; it's cheap (for rent), it's a jeep, it's comfortable and it's fuel efficient for a 4x4 suv. i've asked for a nissan terrano here but the rental services don't rent

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and my days in Langkawi has started. since I've arrived I've been helping my friends with their house. The former owners left the house in a very bad condition. I wonder who would live in a place like that. But after lots of construction, cleaning etc. now the house looks much better. My friend Tolga is trying to grow vegetables in the garden. They are in small plastic bottles for now. I think he

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this is a test post for this new blog from southeast asia. and here is a test image which is actually the current situation. it explains the status of this blog ::

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