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Get yourself a Real Friend !
Mark: 19 March 2010
How about relaxing in the company of a a pure loving 'soul' - eager to accept you, to play with you and to learn from you ?
Puppies for Adoption
We are 7 females & 1 male, really playful & cute puppies
looking for nice families to adopt us.
Please contact LASSie Clinic
@ Bon Ton Resort on Pantai Cenang or come to see us.
Clinic: 04 955 7561
Dorothy: 019 652 0683
Take us out of here !
See one more picture . . .
Langkawi Cable Car Closures 2010
Mark: 19 March 2010
The Langkawi Cable Car has to be closed for maintenance during 2 days, nearly every month, and for two weeks twice a year (in April and August) - in total exactly 50 days.
The dates of the closures are now in the Langkawi Noticeboard (above).
Their website: http://langkawicablecar.com.my/ says "under construction" (no content yet).
Politics killed the Langkawi Festivals
Mark: 18 March 2010
After posting the ‘Sad Story of the Langkawi Events 2010” – we found out a bit more:
Our local LTAC (Langkawi Tourism Action Council) which was in the LADA Building (LADA = Langkawi Development Authority) has been dissolved and all responsibility was given to ‘Kedah Tourism’. Nobody there speaks really good English - the whole tourism dept can barely speak English.
The Sad Story about the 'Langkawi Events' 2010
Mark: 14 March 2010
In the past years LADA organised nearly a dozen events every year and published a list of Events in the beginning of the year on
http://www.lada.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=84
(The website has no translation into English).
This seems to have changed.
The LADA website is not updated anymore in re to Langkawi Events.
(There are still the 2009 Events listed).
Event: 22 March 2010
KELAB AMAL WANITA LANGKAWI is to start a Free
Community Health Education Program....
As of March, our member Dr Foziah, of Klinik Kuah along with other club ladies, will visit kampongs on a monthly rota to give talks on Breast Cancer Awareness. Dr Foziah will be explaining that Breast Cancer can be prevented and that it is curable if caught and treated in the early stages.
Langkawi Fair & Kelab Amal Wanita Langkawi
present their
May 1st 2010
Charity Fundraising Event
in conjunction with Earth Day they will hold a Children's Colouring Competition,
the theme being:
'Our Earth and a No Plastic Awareness Day',
in the concourse area of Langkawi Fair
Saturday 1st May from 10:30am to 5pm.
For further details please telephone:
017 5600384 or 019 4790513
Bye bye to Jason Kruse, GM of Casa del Mar
Mark: 5 March 2010
We are sad to loose Jason - who managed to make the Casa del Mar the No ONE Resort on Langkawi - as voted by the Trip Advisor - and has taken up a lot of responsibility for Langkawi in many individual voluntary actions.
He also contributed the "Langkawi Destination Manual" to our Langkawi Gazette, one of the best, if not THE best put-together about Langkawi for the interested visitor.
We wish him all the best in his new challenge on the Maldives and also want to wish his successor, Tom, a good start in Langkawi. Welcome Tom !
Here is Jason's own statement:
Langkawi’s Expat Bars
Mark: 2 March 2010
Asked by a reader of the Langkawi Gazette, where he could meet Expats on Langkawi, I asked around and we came up with the following places:
Kuah:
Charli’s Place (Langkawi Yacht Club), Pier, Cappuccino House and Shore Cafe.
Pantai Cenang:
Oasis, Babylon, Beach Garden, Red Tomato, 1812 Bar
Kuala Teriang:
Mangoes
Telaga: Tapas Bar
Who won the Langkawi Ironman ?
28 Feb. 2010/ Source: Text and Picture 'The Star'
Belinda Granger from Australia makes a hat-trick in Langkawi
Yesterday Belinda completed an unprecedented hat-trick of consecutive Malaysian Ironman Triathlon women’s titles in Langkawi. This despite some struggling in the final part of the race. Belinda, who is 39-year-old, completed her 3.8km swimming, 180km cycling and 42.2km running disciplines in 9’23:33.
In the men’s category, Marino Vanhoenacker from Belgium won his first Ironman race in 8’22:31. He finished more than a mile ahead of Hiruyuki Nischiuchi of Japan, who was second.
Full article see here.
Ironman Langkawi 2010
Mark: 21 Feb. 2010 / source: Bernama
on Saturday 27th February 2010
This time around 225 local athletes are taking part along with defending champions Luke Mackenzie, both from Australia.
Over all a total of 736 athletes from 41 countries have confirmed their participation, event director Datuk A. Chandrakumanan said.
These countries are:
Germany, Japan, South Africa, New Zealand, the United States, Italy, Argentina, Belgium, Australia, Canada and Asean nations.
The competition, which has total prize money of US$50,000(RM170,500), involves swimming 3.8km, cycling 180km and running 42.2km.
The event is expected to generate RM30 million for the tourism industry.
Langkawi: Bon Ton exports it’s style and expertise to Penang
Mark: 16 Feb. 2010
Bon Ton's Straits Collection Penang
Now, if you want to spend a few nights in Penang , you can stay comfortably and well cared for in some roomy, well restored antique Chinese shop houses located in the core zone of UNESCO Heritage Georgetown.
Read more: Langkawi: Bon Ton exports it’s style and expertise to Penang
Langkawi for Nature Lovers
Mark: 11 Febr. 2010
This picture of the cute thirsty
Dusky-Leaf Langurs is from the February Blog on the Dev’s Adventure Tour website. Beside other things, bird lovers will find some valuable info and 4 interesting new bird pictures. If you go through their blogs backwards and into the 2008 archive, you will find a lot of information about Langkawi’s Nature and many pictures of different wild animals that have been shot by Dev's Nature Guides and people on Dev’s Adventure Tours on Langkawi. This is obviously ‘the real thing’ and a true treasure for Nature Lovers. Go and have a look!
Langkawi: Tourist Arrival in 2009
Mark: 6 Feb. 2010
Here are the figures of the Tourist Arrivals in 2009: 2.461.455.
They are nearly 7% up from last year.
The Statistics can be found on the LADA website: http://www.lada.gov.my/
The website is not translated into English.
(The Events for Langkawi 2010 are not up yet.)
Langkawi: Death by jellyfish
Mark: 2 Febr. 2010 / Source: 'The Local'
In January a 45 year old Woman from Sweden died on the coast of Pantai Cenang through the sting of a jellyfish.
She lost consciousnes within a few seconds and could not be revived despite all efforts of the rescue team.
How could this have been prevented?
AnnVs Pilates & Fitness prepares to move to the new location
Mark: 26 jan. 2010
Sales of Kiddies Stuff, Gypsum Board, Tempered Glass etc
AnnVs Pilates & Fitness will be shifting to their new outlet end of March 2010.
They have items to sell and anyone interested can contact Ann at her mobile (017 421 2757) for more information or for viewing.
Perhaps the one or other item could be integrated into the Snozelen Room ??
For more Info click here
Langkawi has a 'Restaurant Picker'
Mark: 22 Jan. 2010
Would you e.g like to eat "American" - and this in Kuah?
Choose the kind of food you like, the location - and , if you want, your budget - and the Search Engine of the Restaurant Picker will give you the choices available on Langkawi.
Langkawi: Some Social Info
Mark: 16 Jan. 2010
EVA – gives free YOGA sessions,
on Mondays and Thursday mornings at the pool of the RLYC, starting at 8am and lasting up to 9.30am. It starts this Monday the 18th of January 2010. Every body is welcome. (We are promised a picture and can’t wait to see Eva standing on her head.. :-) )
The Ladybirds Club
– the only social club for ladies (there is still none for men) - has no website anymore, but the club itself is alive and prosperous - with an event coming up at the end of January.
Who are the Ladybirds? See here.
For more info please contact: Victoria victoriac@sassegirl.com
Events in Langkawi in 2010
LADA has not released the tables of events for 2010 yet. As soon as it will come out, we will of course put all the events into our Langkawi Notice Board.
Langkawi: I saw my first Cobra
Mark: 9 January 2010
Today I either saved a cat from a snake or a snake from the cat.
I don’t know which one. Here are some pics of the snake – it came just to the entrance of the house and if the door would have been open – it would probably have rendered us a visit.....
I have no clue about snakes – but this seems to be a Cobra. Hm.. didn’t know we have Cobras here, but it certainly looks like one (see the other pics).
More Than 600 Participants in Langkawi Ironman 2010
Shirley: 29 December 2010 / Source: Bernama
More than 140 Malaysian athletes
will take part
Langkawi Ironman 2010, which is held on 27 February, has more than 140 Malaysian athletes confirmed their participation.
A.Chandrakumanan, the director of the event, said that those who are interested to take part in the competition could still sign up, adding that the closing date was on 16 February.
He said that the organiser had received participation from some 600 contestants so far, who came from different countries including South Africa, New Zealand, United States of America, Italy Argentina, Australia, Canada and the Asean regions.
