Saturday, October 4, 2008

#128 Langkawi Island

This week is the Chinese Moon Festival which is yet another occasion for the Cazzato family to take a beach vacation. After all, it has been almost two months since our last beach vacation ! This will be, of course, one of our company supported rest and relaxation trips that are one of the perks that go with the China hardship assignment.

We set off for the Malaysian island of Langkawi for four days, followed by a couple days in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. We are staying at the Westin resort on the southeast side of Langkawi which has a private beach, swimming pools, water sports, and is close to some of the islands tourist attractions like the private aquarium called "Underwater World" and the cable car to the top of one of Langkawi's many peaks.

Our week was plagued a bit by monsoon rains, but we had enough sunshine to get some sunburn and log plenty of swimming time. We rented kayaks on a couple of days and Juliana and I went sailing after one of the rainstorms when there was some good wind and waves in the bay. We also spent an afternoon and evening with my friend and colleague Bill and his family. They stayed at a nearby resort in Langkawi.

I took lots of pictures with my new Sony DSLR, so if you are interested, you can view my favorites at snapfish.com.

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