Looking for beautiful beaches and quite disappointed by Penang’s seaside I moved with the ferry to Langkawi. We are talking about an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea off the northwest coast of Malaysia, the largest of the islands is Pulau Langkawi. The only other inhabited island is Pulau Tuba. Pulau Langkawi extends about 25 km north to south and slightly more from east to west. The coastal areas consist of alluvial plains dotted with limestone ridges and mountains covered with forest.     In 2007 Langkawi was given by UNESCO the status of Geo-park. The oldest geological… Continue reading →