Showing posts with label langkawi island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label langkawi island. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

How to travel to Langkawi


Planning for a holiday this November & December 2009?
Here are some holiday tips if you are travelling to Langkawi Kedah

1) You have 2 option in terms of mode of travel - by air or by road plus ferry....How to get to Kedah here.

2) If you travel by road, you can cross to the island from 3 ferry terminals - (a) at Kuala Kedah, Kedah, (b) in Kuala Perlis, Perlis and (c) from Penang island. You have to prebook speed boat if you travel from Penang (furthest distance by ferry), but from Kuala Kedah and Kuala Perlis, there are ferries every half hour or hourly (depends on time) ...details here

3) All ferries takes you to Kuah in Langkawi (the largest town on the island)

3) To fly to Langkawi - you can fly from KL, Penang or east Malaysia. Most flight are available by Firefly, Air Asia, or Malaysia Airlines. There are also many flights from Singapore.

.. where to stay in Langkawi- Free hotel search
...more on Kedah HERE

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Travel to Kedah during Hari Raya Puasa


The 'balik kampung rush' is here again. Malaysians is expected to rush back to their home towns from 17, 18 and 19th of September 2009. Hari Raya is expected to be on 20th September.

Travellers to Kedah (the mainland and Langkawi) can check out the transport options by road, rail and air to Kedah HERE. [Details of transport system in Malaysia]

There are buses or coaches from Singapore, Thailand and major cities in Malaysia (KL, Ipoh, Johore Bahru) to Kedah. You can be sure that buses are fully booked.

Travellers may also travel by air to the 2 kedah airports - one in Alor Setar (domestic airport) and another on Langkawi Island (international airport). The other airport is the Penang International Airport, on Penang Island.

More information at:

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