CABLE CAR

The Oriental Village in the upper northwest of Langkawi Island, near Pantai Kok, is the cable-car ride, which takes you all the way up to Mount Mat Cincang, Langkawi’s second highest peak. While on holiday on the island me and a gang of colleagues decided to take this as part of our leisure activity for the day. Entering the village and passing through the pleasant oriental garden and souvenir shops, visitors make their payment at a counter before stepping onto an escalator which brings them to the cable-car pedestal.

Once in, the cable-car ascends; you’ll begin to notice the temperature dropping and a windy breeze begin flowing into the cabin through ventilation slits at the top. As it gets cooler, the landscape below begins to appear smaller, and at after climbing at a 42° angle for a few hundred feet, you can start snapping pictures of the rainforest below. Look out at the side for a view of the Telaga Tujuh Waterfalls, which cascades down a grey rock face.

the view from 710 meters above sea level is breathtaking, the cool atmosphere cools down all the heat from all the sun that you've taken from the fine sand beaches around the islands, so with all the beer. Given the chance we are planning another r&r trip to Langkawi sometime in May 2011 ;)

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