11th Dec, Tuesday afternoon, my family set off for KL- 2 nights.
Drove up all the way to Kuala Kedah, where we took a ferry to Langkawi- 4 nights
Ferry back to Kuala Kedah and drive down to Penang, where we met up with our relatives. -another 3 nights.

Highlights:
1) snorkeling
Fish bite when you’re on their territory- and it hurts. I swam with baby sharks! My brother and I snorkeled the furthest out and saw a huuuge garupa- lots of muffled screaming there. We also saw sea urchins on the sea bed and too many different species of fish.

2) Beaches
Langkawi has the most beautiful beaches ever. Can’t remember the names off hand, but shore, sea, breeze and sunset was beautiful. My dad tried to catch a crab in the shallow sea. The crab’s pincers were faster.

3) Penang Hill
It’s a few hundred metres above sea level. You take a train up which is scary because of the steep, nearly vertical slopes up. On the top, it’s cooler and the scenery is gorgeous. I got to have a snake around my shoulders and a black henna drawing at the back of my neck.