Langkawi--Day 3

We rented a car for a couple days to get around to some of the remote places, or places on the opposite side of the island from where we were.  This was super cheap.  We had done some research previously, and were able to talk a company at the ferry terminal down to about US$33/day for a Toyota car that sat 7-8.  This is about 1/2 of what they advertise.  The first place we ventured off to was one of the main attractions of the island, the cable car and skywalk.  The skywalk has been under renovation for some time, but we got some good pictures of it.  We did go to all the observation decks.

The three white specks on the top of the mountain are the three observation decks:

 Beginning the cable car ride:

 A view of a waterfall from the ride up:

 Views of Langkawi:

Then we took another cable car over to the other mountain top, which has two observation decks and the (closed) skywalk/skybridge:

And back down we went.  The cluster of reddish-roofed buildings down below is a form of a Chinatown:

There are some touristy and some unique places to shop in the Chinatown village.  We picked up a big, wooden elephant here...which Sarah had been on the hunt for.  Good thing we'd driven instead of flown...just found a spot in the van when we left!

We also checked out the Temurun Waterfalls.  It was a short, but steep hike.  When we parked, there were monkeys all over the place.  The first picture below was taken from INSIDE the car.  The second one is the monkey sitting on top of the car we parked behind.  The owner and friends came to get in and couldn't.  The monkey would not leave even when they set the alarm off.  Fortunately, it was comical to all:

Jeremy and I did not get in, the kids said it was cold.  It ended up being one of their favorite activities, though: