Langkawi, Malaysia

I have been here for some 10 days. Weather has mainly been very beautiful, except yesterday, when I had my maybe the sixth all-rainy-day during my whole trip, until now. Can you imagine it? The sun follows me principally everywhere I go. Over 330 days with 6 rainy ones!
Before leaving Penang I did walk to Fort Cornwallis in Georgetown, which was established by Captain Francis Light in 1786.
It was an interesting place with some historical documents in their gallery (former garrisons). It clearly explained how important a base here was for East-Indian Company that time and later.
It took almost three hours to get by bus and ferry from Georgetown to Kuoh, Langkawi. That day the low tide didn't allow direkt ferry connection. So I did have the change to cross the sreet to mainland trough the longest bridge in Asia ,over 13 km.
A couple of days later I was on a tour with six other people from Sweden, Germany and England. We went on a whole day speed boat trip
through exiting mangrowe rivers to a bat cove with its almost 1000 inhabitants, but peacefully sleeping, then to Langkawi-eagle feeding
having around us 30-40 beautifully majestic big birds, snapping from water with their nails peaces of chicken meat thrown to them.
Later before a bit late lunch we spent an hour bathing in crystal clear water on a lonely paradise island beach half an hour away from the coast, near the border of Thailand.
Later, at the Sunset Bar of the hotel Langasuka Resort, an English / Scottish couple, John and Carol in their 50's came to talk with me, and we had then and later many funny moments together before they left to Kuala Lumpur ,where they live since three years. However I shall meet them soon because they insisted me to visit them next week, before leaving to South Africa.
There was also several Finns here Pauli 54, engineer at Nokia company, with his wife Marianne, son, daughter with her boyfriend studying in KL too. And then a nice couple Antti and Anu both 28 and from Helsinki.
Well, I've been around here almost everywhere, visiting most impressive Pantai Kok Marina with luxury yachts from different parts of the world, and many international restaurants with absolutely moderate prices. Australian ribeye steak about
10 euros or good bottle of wine from anywhere some 15 to 30 euros.
Happy Hour beer 60 cents, or a drink one euro.
It is also clear now that shall return to Finland with a flight from Hamburg via Duesseldorf (How funny, but only 90 euros!) on April 1. after visiting some very dear old friends in Lueneburg, Luebeck and Bremen.