The Start of 2007 found Callisto moored in the Telaga Harbour Marina on Langkawi Island, Malaysia.
Our friends Bob and Sandy, aboard the sailing catamaran ESCAPE, on transit from Phuket to Singapore, stopped in at Telaga. We enjoyed their company for several days including a New Year celebration at a harbor side restaurant.
Lets take a short tour of the marina. This is the anchorage just outside the marina.
This is a view of the marina entrance channel with local fishing boat moorings on the left side.
The other side of the marina from the entrance with six restaurants within easy walking distance on the other side of the basin.
Quayside dinning at one of several of the restaurants we frequented.
Visiting the Oriental Shopping Village. One of Langkawi's tourist attractions.
The Underwater World is another island attraction where we found this leafy sea dragon. Surely on of the best disguises in nature.
The Brahminy Kite is the state bird of Langkawi these beautiful birds can be seen soaring in the sky every day or up close at the Bird Park.
A typical rice patty.
This precocious little critter is the common myna bird and is ubiquitous throughout S.E. Asia. They are very eager to assist in bussing tables at most alfresco dinning facilities.
In September our friends Coni and Paul on board NOAH arrived form Cochin, India. We last saw them when we left Marmaris, Turkey in 2004.
Sightseeing with, from left to right, Jeff Skipper single handing SARA B, Coni from NOAH, Jane, and Paul Skipper of NOAH. Jeff also recently arrived from Cochin India having left Marmaris, Turkey in 2006.
Jane and Coni in the cable car going up the 708 Meters/2300 foot high Machinchang Mountain.
Looking back down the cable car run.
There are fairly extensive platforms and bridges at the mountain top to give the non-climber a good view, there are trails below for the climbers.
Iintrepid mountaineers.
Looking back on Telaga Harbour Marina from the Mountain
Playing with the monkeys
Rebak is a small island within the Langkawi Group that lies about 5 miles south of Telaga Harbour Marina. The island is completely jungle covered except for the Rebak Island Resort.
The resort comes close to the ideal island paradise, the surrounding jungle is the home to tropical wild life including a troop of macaque monkeys, a flock of pied hornbills and a large monitor lizard all of which are seen frequently. The covered bridge on the left leads to the swimming pool on the right.
The thing that attracts us to this beautiful island resort is their marina and its adjacent haul out facility and hard-standing area where Callisto gets a fresh coat of bottom paint while we enjoy the ambience.
Celebrating the birthday of Captian Paul of the SY Noah. Happy Birthday Paul