Richard and John came over from cold and rainy old Ireland to see some sun and relax from their hard work as businessmen back home. Staying at the beautiful boutique hotel Casa del Mar they wanted to take their wives out on a cruise around the island and to show them the mangroves. Their taxi driver had told them about us and brought them to the yacht club to talk to me. We closed the deal for the following day to go on DADDELDU. Sure we have done this tour many times but we still love to go there as the scenery is stunning!
Our crew, Helen and her brother Matt, an English chef, plus Gerd as the skipper took off from the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club at 11 am and I stayed ashore as I had a few more meetings. But I had promised our guests to join them together with a tour guide for the mangroves in Kilim River later the afternoon.
When I arrived there at 5 pm the two couples had made themselves comfortable on the aft deck and were in the best mood possible sipping beer and wine. They told me enthusiastically about the tour they had had so far and about the many dolphins that had joined them on their way up to Kilim. Matt was the star this day as they couldn’t stop telling me about the delicious meal they had been served by him.
Irish guests for us are very special as Gerd and I had been to Ireland long time ago and love the country and it’s people. This year the weather in Ireland must have been awful: summer was on a Wednesday afternoon for two hours! The rest of the time they never saw the sun. Of course they loved Langkawi’s beauty including the fantastic blue sky.
I took them through the mangroves and to the fish farm together with an experienced tour guide who told them about the flora and fauna in Langkawi’s northern part. At about 6:30 we visited the bat cave where the bats were just preparing for their nightly hunt flying around like crazy!
My friend Oscar, the stingray at the fish farm, greeted me as always and we had a lot of fun to touch and play with him. Sometimes he almost jumps out of the basin as if he wants to come closer.
At the end of the tour our guests were very happy and thankful for the wonderful experience of sailing with us on our yacht and promised to come back soon.
Eva