Cable to the Clouds

Sky Bridge, Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia

Since we’re at Langkawi Island, I might as well continue on Langkawi, hehe.

This is the Langkawi Sky Bridge Cable Car. Yep, we call them cable cars in Malaysia, not ropeways (that’ll get you confused with a ropes course, the type that you get at the adventure parks, like Escape Penang), nor gondolas (aren’t they the boats they use in Venice?), nor aerial trams (huh? never heard of that!)

Anyway, this goes up to the top of Gunung (Mount) Machinchang, who, if you read my last post, were one of the two giants in Langkawi who were turned into mountains after they messed up the whole island with their fight at their children’s wedding. The other giant was Mat Raya who changed into Gunung Raya.

The Langkawi Cable Car by the way, has the honours of being the steepest cable car in the world (I remember seeing it somewhere, but maybe no longer now, who knows?) Here’re the pics…


Ready boys? Ready mommy? (Mommy doesn’t look really ready …mommy’s scared of heights by the way. Uh-oh)


A view from the cable car. (See, it ain’t so scary. Or is it??)


We reached! The first station


Here we go again. Into the clouds…


What’s it with locks and love? They’re all over the place


Journey to the Sky Bridge – Hello little fella, where’s your mommy?


Anu, Sky Bridge, Langkawi (Watch the weather, as they’d close the Sky Bridge during bad weather)


That lift on rails is called a Sky Glide…


Langkawi Cable Car… OK, let’s get back down


Oriental Village. This is the base of the Cable Car ride. There’re restaurants, rides, children’s parks and a fabulous 3D Art Museum (which I’ll write about later)


A marina on Langkawi Island where Mount Machinchang is visible – it’s the peak at the back, with the clouds


Back at our hotel’s beach – Can you spot Gunung Machinchang far off in the horizon?

There one quick post done. Gotta go, very busy actually, with 101 things over my head!