Tag: Langkawi

  • Langkawi

    November 4, 2013 • Sabbatical

    On a hot and bright Monday morning in Penang, I caught the 8:30 Langkawi “fast ferry”, a simpler alternative to flying or taking the bus. As I learned that morning, the term “fast ferry” is a euphemism for “massive speedboat”. A bit before 9:00, about a hundred travelers boarded the boat and as we left the dock, everyone was in high spirits, looking out the windows, pointing, laughing, smiling, and taking lots of photos. However, the overall mood of the boat’s occupants was about to change very quickly. As we left Penang and accelerated to full speed, the bluish skies…