The Langkawi Sky Bridge

       I have decided to add a new section to my blog. I am going to start a bucket list on here. Not just a list of things I want to do before I die, but actual entries with some detail.

     To kick things off, I want to walk this bridge. This is the Langkawi Sky Bridge that runs around the peak of Gungung Mat Chinchang on the Pulau Langkawi in Malaysia is located at the “end” of the Cable Car ride and is one of the island’s highlights. According to Wikipedia, the bridge is a 410 foot long pedestrian cable-style bridge that is suspended 2300 feet above sea level. The journey to the top starts out at the Oriental Village in the upper northwest of Langkawi Island, near Pantai Kok. According to a travel website for Langkawi, a sweater is a must as the chilly wind flows through the ventilation slits in the top of the cable car on the way up.

     Here is an excerpt from the Langkawi Gazette about the Bridge:

Shirley, 20 August 2009 / TripAdvisor

First prize on TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor, the world's most popular and largest travel community announced the top five most jaw-dropping and top five scariest bridges in the world yesterday. Among the most intimidating and historically significant bridges around the globe, Langkawi Sky Bridge surprisingly took the number one place in the top five world's scariest bridges.

Visitors are able to set foot on Langkawi Sky Bridge by taking a cable car ride at Oriental Village. Completed in October 2004, this beautifully curved Langkawi Sky Bridge is one of the world's highest single supported bridges suspending in between Mount Mat Chinchang. It sits more than 2,200 feet above sea level, stretches about 400 feet, 1.8 m-wide and completed with two 3.6 m-wide triangular platforms for viewing and resting. Located at the peak of Langkawi Island's Mount Mat Chinchang, this half-moon-shaped pedestrian cable-stayed bridge offers visitors a magnificent 360 degree view of the Andaman Sea and the islands in the vicinity. Unlike straight bridges, the curve provides different perspectives over the land and sea.

So what do you think? I think it sounds pretty cool.