The Diamond Princess arrived at the Langkawi Cruise Terminal at 8.00 am on Saturday morning.
Lamgkawi— officially Langkawi, the Jewel of Kedah— is an archipelago of 99 islands. The islands are some 19 miles (30 km) off the coast of northwestern Malaysia and just a few kilometeres south of the island called Ko Tarutao that belongs to Thailand.
Unfortunately, the mascots and welcome-wishers on the docks of the Langkawi Cruise Terminal waited in vain for me to step off the ship.
I was not feeling well enough to run out on my scheduled excursion and retired to my stateroom for the day.
