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Originally Posted by Zven
2... indefinitely, to my knowledge.
2a... N/A
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It's a year or three since I was cruising in Malaysia. But I think better answers would be:
2. as long as your own visa is in order.
2a. If your visa is a tourist visa (aka social visit pass usually with a term of 90 days), then Malaysian Immigration prefers you to be out of the country for a number of days (rather than returning after a few hours or 24 hours) before renewing your tourist visa. You can apply for and buy various other categories of visa (investor visa, my second home visa) that allow residence for years.
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Originally Posted by Zven
There are also other options nearby: Krabi in Thailand, and Penang in Malaysia.
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Penang is a much more interesting place (a more interesting and lively economy, a genuine society) than Langkawi. But
anchorages,
marinas, and available berths in professionally managed marinas are quite limited.
If you are after a professionally managed marina, the nearest alternatives to Langkawi are probably Marina Island Pangkor (near Lumut) and Admiral Marina Port Dickson (near Kuala Lumpur).
The big advantages of Langkawi over most other
ports in Malaysia are that:
(1) Langkawi is a duty free port. You can
import goods easily. Retailers can do likewise. And partly because of that,
(2) cruisers have visited it for years, so
(3) Langkawi has a few professionally managed marinas and several retailers who cater to cruisers with goods and services.