There are 99 islands in this island province at high tide or ….104 at low tide. Everything is green…  is natural and there is no traffic to speak of. Building max is 5 stories because of the eagles, so we were told. 

The name Langkawi means “lang” meaning red eagle, (the symbol of Langkawi) plus “kawi” …the kind of rocks. 

Mangrove tour-we are told that there is a 6000 MYR fine if you don’t use life jacket on the boat. 

Eagle watching….  There 3 types of eagles there-#1-reddish brown eagle, is the symbol of Langkawi, #2 is the white belly eagle that has a 5 metre wing span. 

Monkeys jump into boat if they see plastic, mineral water and food. Don’t panic. Don’t jump into water cuz there are snakes… cobras and vipers.  Also you may see sea snakes that eagles feed on. 

#3 are the Mountain eagles… that we will not see. 

Make no eye contact or smiling with monkeys because you’ll both fall in love… lol!  Seriously, the monkeys feel challenged and will attack. Long tailed macaque are crab eating monkeys. 

The dusky leaf monkey are also known as the spectacled langur. They black with while around eyes. Baby’s are orange colour that the eagles cannot see. 

We stop at a Fish farm

Bat cave… there are 3 kinds….insect eating (can eat 600 mosquitos per hour), fruit eating, blood eating bats. 

There are 77 varieties of  mangroves. They provide 10 times the oxygen (1 tree provides enough for 4 people) and absorb 4 times the carbon dioxide of tropical rainforests. When tsunami came in 2004 there were only 2 deaths. The mangrove forests provided protection from waves, as well the many islands helped block and diffuse . 

UNESCO geopark

Monitor lizards don’t bite but their prey are killed by saliva. Within a few hours the prey died and then the lizards eat them. After eating their kill, the lizards have to sleep for two weeks for it to digest. 

Monitor lizards can be up to 3 metre in length. Sea cumber (collagen) is the only exotic food in Malaysia eaten.  

It is much cheaper to live here. It only costs 880 ringgit for rent/mo in KL but only 250 ringgit (80CAD) in Langkawi. There are also only 100,000 people in Langkawi. 80% make their living in tourism, 20% in fishing. 

I would certainly consider coming back here. It is very beautiful, surrounded by nature.