Langkawi, Malaysia

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Pictures of our recent (and only) break since arriving in Malaysia.

Jay and I have just returned from a trip to Langkawi - it is an island off the northwest coast
of Malaysia (very close to Thailand). We relaxed, pigged-out and went kayaking most days.

We went on 2 nature walks at our resort - one in the morning and one at night.
Our resort was situated in the jungle so there was LOTS to see. At night the flying lemurs were
in full "swing" as were some bats and ghekos (who sounded like dogs barking). In the morning
the monkeys were waking up. We had both macaques (the cheeky ones) and dusty langurs (the docile
cute ones). We loved the langurs but the macaques were very bold and were taking over.
The females have their babies after only three short months and can become pregnant right
away. Each male has about 10 "wives" so you do the math!! The langurs don't stand a chance.
The Great Hornbills were amazing to see! They mate for life and are almost always together.
Their wingspan is larger than that of a sea eagle as it can stretch to 2 metres. You can actually
hear the sound of their wings if they fly overhead.

We went on a Mangrove kayak trip one day with a tour guide named Dev, a couple from Finland and
a Japanese girl. It was lots of fun. We saw 2 vipers hanging on to some branches, monkeys
swimming in the water, monitor lizards, sea eagles, kingfishers, mudskippers and blue crabs.
There were crocodiles there apparently - but they were too shy to show themselves.

The monkey in the picture called "monkey business" posed nicely. I was so excited that Jay got a good shot
of him that I completely forgot the 2 monkey rules 1. don't look at them directly ( I did) and 2. don't
show them your teeth (I smiled). Needless to say both of my reactions were taken as a sign of
aggression and elicited a lovely hissing growl from Mr. Monkey. Was it just me...or did we paddle
slightly faster after that warning??

We stopped at a cave - which is where we took the bat picture. In December we hope to do
another nature trip for more trekking. This will be a quick first entry - just wanted to show
you some pictures. Take Care! Judy (..and Jay in absentia)

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Photos

Hotel
Hotel

Chalet
Home on the Ocean

Freeloaders at the Hotel
Freeloaders at the Hotel

Gheko
Noisy Bugger

Hornbill
Great Hornbill

Dev
Dev - Coolest Guide

Mangrove Kayake
Mangrove Kayake

Monkey Business
Monkey Business

Monitor Lizard
Monitor Lizard

Batman's Buddies
Batman's Buddies

How Ladylike?
How Ladylike?

Comments

[jenny]

Great way to let us share
hey what a great way to let us all share your trips. Raining here. Art and I have just bought a miniature horse. It arrives today. Really cute. Hannah helped fix up his stall. Love Art and Jenny

[Rai boy]

Monkeys
JAY MUST FEEL RIGHT AT HOME WITH THOSE MONKEYS!

[Alex]

wow!
Hello dear Judy and Jay, Thanks very much for sending this great narrative and visual account of your travels in Malaysia. We get to travel vicariously! The flora and fauna you have encountered sounds just so stunning and exotic. Please keep us posted on your adventures in Kuala Lampur and beyond. Lots of yoga events have been occuring lately. Janine and I were bemoaning how much we miss you both last Thursday evening. Kristin's classes are still very rich and deep. We had a really good Master class session with Hart last week. Mike Craig and Mary Kate both attended all week, despite Mary Kate being due to deliver her baby in the middle of the week. We have not heard whether the wee one is here yet. Well, that's all for now. Thanks for sending word of this great blog. Be well my friends, Namaste, Alexg

[Bet Jordan]

Lovely pictures Judy. The monkey was very cute although I imagine it was not your favourite. It looks like a great spot to spend a few days. glad your vacation was a success...you both deserve it after a busy few months. We just got back from a couple of weeks away. It was great for Ric to have some time away from a busy schedule and of course it was nice for me to have each of my days at least semi planned. I'll write more soon. Bye for now Betty