Days 40 & 41, June 19 & 20: Beach villa in Langkawi and the Mangrove Safari

June 19, day’s plan: total relaxation. No re-packing, no flight briefing, no scheduled event–it was great to linger our wonderful villa hearing the birds, roosters, monkeys and variety of animals. Our long beach walk was exhilarating and we started lunch with our new favorite refreshing drink: cold coconut milk right from the nut itself!

Rustic wooden ceiling was easy to stare at and imagine we were in some type of barn….

To the right is a small portion of the white flowing draperies … the mirrored wall extended the large room further.

Restaurants are down at the end of the beach…

Cart paths (miles ?) were walled with natural stones.

Lotus pond…provides a zen-like space for 0730 Yoga class. Did not make these early sessions! Mostly think of our Caddy Shack fans — “a pond is good for you” (Carl Spackler)

Naturally semi-polished stones…from sea and/or river beds.

Next destination/relaxation — the adult infinity pool (55 meters long), complete with tasty “adult” beverages.

Day 41…June 20th we were awakened by a blowing stormy rain. Our 0900 Mangrove boat tour delayed!

Finally, quieter skies and calmer seas allowed us to launch about 3 pm to the Kilim Geoforest Park.

Amazing mangroves with their adaptation to the salt water sea setting…actually excreting the salt through the top portion of leaves….the film protects the plant….and we are grateful for the oozing of solution which creates an amazing hazy “goop” on surface of water (no mosquito is able to break through surface tension to lay eggs). No need for bug spray on our 2.5 hour discovery cruise!