Clear, hot, 31 degrees, real feel
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Today is all about nature. Our
tour is all inside Lankawi’s geopark. It starts with a boat ride through karst
outcroppings that much of Lankawi seems to be - this makes the waterway seem
like a river. All along the bases of these outcroppings are mangroves. We topped
at an eagle
feeding spot where about 10 eagles soared above us swooping down at the water
every so often to pluck a fish out of the water. Then we visited what they call
a fish farm, but is really ponds to showcase the area’s fish. The coolest one
were archer fish. These fish eat insects and have to shoot water out of their
mouths at the insects so the insect falls to the water – we saw it happen…wild.
I thought the highlight of the day would be a visit to
caves to see thousands of bats which was certainly cool, but the archer fish
was by far the coolest. The caves are pretty cool also with thousands of fruit
bats handing from the ceiling of the cave. The stalagmite and stalactite
formations in the cave are beautiful.
Langkawi seems like a quiet,
laid-back place that if it wasn’t so hot, would be a nice place to spend an
extended period of time.
The rest of the day is spent on
the boat.
BTW…I forgot to put some photos
of the dried fish from yesterday, they’re there now.
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