We didn't get round to putting a story up last night as we didn't get to bed until almost midnight and we conked out as soon as our heads hit the pillow!
We had a busy day yesterday. After our Mangrove talk on Tuesday evening we thought we just didn't have enough Mangroves in our life and so we signed up to a half day boat tour around the Mangroves.
The tour started with a trip out into the Andaman sea where we got to see some of the outlying islands up close and got to see and feed some of the fish in the water. The boat then travelled back to the river and through the Mangroves themselves where we got to see some more monkeys in the wild- it turns out monkeys can swim which we didn't realise until they all started making their way towards the boat!
Next stop was onto a lake area where we were suddenly circled by dozens of eagles all diving down onto the water to get food- definitely an impressive sight! We could also see some of them perched up in the trees as well.
Further along the river we then seen a massive lizard sunbathing on the rocks (slightly bigger than our resident bathroom friend Lizzie) before making a stop at the local fish farm so see some of the seafood caught by the locals- we didn't stay for too long as we would be coming back later for lunch (something we were both really looking forward to...).
Next up was the bat cave where we got off the boat and into a cave where there were apparently somewhere between 500-1000 bats hanging from the ceiling. They look fine from a distance but the close up photos taken from the camera made us not want to hang around for too long.
After a brief wildlife lesson from the tour guide we got back on the boat and went back to the fish farm for lunch. We feared the worst and rightly so as a plate of fish was sat down in front of us. As neither of us eat fish we didn't know how to attempt to even cut it so we gave it a miss- we went for the bowl of rice and Ania had some of the vegetables instead!
The final stop of the tour was to a beach on the North coast of the island- apparently one of the nicest beaches on the island. We had around half an hour to dip our feet into the water and take in the pretty amazing views from the coast. The sunshine came out for us too so it was a nice way to end the tour.
If Ania could pick a combination of things to make up the tour of her nightmares it would probably include speedboats, bats, caves and a fish farm for lunch! But she survived them all which was impressive!
Once we made it back to the hotel we made a stop-off at the hotel pool to relax after our morning adventures. A dip in the pool and a couple of drinks in the pool bar helped with the relaxation!
For our final evening in Langkawi we'd booked a table at the Thai restaurant in the hotel. It was located on its own out on a pier and so we were able to watch the sunset as we ate. We then finished the night back at the hotel bar where the house and 'Wave' were performing again. We even got a shout out for their friends from Scotland!
This morning we boarded our final internal flight and made our way to Kuala Lumpur which is the final stop of our holiday.
Currently we're in our hotel room which is on the 35th floor and there's a thunderstorm outside so we're not sure how much we'll be able to do this evening! The good news is that it started around 4pm so if the same happens on Sunday then it'll hit during the race (and make Hamilton spin off).
Tomorrow we head out to Sepang for the start of the F1- let the racing commence!
