Cruise Day #3 - Langkawi, Malaysia

Our second stop was in Langkawi, Malaysia.  I did some research on this port, and none of the ship's offerings interested us.  I found a Nature Bike Tour, but it was only offered early in the morning due to the heat.  Our ship did not dock until 10am.  So, we decided to do a Mangrove boat tour.  Little did we realize how amazingly cool this would be.

There was a driver to pick us up at the port and take us to the mangrove where we met Jerome.  We ended up being Jerome's only guests at this time.  So, we had a private tour.

View of Langkawi as we were heading to the dock.

Langkawi is 104 islands at low tide and 99 at high tide.

View of the dock.

1st wildlife sighting - Monkeys

2nd wildlife sighting - Pit Viper sunning himself in a tree.

We started at low tide - so we could see all the roots.

Monitor Lizard - sunning himself.

The river.

There is a Red-Wattled Lapwing (a cool bird) in the middle of the picture.  Our guide called back and forth with him.  It's tough to see him in the shot.  

Coming out into a bay.

Part of the trip was pretty fast, so everyone wore life jackets to be safe.

Off in the distance you can see Thailand - the guide's cell phone switched over to Thai service.

Brahminy Kite - which some mistake for an eagle.

Lunch stop on the river

Our restaurant.  It's called "Hole in the Wall" because that area used to be a cave. 

Tuna in the fishery next to the restaurant

Patrick with a horseshoe crab

Patrick petting a sting ray after feeding him.

Grouper

Last stop was a bat cave.  Literally.

One last pose in the mangrove.

One last monkey looking for hand outs.

 Some views from the ship:

Dinner tonight was at Izumi (Japanese).   I only shot one picture of the hot stone course - you cook your own veggies and meat (seafood) on a ridiculously hot slab of rock.  Can't believe you have to cook your own food.  Makes it hard to send it back if it's overcooked.  Another great day.