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Langkawi History and Lifestyle
For those interested in history, Langkawi Island in Malaysia is famed for its intriguing heritage of fabulous myths and legends about ogres, gigantic birds, heroic warriors, princesses, epic battles and romance.
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Perlis State Birdwatching
Enjoy observing Perlis’s state wild birds in its natural habitat. Immerse in the beauty of Perlis’s natural landscape and surrounding. Good chance to tick √ your list. Get good photograph of Perli’s birds and landscape in your lens Birders/photographer encourage to write in advance and let us know if you have any target birds.
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Welcome to Malaysia
One of Malaysia's best kept secrets is the biosphere of the Northern Malay Peninsula. This zone is one of the most diverse bio-geographical regions on earth. It is a treasure house of some of the most varied fauna and flora, both terrestrial and marine, on the planet.
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Irshad Mobarak
Irshad's typical day starts with an early morning stroll near The Datai Resort where he regards guests with intriguing facts and anecdotes. On most days, he gets to spot Asian Fairy Bluebirds, Oriental-pied Hornbills and Dusky Leaf Langurs.
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Birdwatching Tour to Penang Hill
Penang as a popular tourist destination, is not only about local food and fine cuisines but it is also home to fascinating world that is relatively unknown. The alluring and amazing bird life around the state of Penang.
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Bujang Valley Archeological Site
Like the explorers of old, we will find our way to the Sungai Merbok Estuary by spotting Mount Jerai, a mountain that towers over the river estuary. An overland journey that take us pass rice paddies and fishing villages. We next embark on our boat and explore this bizarre and fascinating habitat.
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Sedim Rainforest and Canopy Walk
An early pick up from hotel ensures that we will arrive to our destination for the early morning chorus of gibbons and birds. We then ascend the canopy walkway, imagine walking 30 meters up amongst the birds and other wildlife.
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Long-tailed macaque
Long-tailed macaques are ecologically diverse and in Malaysia we can see a group of them in coastal lowland forests and the swamp forests.
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The cuties of Langkawi
The Dusky leaf monkey or a spectacled langur (Trachypithecus obscurus) is one of Langkawi resident primates. This monkey has a dark grey fur, large circles ring on each eyes that giving the appearance like eyeglasses with a fur crowning its head, white surrounding its mouth and creamy white colouring on its stomach.
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Cicada Exoskeleton
A strange bug that is sitting motionless in the picture above actually is uses to be a part of cicada body. It is a exoskseleton of cicadas that called ‘exuviae’. Exoskeleton is one of the things that will remain behinds after all the insect undergo moulting process.
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Brown-winged kingfisher
This brown-winged kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae and mostly found in subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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Mysterious Mangrove
Along the Kubang Badak river, we can see the mangrove forest, there are 3 types of common mangrove species we can see; Rhizophora sp., Avicennia sp., and also Sonneratia sp. Mangrove forest plants grow closer densely to each other and compete to get sunlight for photosynthesis process. Rhizophora sp. is different from Sonneratia sp. and Avicennia sp. All Rhizophora sp. have arching stilt roots that emerge from the trunk.
