So well.. Day 4 [26121o] :
Met up with the elders & the boys at 9++.
Harhar! They're never on time. zzz
Drove down to the mangrove for the tour!
Rode a boat down to this place with a load' a fish.
The stingray was so tamed that it reminded me of a cat. hha!
Come when it's called, happy to be patted. Only it feels rough.
Back on the boat, drove to crocodile cave.
Nice~
Wanted to take pictures of bats but..
Due to timing, i could only capture this.
Then came, eagle feeding.
super difficult to get good shots.
but i managed a few..
See the crying baby?
And the sad child?
And the shoe!
After that was the bat cave!~
After that was feeding the monkeys!~
After the mangrove tour we headed down to Pasir Hitam.
Literally "BlackSand"Due to the granite washed ashore.
but black sand can only be found on that particular area.
After Pasir Hitam was Makam Mahsuri.
Based on the legend Mahsuri was the child of a Thai couple..
She was the most beautiful in all of Langkawi & married WanDarus.
When WanDarus was away for war,
she befriended a young man named Deraman.
but the village chief's wife envied her beauty and accused her of
being unfaithful & commiting adultery.
Mahsuri pleaded innocence but no one believed her.
Mahsuri was to be tied to a tree and stabbed to death but it didn't work.
Many villagers came to the tree to give offerings for Mahsuri's freedom but alas.
After every execution attempt failed,
Mahsuri told them to kill her with the family kris.
When she was stabbed, white blood flowed from the wound
signifying her innocence.
Some birds flew above her to cover her body.
With her dying breath, she cursed Lagkawi to have 7 generations of bad luck.
The kingdom was soon taken over by Siam.
The villagers at Padang Mat Sirat burned their own paddy fields
rather than let them fall into the hands of the Siamese.
Many Locals of Langkawi believe the legend to be true,
citing the decades of failed crops that followed Mahsuri's death.
Langkawi was also attacked by Siam numerous times,
the last invasion taking place in 1821.
The field which was torched by the farmers is still known a
Beras Terbakar [BurntRice].
Only at the end of the 20th century, after 7 generations have passed,
did Langkawi start to prosper as a tourist destination.
The descendants of Mahsuri continue to live in Phuket Thailand.
& have on an occasion returned to Langkawi to visit her tomb.
Among them was Sirintra Yayee(ศิรินทรา ยายี)
a.k.a. Wan Aishah Wan Nawawi
who came into spotlight during her visit to Kedah in 2000.
More shopping after that..
Tongkat Ali~ xD
Reached home with a SUPER MASSIVE migraine.
Fucking annoying. No clue why..
Bbq that night..
Went home to bathe 1st but stoned all the while..
Plus my mum's phone call along with the bad news..
Damnit. Felt a lil better with panadols.
Finished the batik painting..
Lepak at the guys' place..
Before they said that we have to move outside
because the people inside need their sleep.
Pulled out a couple of chairs & unfold a table.
Starting to look like a coffee shop. haha!
So i joked..
"Abg kopi satu!!"
but the dude took my joke seriously. -.- haha!
Mann helped me finish my coffee before disappearing with Fauzi to zzz.
Fyeeqa, Me, Atin, Syafiq sumerhh stayed out till o451hrs.
Reached home at o455hrs.
Got squeezed in by 2 monster sleepers. zzz
