Thirdly, there is a relatively high percentage of school drop-outs. It is to be expected, because without proper guidance and encouragement from parents and teachers alike, many get disinterested in pursuing a proper education.
School children have Fridays and Saturdays as their weekend.
Scooter - Click for motorcycle.
Scuba-diving - There are a few spots where you can indulge yourself. For details go to My Friends.
Snorkel - The best place is at the marine-park-designated Pulau Payar where the water is clear -- crystal clear -- and fishes are abundant!
Don't worry, a lot of people, from the "beach-boys" to your friendly resort staff, will try and tempt you to sign up for this tour.
Spicy - This is the best word to describe the local fare although NOT necessarily hot!
Star - This has nothing to do with conceit (people), communism, capitalism, class (hotels/resorts), or even newspaper; but, the mundane, twinkling kind.
It might be worth your while to look up into the dark, clear November-April night skies and see the million, trillion stars twinkling above. If you are from the big cities, there must be times when you'd almost forget that they are meant to be up there. For, being too busy and stressed-out for most of the time, one does tend to overlook something so banal as, "the best things in life are for free!"
So, when you get the chance to sit out on the beach -- somewhere -- with a nice, long, cool drink in your hand; look up and appreciate the clear, starry night. Because, once your holidays are over, you wouldn't even notice nor miss the stars - because the smog, cloud and electricity would banish them into obscurity!
Statue - Other than the ones found in temples, there are no other significant statues apart from this rather very large eagle statue (this is yet another good excuse to spend a lot of taxpayers' money) that was erected in vicinity of the ferry terminal in Kuah and the erection (no pun intended!) must have found favour among the senior government officials due its legendary significance.
Apparently, if one version is to be favoured, this island got its name from a contraction of 2 Malay words, one of which is a corruption of helang, an eagle.
See the relevance? No?
Well, LANGkawi and heLANG. Geddit?
So, this is the first part of one legend. For the second part of the same legend, please click here!
Sun-lotion - It is recommended that tourists use them unsparingly because the sun can be quite strong and merciless on the unprotected light-coloured skin. The higher the protective-factor the better. This might take you a little bit longer to get that desired tan, but most definitely the less painful and "blype-less" way!
Oh... blype is what you call the skin that peels off after a bad sunburn.
Synonyms - Coming soon!
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