Scootering madness!

Well Matt and I have been making good use of the scooter. We have buzzed around almost the entire island - it has been so much fun!!!
Our second trip on the scoots was to a northern beach here in Langkowi where we rented a boat and a driver for an amazing mangrove tour! We fed eagles, monkeys, stingrays and went through a bat cave. They were creepy little suckers but luckily they did not attack us as we walked past them like they do in the movies. I had visions of them getting tangled in my hair and me screaming like an idiot. But all went well!
The eagles were amazing, our driver dumped pieces of chicken onto the water and suddenly all these eagles came out of the mangroves, swooped down and picked the pieces up with their claws - beautiful!
We then went further in where the driver gave me some bread and I fed it to all sorts of little monkeys! One even jumped in the boat and had to jump in the water and swim back!
Yesterday we did a long drive around another part of the island and today we went on a jungle trekking tour, where we were rigged into harnesses and such! We repelled off rocks, zip lined from tree to tree and did a whole lot of climbing too! Lots of exercise, sweat, tired arms and jelly like legs. We had a great group of people with us and had an absolute blast.
However we are now back from lunch and plan to just relax and unwind for a bit. Here it is best to go to the beach in the late afternoon as the heat is just too intense (I can't believe I am saying this!) But those crazy Europeans are out there at the crack of dawn till end of day in the sun. I have never seen as many sunburns as I have here! They are mad! Luckily with all the beaches in our foreseeable future, I do not feel the need to plaster myself to a beach towel for hours at a time! But I won't lie - if I only had a week or two I would more then likely be out there!
This has been such a different speed then India and we have burned off all the chub we put on after the oil and carb laden food we had consumed. I swear you just sweat it off here!!!! The food is also much lighter, but for the most part you don't really eat a whole lot because again, this heat saps away your hunger. We have however dabbled in a lot of yogurt drinks and icecream bars! Yum!
Well I think I am off to take a shower, read my book and dabble in a lunch time vodka/soda. Missing you all like madness,
Vee
xxoo