It's said that a couple who had been married 19 years without having children set that legend in motion. The woman apparently saw the lake in a dream, came to its shore to drink and became pregnant soon after. There are other landmarks here, a giant Eagle, erected at the cost of millions to overlook a harbour. Nearby there is a massive hotel that lies empty, the expected tourist guests never materializing. The reason is simple.
Visitors prefer the beach.
The Pelangi resort offers good reason why. Feeding the monkeys in Langkawi. Sprawled along several kms of sand overlooking the South China Sea, its tranquility is the stuff dreams are made of. At 6 a.m., jogging along the beach, the sun just coming up, the traffic jams on the Gardiner Expressway are as far away as the Moon. It's cheap enough to live.