DAULAT DATAI! THE DATAI HOTEL RULES OK! TOUTED AS THE BEST HOTEL IN LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA'S FABLED, FANTASY ISLAND, THE DATAI IS A SUPERLATIVE 6 STAR HOTEL FIT FOR A KING AND ANY NUMBER OF QUEENS! I STAYED AT VILLA 6 WHICH COSTS RM 2,500 A NIGHTB AFTER DISCOUNT FROM RM 3,000! THAT'S US$1,000 A NIGHT WHICH SHOULD BE RM 3,700 SINCE THE WEAKENING OF THE RINGGIT!

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 GRAND ENTRANCE OF THE DATAI LANGKAWI

 OLD STYLE MAHSURI ARCHITECTURE

 GRAND LOBBY WITH  THE FAMOUS 2 CARVED WOODEN HORSES

 IMPOSING

 STUNNING

 VERY DE BIG HORSE---LIFE SIZED SUMORE!

 FAT FROG ADMIRING LILIES 

 LUX ROOMS

 GOOD VIEW

 MAIN LOBBY

 COOL POOL

 LILY POOL IN AFTERNOON

 NO BLOOMS IN SIGHT!

 KIRAN THE PR MANAGER OF THE DATAI

 KIRAN AND DATO KEE HUA CHEE

 LUSH GARDEN

 STAGHORN FERN

 IMPRESSIVE GREENS

 I CAME AT 10 AM AND THE LILIES WERE IN FULL BLOOM! THEY FLOWER IN THE MORNING ONLY FOR A FEW HOURS AND CLOSE THEIR PETALS BY 11.30 AM AND REOPEN AFTER 6 PM!

 LOVELY LILIES

 LOBBY SHOT AGAIN

 BIG HORSEY!

 FAT FROG ADMIRING LILIES

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE WEARS COUTURE GARMENTS WITH COLORFUL SQUIGGLES AND CAUSED A SENSATION IN LANGKAWI AS USUAL

 A BIT OF MAYAN/INCAN MEET ROBERTO CAVALLI

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE OUTSHINES THE LILIES

 DATO KEE HUA CHEE IN FULL BLOOM

 THERESA AND ATIF 

 MANY MISTAKE ATIF NASRUN FOR A MOVIE STAR AS HE VERY DE HANDSOME

 ACTING GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DATAI JAYA NAZREEN

 FAT FROG ADMIRING RED LILIES

 IRSHAD TAKES US FOR FLORAL TOUR OF DISCOVERY IN THE GARDENS OF THE DATAI AND I LEARNED LOTS FROM HIM!

 IRSHAD CONDUCTS SHORT BUT INTERESTING GUIDED TOURS OF LANGKAWI'S FLORA AND FAUNA

 FEMALE CYCADS WITH RIPE PODS THAT RESEMBLE YELLOWY SMALL BALLS SAME SIZE AS MALE BALLS

 THIS IS A FEMALE CYCAD WHICH IS NOT A PALM OR TREE FERN BUT AN ANCIENT SPECIES THAT SURVIVED THE DINOSAURS AND THE SPECIES IS SOME 250 MILLION YEARS OLD!

 THIS IS THE MALE CYCAD WHICH AMAZINGLY RESEMBLES THE MALE PENIS AND A THICK, FAT COCK AT THAT!

 NEW COCK GROWING!

 THE OLD BROWN DICK REALLY LOOKS LIKE HUMAN COCK!

 ANOTHER LAN CHAIU! 

 2 DICKS! THIS IS A MALE CYCAD!

THE DATAI

IRSHAD LECTURING US

THIS TREE HAS BARK THAT PEELS AND FALLS OFF SO THIS FERN IS TIED TO THE TRUNK!

POOL SO COOL

SHADY

STRANGLER FIG SLOWLY KILLING HOST TREE WHILE A CREEPER CREEPS UP HARMLESSLY

THE STRANGLER FIG WILL KILL THE HOST TREE IN 30 TO 40 YEARS

LOOK AT THE EVIL STRANGLER FIG STRANGLING THE HOST TREE!

THE BERRIES FROM STRANGLER FIG ARE FAVORED BY BIRDS AND MONKEYS AND I SAW SOME MACAQUES AND LANGURS PLUS A GREAT HORNBILL!

AMAZING RESTAURANT ON STILTS

POOL VIEW

DRAMA HORSE

LOOKS LIKE HORSE'S MASSIVE COCK BUT IS ITS TAIL!

THE LILIES HAVE FOLDED THEIR PETALS

MY VILLA #6! RM 3,000 A NIGHT! NOTE MY NEW BONIA SUITCASE

MY NEW BONIA SUITCASE MATCHES MY VILLA EXACTLY!

DAY BED!

MY BATHROOM IS SIZE OF TOKYO FLAT!

ISMAIL OMAR OPENS THE BLINDS

MY BATHROOM IS VERY DE BIG

LUXURIOUS BATH!

THE MONKEYS CAN SEE ME NAKED IN MY BATH

I ENJOY SOAKING HERE AS THE MONKEYS ADMIRE ME

HIS AND HERS BASINS

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IN VILLA #6

THIS IS THE LIFE!

DATO KEE HUA CHEE LIVING LIFE TO THE MAX

LIFE IN THE DATAI IS REALLY WORTH LIVING!

LOOK AT DATO KEE HUA CHEE'S EXOTIC GARMENTS MATCHING HIS TROPICAL SURROUNDINGS!

EVERYTHING'S LOOKING UP FOR DATO KEE HUA CHEE

DATO KEE HUA CHEE IN HIS BATHROOM

HELLO LIFE!

DREAMY BEDROOM

WELCOME FRUITS AND CAKES

MY BEDROOM---NOTE MY FABULOUS NEW BONIA SUITCASE!

LOVE MY BONIA SUITCASE

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET

MY LIVING ROOM

MY BALCONY IN VILLA 6

2 LEVELS!

JUNGLE VIEW!

MY BALCONY

BALCONY WITH A VIEW OF RAINFOREST

FANTASTIC

MY BED AT VILLA 6

DAY BED

BATHROOM

LOOK AT THE PLANTS OUTSIDE MY BATHTUB!

DATAI'S BUNGALOWS NESTLE AMID THE TREES

THIS IS MY VILLA #6

VILLA NEXTDOOR

MY DOOR WITH SIDE WINDOWS OPENED

MY WORKDESK

DAY BED WITH BLINDS UP

PERFECT FOR LOUNGING

MY NEW BONIA SUITCASE BLENDS IN PERFECTLY

HAVE BONIA WILL TRAVEL!

ME AND MY BONIA

BONIA AT HOME IN VILLA #6 AT THE DATAI, LANGKAWI