Langkawi got its name from "lang", as in helang (eagle) and "kawi" which means reddish-brown in old Malay. I'm not sure what happened to the original reddish-brown eagles that gave Langkawi its name, but now there is one huge eagle on Dataran Lang (Eagle Square) to keep the myth going. :P
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| reaching the square |
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| the entrance arch looks better from the other side, because of the position of the sun (it was nearing sunset when we arrived there) |
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| view of the square |
Here is the eagle from a few different angles:
Next post on Langkawi will the the last!
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