The Wildlife Door

Malcolm
Monkeys in the trees outside the room

Fred

The room we stayed in had a front and and back door. The back door led on to a small porch and beyond that was a small paved area and then the jungle. Perhentian Besar where we stayed does not have any town or village. There are resorts along the coast line but the rest of the island is still untouched jungle. On the first day we got settled in the room and went to have a look out the back. To our amazement there was a snake right outside the door on a big plant that came over on to our porch. It was so nice. It was bright green and practically the same colour as the plant, I named it Fred. We later found out it was an Oriental Whip Snake which are quite common and not venomous. Not that we minded anyway as it was quiet placid. It stayed there until the next afternoon by which time i think it got annoyed by us constantly going out to gorp at it.
The next day I saw a monitor lizard it wasnt a big one but it was still really nice. It seemed to live just out the back as we often saw it. Pete named it Malcolm. Well they have to have names :-)
On the last day I awoke and decided to look out of the wildlife door to see if there was anything exciting and there was. There was a family of monkeys in the trees right by us. I had not seen these particular type before. They were back all over except on their face where their facial features where outlined in white. There was a mother monkey who had a baby and that was bright orange. They were really cute and stayed in the trees all day and we could even hear them that night.

This is one of the best things about Malaysia. The abundance of wildlife.