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Luxury and Free WiFi at The Datai, Oh My

Where: Jalan Teluk Datai | Pulau,, Langkawi, Malaysia, 07000

We reported very briefly on the The Datai Langkawi a while back when a top hotel inspector added the place to his top hotels list.

But now we want to take a closer look. For starters, the Datai is located within a tropical rainforest on the northwestern tip of the island of Langkawi (off the coast of mainland Malaysia). So already you have an amazing location to work with.

Inside the hotel, there are four different types of accommodations--deluxe rooms, pool villas, superior villas and suites--yet all of them have at least a bedroom and a living room area, along with technological amenities like a BOSE stereo system and get this, complimentary high-speed internet.

More about the hotel can be found on its web site where cutesy little poems like this one deliver the information you want to hear.

Blended to echo nature, mixed with style and fine traditions, It maintains quality and excellence as its overwhelming missions. Look around you and you’ll notice subtlety and air, Of a hotel-experience that is beyond all compare.

Elsewhere on the resort you will find a golf course, a spa and four dining options. We are pretty much sold on the resort just judging from the pictures alone, but luckily the TripAdvisor reviews stack up as well. Everyone praises the location and the service. In fact, the only thing wrong about the resort is that it's not a great place for singles.

Naturally, the place has won some accolades and the folks over at Five Star Alliance named the hotel as one of Malaysia's top luxury picks. Another sign that this place is as good as it looks? The candid photos on TripAdvisor which are notoriously crappy (think blurry snapshots and pointless portraits) look like near perfection so you can imagine that this place is even better in real life.

Unfortunately, you may want to wait another year before heading here. The resort is starting a series of (needed) room renovations in May. It will still be open during the renovations but we say wait until December 2007 when its completed to enjoy the full effect.

Related Stories:
· Best Luxury Hotels in Malaysia [Five Star Alliance]
· The Datai Langkawi reviews [TripAdvisor]

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Hotel Lizard Doubles as Hotel Pool Monitor

Where: Teluk Burau,, Langkawi, Malaysia, 07000

If you have a fear of reptiles, then you should avoid this hotel. At the Mutiara Burau Bay in Langkawi, Malaysia, there's a resident lizard who likes to swim in the pool every few hours. No word on what type of lifeguard training it has done.

On the other hand, if you want to see wildlife without going to an amusement park, then this is the place for you:

Monkeys could be seen every day including lots of babies, monitor lizards strolling around and one even came for a swim with us on our last day! Loads of squirrels everywhere and the most amazing birds. I took tons of photos. In most places you have to travel around or go on tours to see the wildlife, here it was all around you.

Related Stories:
· Lizard in My Hotel Pool [YouTube]
· Mutiara Burau Bay reviews [TripAdvisor]