{"id":3021,"date":"2024-03-10T07:39:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T06:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/blog\/articles\/malaysia-vampire-attack-dangers\/"},"modified":"2024-10-22T08:14:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T06:14:43","slug":"malaysia-vampire-attack-dangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/en\/blog\/articles\/malaysia-vampire-attack-dangers\/","title":{"rendered":"About the vampires that infested in Malaysia. What to beware of in the Asian jungle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3021\" class=\"elementor elementor-3021 elementor-2959\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-958bdcb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"958bdcb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce4c510\" data-id=\"ce4c510\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c238a07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c238a07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>During one of the visa runs to Malaysia, together with Anton and Iza we ended up on the Langkawi island. Beautiful nature, no crowds of tourists, a few days of sleeping in tents on the beach. One day we went on a hike to a waterfall, which turned out to be more of a stream. When we found a trail to a lookout point, we decided that this was the way to make up for the small disappointment. After just 30 minutes there were the first signs that this was not a good idea.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-c238a07-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-530b9d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"530b9d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-510d178\" data-id=\"510d178\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23aebbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23aebbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It started with a warning sign, stating that the further route was at your own risk. The farther you go, the more &#8220;wild&#8221; the atmosphere, the damaged stairs, the domination of nature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They do not yet know what awaits them&#8230;.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-23aebbf-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2aa682 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2aa682\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc47f6e\" data-id=\"fc47f6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b2a6df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b2a6df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-09-at-11.26.41-rcdkxfl3jfcewndhxiy6so2d6jicoz17jn57x9uh3k.jpeg\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.26.41\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.26.41\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-2b2a6df-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1198f21\" data-id=\"1198f21\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be0e5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6be0e5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-09-at-11.27.23-rcdkxfl3jfcewndhxiy6so2d6jicoz17jn57x9uh3k.jpeg\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.27.23\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.27.23\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-6be0e5a-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d002dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d002dd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b218953\" data-id=\"b218953\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3386b71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3386b71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>After an hour we were exhausted. Sweaty as rats, the humidity soaked all our clothes dry. The worst part was that we didn&#8217;t know how far we were from the viewpoint, but it was a shame to turn back. I rather not give up, but honestly from fatigue inside I cried. In the group strength, so no one even dared to suggest that we go back. <b>We met a couple<\/b> who were returning from the mountain and gave us encouragement, saying that we still had about 45 min. 45 minutes left. I didn&#8217;t even have the strength for another 5, but knowing that we weren&#8217;t going indefinitely improved our mood. In addition, they advertised the destination well by mentioning the beautiful birds that live on their summit. They also warned us about something I was totally not expecting&#8230; <b>land leeches!<\/b><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-3386b71-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec2b351 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec2b351\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47e9b3f\" data-id=\"47e9b3f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a5a486 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a5a486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From then on, I checked my arms and legs practically every minute. After about an hour, I noticed that we were practically there, so I sped up, only to lie down on something flat and die. battered by life, we didn&#8217;t even speak to each other. We were soaked from the humidity down to our underwear, so we had to hang our clothes out to dry.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-9a5a486-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba05c18 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"ba05c18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5323739\" data-id=\"5323739\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ab221e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ab221e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-10-at-13.13.43-rcdkxfl3jfcewndhxiy6so2d6jicoz17jn57x9uh3k.jpeg\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-10 at 13.13.43\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-10 at 13.13.43\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-4ab221e-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6671d32\" data-id=\"6671d32\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a73dc9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a73dc9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-09-at-11.26.41-1-rcdkxfl3jfcewndhxiy6so2d6jicoz17jn57x9uh3k.jpeg\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.26.41 (1)\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.26.41 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-a73dc9c-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a827b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a827b3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eacc7dd\" data-id=\"eacc7dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ab1ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37ab1ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Silent bloodsuckers<\/h2><style id=\"core-37ab1ed-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8fcfbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8fcfbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At one point I noticed that from between my toes in my sandals <b>I was bleeding heavily.<\/b> I was surprised because I didn&#8217;t feel anything, nor did I hit anything. When I took off my shoes, it turned out that under the material of the shoe were three silent <b>bloodsuckers<\/b>&#8230; Terrified? Hardly, I panicked. Anton, although he also found two at his place, helped me, dropping the monsters with a stick. These creatures, a second after being torn off, &#8220;stood&#8221; at one end and took to the air to look for the next victim (or the existing one). It was such a horrible and frightening sight that everyone grabbed a shoe to annihilate them. In conclusion, it came out that Anton had <b>2 leeches on the counter<\/b>, in my case it was <b>5<\/b>, because I found two more under the other sandal&#8230;.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-a8fcfbb-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c57bf2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c57bf2d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-81ce6e8\" data-id=\"81ce6e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca19f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cca19f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ok, we are saved. Are we&#8230;? I had my whole feet in blood, and as it turns out, these creatures <b>inject<\/b> an <b>anesthetic and blood-thinning agent<\/b> so that the victim is not aware of the problem, and the meal itself goes off without a hitch&#8230;.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-cca19f5-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbd09f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbd09f7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66f3bc5\" data-id=\"66f3bc5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66bd774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66bd774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-09-at-11.27.27-rcdkxfl3jfcewndhxiy6so2d6jicoz17jn57x9uh3k.jpeg\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.27.27\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.27.27\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-66bd774-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f0f542\" data-id=\"2f0f542\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aba40e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aba40e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-03-09-at-11.27.28-1-rcdkxfl3jfcewndhxiy6so2d6jicoz17jn57x9uh3k.jpeg\" title=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.27.28 (1)\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2024-03-09 at 11.27.28 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-aba40e5-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7b0004 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7b0004\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12fac7f\" data-id=\"12fac7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0545afa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0545afa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Despite taming the &#8220;bleeding&#8221; with tissues, the next hour I was bleeding heavily all the time. We had long since run out of water or anything with which to protect my feet. And now the worst part of the adventure &#8211; how am I, bleeding all over, supposed to get back down through the jungle, where earlier, without bleeding, 5 leeches quietly got me. Now I will be like <b>a walking Christmas Eve feast<\/b>, to which, on the occasion of the first visible star in the sky, they <span style=\"background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-4); color: var(--theme-text-color); font-family: var(--theme-font-family); font-size: var(--theme-font-size); font-style: var(--theme-font-style, inherit); font-weight: var(--theme-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-align: inherit; text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\">invite from the closest church with the ringing of bells.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-0545afa-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5ae4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"ed5ae4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/c44.travelpayouts.com\/content?trs=283639&shmarker=503631.503631&locale=en&from=Kuala%20Lumpur&to=Langkawi&from_en=Kuala%20Lumpur&to_en=Langkawi&powered_by=true&color=default&title=Transportation%20Kuala%20Lumpur%20-%20Langkawi%2012go.asia&border=true&promo_id=1506\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><style id=\"core-ed5ae4a-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-162e954 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"162e954\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3108e52\" data-id=\"3108e52\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef5ff71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ef5ff71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In search of rescue<\/h2><style id=\"core-ef5ff71-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9b3c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9b3c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-4); font-family: var(--theme-font-family); font-size: var(--theme-font-size); font-style: var(--theme-font-style, inherit); font-weight: var(--theme-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-align: inherit; text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\" href=\"https:\/\/g.co\/kgs\/CWQgto9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Next to the viewpoint<\/a>, which, by the way, did not have the final birds advertised to us&#8230; We were dying a good hour. <b>Chinese tourists<\/b> who arrived by car helped me by sharing water and tissues. However, nothing helped to stop the bleeding.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-f9b3c1b-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90e717d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90e717d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe31a7d\" data-id=\"fe31a7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a148f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a148f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cabs were not getting to the top, so we started asking if we could be driven down, or at least 1 person to return with our scooter, which we parked at the bottom.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-a148f79-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4286e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4286e2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fd72c5\" data-id=\"9fd72c5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e620a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e620a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eventually a <b>local teenage girl<\/b> and her two brothers helped us, where they each took us to the back of their vehicles. We were mega grateful, especially since the girl was <b>Muslim<\/b>. In her religion, it is forbidden to even touch a foreign man. 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Even though we walked down the stairs and not on the ground &#8211; into the jungle only with covered footwear! And read more about the creatures lurking in the bushes <a style=\"background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-4); font-family: var(--theme-font-family); font-size: var(--theme-font-size); font-style: var(--theme-font-style, inherit); font-weight: var(--theme-font-weight); letter-spacing: var(--theme-letter-spacing); text-align: inherit; text-transform: var(--theme-text-transform);\" href=\"https:\/\/onahammock.com\/en\/blog\/articles\/thailand-dangerous-animals\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-f6447a6-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b16b20e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b16b20e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/c44.travelpayouts.com\/content?trs=283639&shmarker=503631.503631&locale=en&from=Kuala%20Lumpur&to=Langkawi&from_en=Kuala%20Lumpur&to_en=Langkawi&powered_by=true&color=default&title=Transportation%20Kuala%20Lumpur%20-%20Langkawi%2012go.asia&border=true&promo_id=1506\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><style id=\"core-b16b20e-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During one of the visa runs to Malaysia, together with Anton and Iza we ended up on the Langkawi island. 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