article_snippet.sent: Langkawi is an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea, 20 miles off the coast of Malaysia.
article_snippet.sent: In 2007 it was given World Geopark status by Unesco.
article_snippet.sent: This paradise in the middle of a ten million-year-old rainforest was created in 1990.
article_snippet.sent: Designed by Australian architect Kerry Hill around Datai Bay - a white sandy crescent beach voted one of the ten most beautiful in the world, with its magnificent backdrop of jungle and mountains - the resort took three years to complete.
article_snippet.sent: painter Doon Mackichan at The Datai hotel in Malaysia sourced wood, marble and stone from across the island and mainland Malaysia to create Mayan walls, Malay roofs and Japanese screens.
article_snippet.sent: Doon remarked that it resembled a 'birds' nest in the sky', albeit one that serves traditional Thai cuisine.
article_snippet.sent: The most pleasing element of our beach view was the lack of visiting boats, save for the Naga Pelangi (Rainbow Dragon), a traditional wooden Malaysian junk schooner hand-built in the boatyards of Duyung island on the east coast of Malaysia.