SNAKE!!

No...it's a lizard.  The 'SNAAAKE' comment is an inside joke...and in the spirit of not wanting to embarass anyone (or risk losing my life), I'll keep it as such.

This little guy (hmmm...1.5M) lived and wandered the grounds of the Sheraton Perdana in Langkawi.  He lived in a tree just above our favorite restaurant there and he would cause quite a stir when he decided to venture out of his hole to take a walk or get some food.  Particularly exciting was when he couldn't be bothered to walk around the pool...rather, swim through it.  Most people would stand by and point and give him his space...some little kids would scream bloody murder and get out of the pool permanently.  He was the perfect recipe to a quite day by the pool.  heh...