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Langkawi Sky Bridge

Wednesday, 21st May 2008 by James

The Langkawi Sky Bridge perches precariously over a spectacular chasm, 700m above sea level on Pulau Langkawi, an island within Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago of 99 distinct islands1.

Incredibly, the cable-stayed bridge actually curves 125m around a single support, sweeping out dramatically over the vast emptiness below.

Acrophobics should probably avoid watching this wonderfully terrifying Youtube video, and gephyrophobiacs definitely won’t enjoy these stunning bridge-level photos…

Thanks to Rusbridge.

  1. Except at low tide, when the archipelago consists of 104 islands. ↩

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5 Responses to 'Langkawi Sky Bridge'

  1. 1. horiyochi says: May 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 am

    Its Pulau Langkawi not Palau. Pulau is a Malay word means island. Langkawi came from the word helang, which means eagle..

    Nice post!

  2. Google Sightseeing Admin
    2. James says: May 22nd, 2008 at 6:41 am

    Thanks horiyochi, I’ve fixed the typo.

  3. 3. julian says: May 22nd, 2008 at 8:57 am

    Hope you don’t mind me posting something similar from Spain:
    http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/heres-video-that-came-across-week-or-so.html
    You would not catch me walking along this one! The video is super scary.

  4. 4. dr.R. says: May 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    Cool! Two things puzzle me, though… How can the number of islands in the archipelago increase at low tide? I can imagine that at low tide some islands become connected, so you would expect there would be less islands. But if an island is underwater during high tide, it’s probably not an island but a shoal or mud flat or something…

    And secondly, how do acrophobics feel when using Google Earth?

  5. 5. Aaron says: May 23rd, 2008 at 3:24 am

    Julian: Wow! Watching that video and humming the Indiana Jones theme just then…. Whew! Gotta go catch my breath.

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