Malaysian Lizard

Yesterday as I was opening the back door from the Kitchen to the Wet Kitchen area I spotted a large (large by my stardards) Lizard on the back wall of the property; the wall isn't far from the door or wet kitchen, so I was a bit startled! I've never lived anywhere where lizards are right outside before! I'm fairly sure it was a lizard. I called R and he came downstairs to take a look, he was able to snap two photos before the lizard went hiding inside one of the wall drainage holes. I checked "Malaysian Lizards"online and don't think there are any images of this exact type. The lizard had a snake-like face with a long snake-like tongue that he kept outside his mouth. He looked a bit sinister and scary. We waited for awhile to see if it would emerge, but it did not.

If anyone has any idea what type of lizard this guy is, please let me know. Thanks

The Beehive

While the first roof contractors (we are on our second now, more later) were working on the Roof at the side of the house behind one of the long wooden slats they found a live beehive (tile roofs in Malaysia are open at the bottom on the curve to let hot air out, so ‘things’ can go in there). We had to have some bee specialists come to remove the hive.

They told us they can only remove it at night when all the bees are there, so they came after dark and worked for about 45 minutes removing the bees which they told us were Honey Bees.