Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko ngā whakaaro kē, e kitea ana e au, he tino kore āwhina, nō reira i mua i taku haerenga ki te Datai, he hōtera papai i Malaysia, i whakatau ahau kia kaua e rapu kōrero mō taua mea. I pai ake ahau ki te whakamanamana - ki te kore - i taku taenga mai. I haereere ahau me taku mokopuna tawhito a Doon Mackichan (mai i Smack The Pony, Plebs, The Day Today). Tata ki te 30 tau ki muri i tutaki ai ō mātau ara i a mātau e tauhou ana i roto i te ao whakaari, engari mai i taua wā, i te tupono, kua whiwhi mātau i ngā whare wā-wā i te taone moana kotahi. Nā Doon ahau i whakaako ki te haere hei toa ki roto i te awa makariri. Ko te taonga nui: Ko te Datai Hotel he tae katoa me te miharo o te Emerald City, e kii ana a Maria McErlane. I a mātau e rere ana ki te Tairāwhiti, i reira tētahi mea o te Hinge and Bracket e pā ana ki a mātau, e rere haere ana i roto i ngā oro o te kaiwhakaari, e ngana ana ki te whakawai i te kapa Air Malaysia kia whakawhiwhia mai ki a mātau he whakarewatanga. (Kāore i tutuki.) Engari i warewaretia wawe, ā, ko te koa o te mahue i a Peretana i muri i te makariri o waenganui o Tihema, i tino kitea i te wā i eke ai mātou ki te hau nui o Langkawi. I muri i te haerenga 30 meneti mā roto i te pōuri me ngā ngahere e kore e taea te toro atu, ka puta mai te Datai me ōna tae katoa me ngā mea whakamiharo o te Taone o Emerald. He hoiho tino nui, he mea whakairo, he mea whakamarama e nga rama tawhito, i tiaki i te tomokanga, i te wa e powhiri mai ana nga kaimahi o Malaysia i nga kakahu hiraka ataahua ki a matou me nga inu. I te papamuri, ko te kaiwaiata, kaiwaiata, kaiwaiata o te whare nui, i haere atu ki te waiata I Just Called To Say I Love You. He tohu iti o te mauiui. Ko Langkawi he moutere o nga moutere 104 i te Moana Andaman, 20 maero i te takutai o Malaysia. I te tau 2007 i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te mana Geopark o te Ao e Unesco. Ko te Datai Hotel and Resort kei te raki-hauauru o te motu. Ko Maria McErlane (matau) me te kaitoi Doon Mackichan i te hotera o Datai i Malaysia. I hangaia tēnei pararaiha i waenganui i tētahi ngahere ua tekau miriona tau te pakeke i te tau 1990. I hangaia e te kaihoahoa o Ahitereiria a Kerry Hill huri noa i te Bay Datai - he takutai onepu ma, i pootihia ko tetahi o nga tekau tino ataahua o te ao, me tana papamuri ataahua o te ngahere...
I haere tahi a Maria McErlane me tana hoa a Doon Mackichan. I kaukau te tokorua i te ata, i te ahiahi, i te po i te Moana Andaman. E waiatahia ana e ngā ngārara me ngā ngārara rākau pōuri.