Mina Tequila in KL

イスラム教の修行の一つとしてある 「ラマダン(断食)」 イスラム暦の 第9番目 の月に 1ヶ月間 行われる。1ヶ月間、全く何も食べないのではなく、 日没 から 日の出 までの間は食べてもOK! 日が昇っている間は水もガムも一切口にしない。 マレーシア もイスラム教徒が多い国なので、同僚や友達など断食している姿を見る。 この苦行は、食べ物のありがたみを理解したり、飢えで苦しんでいる人の気持ちを分かるために行うらしい。 病人や妊婦や旅行者などは免除されるらしいが、マレーシアでは宗教警察も見回りに来るため、イスラム教徒が昼間にレストランで。。。。となると逮捕らしい。 そんなこんなで、最近昼間の ショッピングセンター はガラガラ。 Buka Puasa といって Break fasting(断食明け) の時間が大体夜の7時半。 みんな友達や家族とレストランや家で盛大なご馳走を頂く。 レストランで集まるときは6時半から集合して、Buka Puasaの時間までス タンバイOK の状態で待ってる。 なので、夕方はBuka Puasaに向かう車と帰宅の車で 大渋滞 。 タクシーもなかなか捕まらず。。。 食事中の時間帯は見事に道路はガラガラ!! 移動にはちょうどいいけど、タクシーのおっちゃんもBuka Puasa 中で、いない。。笑 そんなこんなで、 異文化で生活中。 ラマダン中は事故も多いし物騒になるらしいから、KLのみなさんはお気をつけあそばせ。。。。

Date: 2011 Aug 28 - Aug 30 (Hari raya) Departed from: Pudu Raya bus terminal Departed to: Cameron Highland DAY1 Pudu Raya bus terminal On the way, we made a short rest stop at a small service area. There are toilets, small shops and canteen.  They have Malay food such as Nasi Campur and curry and local food. Almost 4 hours to get there!! Our bus dropped us at Tanah Rata (it's a downtown in this area.) Tanah Rata   First, we went to a small cafe, which is very old Chinese-Malaysian style mixed with British style. Of course, it's classic to have scones and a cup of tea!!   In Cameron highlands, strawberries are famous. You can put fresh strawberry jam on scones. It was very nice having scones with BOH Tea, which is also from Cameron highlands.  After being very satisfied with scones, we went up to our hotel; Equatorial Cameron Highland. The hotel is located at the high level of the highl...

My first visit to Pulau Perhentian during weekend. It was the toughest travel ever in my life.   It's a very famous diving spot and not only local people but many foreigners also go there. As they open the island on about April for the season, my boyfriend could not wait to dive xD We just went there without booking an accommodation.  We left KL at 9:30pm on Friday by bus and arrived at "near" the port at 5:30am on Saturday . (The bus company told us that the bus would go to the port to the island but actually they just dropped us in the middle of somewhere town, and a guy from the bus company rent a car and charged us 5rm per person to send us to the port. It was like 20-30 mins away from the port.) Anyway, we finally arrived at the port and took the first boat to Perhentian Island. It takes us to the island for 30-40mins by boat depending on the weather and Rm70 for round trip.  The weather was so clear on Saturday and our boat was not shaky at all. I e...