Raya 2011

We had a good Raya today (Tue 30 Aug 2011) although a slightly bad start at the mosque where we had the Aidil Fitri prayers. The Nazir Ugama as usual blasted away with his oratory which was quite unpleasant. He took too long to deliver his "khutbah" so I walked out after the first khutbah. I was told later that this incurred his wrath and I somewhat became the subject of his second khutbah which finally ended at 11:00 am. Anyway, we had a good breakfast at Mama's with the family;

only Ida, Faizal and Zaki were absent. After that it was Open House at Bonda's starting from 12:00 noon - in fact a couple of Rotarian guests came at 11:45 am - and ending around 6:00 pm. It was a pleasant day, no rain, and a fairly large crowd of relatives and friends turned up; some non-Malays even wearing the "baju Melayu"

My Africa story is in SUV.4x4.MPV magazine

The August issue of the SUV.4x4.MPV magazine has my story on Trans-Africa IV. I have also written in the "Berita Pudu", my Rotary club's weekly newsletter from issue #1 to issue #6. Read all about it here http://www.rotarypudu.org.my. Click on Berita Pudu button on the menu panel to access.

I’ve crossed the Equator twice

The first time I physically crossed the Equator ie walked across it was in Quito, Ecuador on December 2, 2008. This was when I did the South America II trip from Lima, Peru to Cartagena, Columbia via Caracas, Venezuela.

Then on May 31, 2011, I did it again; this time at Nanyuki in Kenya, Africa. And this was when I did the Trans Africa IV trip from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Cairo Egypt. (Travel Blog not ready yet.)