Caught in a Monsoon

October 16 (Sunday)

As far as I can tell, there isn't a single foreigner in town. The locals sort of saunter around the main street. It really reminds me of Nishiarita.

After reading some in the park behind the mosque, I spent some time in a partly constructed shopping center. There's a lot of development going on in town, and this place up on the hill is quite nice. Then I start wandering up random streets. However, I must have wandered a bit too far because the monsoon came in quick and strong and I had to take shelter at a closed street kiosk. For two hours the rain came pounding down, and I must have really amused the confused neighbors.

The monsoon subsided, and I walked back to town. Tonight I feasted on the Ramadan goodness. For the entire month of Ramadan, the Muslims fast during the day and feast at night. So, around sunset, a food market sprouts up selling delicacies of all sorts. The one in Kuala Lipis was quite enticing and I ended up buying RM 10 ($3) worth of food, which turned out to be too much!