GOASIAPLUS October 2019
It is time we take environmental matters seriously. These hotels around Asia set an absolutely inspiring example for households and offer a solution for green travel. For new experiences, homestay in a Malaysian kampong would be fresh change to sightseeing and museum visits. We also hope that you may find something you'd like in the Halal food in New Zealand feature.
It is time we take environmental matters seriously. These hotels around Asia set an absolutely inspiring example for households and offer a solution for green travel. For new experiences, homestay in a Malaysian kampong would be fresh change to sightseeing and museum visits. We also hope that you may find something you'd like in the Halal food in New Zealand feature.
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TRAVEL<br />
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Meal time was a feast in Kampung Raga as<br />
our visit were in time with the harvests of durian,<br />
rambutans and other local fruits. Orchard owners<br />
in the kampong gracefully laid out their yields to<br />
be shared with our lot. Their modest and charitable<br />
lifestyle extends to my lovely host, Mak Nor Fatimah,<br />
who kept herself busy during my stay by preparing<br />
handmade pisang cekodok (deep-fried doughball<br />
stuffed with banana) and karipap in the wee hours of<br />
morning for breakfast.<br />
To top things off, the setting is endlessly filled<br />
with nature's music from the sound of a rooster<br />
crowing in the morning to crickets chirping at night.<br />
When the surroundings are peacefully calm, the<br />
thuds of durian falling to the ground calls us for a<br />
fruit hunt.<br />
We return not only with pleasant memories but<br />
were surprised with a bag full of freshly plucked<br />
fruits; it goes to show the locals’ continuous candid<br />
generosity to us, from letting us into their houses to<br />
gifting their harvests to strangers without hesitation.<br />
If I could add, the homestay in Kampung Raga is<br />
perhaps the best unassuming reflection of a warm<br />
Malaysian hospitality in our tourism industry.<br />
1 A clear skyview to observe<br />
stars at Kampung Raga 2<br />
Horse-riding with a guide for<br />
beginners 3 Self-made kuih<br />
karas to enjoy after class 4<br />
Entrance to Mukas Stingless<br />
Bee Farm 5 Early steps in the<br />
making of "bunga telur" 6-7<br />
Harvests from the orchard is<br />
sold in the village 8 Hearty<br />
breakfast by Mak Nor Fatimah<br />
9 The cool running river in<br />
Kampung Raga<br />
HOW DOES HOMESTAY WORKS IN KAMPUNG RAGA?<br />
If you are travelling in a large group, you will be assigned in pairs to live in different houses for the duration of your stay.<br />
You will share the common space (eg. living area, dining room and kitchen) with your host family and occupy the guest<br />
room in the house.<br />
Although guests are free to walk around the kampong, avoid trespassing unfamiliar houses and reaping harvests in the<br />
orchard unless you are given permission to do so.<br />
For booking and enquiries, call +6013-4668191 or visit Homestay Kampung Raga on Facebook.<br />
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