Morib
42700 Banting
Coordinates: 2.748488,
101.443302
Today is Hari Raya
Aidilfitri or Eid al-Fitr (feast of breaking the fast) is an important
religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of
Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.
In Kuala Lumpur the few
days leading up to Hari Raya Aidilfitri marks the mass exodus of almost the
entire population to their respective hometowns, regardless of race or
religion.
Driving in and around
Kuala Lumpur is an absolute pleasure with very light traffic peppering the
various roads, freeways and highways?
With nowhere to go and
nothing to do we decided on a leisurely drive to the nearest beach we know,
Pantai Morib or Morib Beach located some seventy kilometres away. Due to the
very light traffic a trip to Morib would normally take a couple of hours, but
we arrived within the hour.
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| a warning about adultery at the base? |
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| newly added ornaments |
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| low tide stretches 1-2km out to the Straits of Malacca |
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| quiet seaside front |
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| even this vendor had little business |
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| not exactly what I'm used to, but a beach nonetheless |
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| the little square at the front of the beach |
From Wikipedia: Morib Beach is a quiet
seaside tourist attraction. It was one of the first landing points on the west
coast for the British and Indian Army liberation forces during end of World War
II in 1945. A stone marker to commemorate the British Indian army’s landing at this
beach during the Second World War can be found.
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| commemorative stone marker |
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| a solitary piece of history |
Apart from the entry in Wikipedia,
nothing else can be found in terms of literature on the place.
After a thorough inspection of the
place, we adjourned to a hawker stall nearby to enjoy some refreshing coconut
water.
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| hits the spot |
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| care for some? |
Thus ends our day at Pantai Morib, and
we drove back in relative peace and calm made possible by Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
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