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| Happy Deepavali |
How lucky could we be! We have just experienced extraordinary hospitality by an Indian family to help celebrate their festival of Deepavali or Diwali; a celebration of good over evil which, to Hindus, is as important to them as Christmas is to Christians. It also marks the start of a new financial year for Indian businesses of which Malaysia has many despite being a mere 7% of the population.
We had met an Indian gentleman, Mohan, who, amongst a myriad of others things, hired out cars. He had been recommended to us by a fellow cruiser. We are never normally so extravagant that we would rent a car but discovered that just collecting fuel ourselves would constitute a saving of nearly half the cost of hiring one in addition to offering us invaluable access to supply shops and supermarkets during our stay on the hard. Thus decided, this extremely bubbly chap offered us a little 'Noddy' car for a very reasonable price and then proceeded to invite us and two other boats to his family's home for lunch to celebrate Deepavali. We gladly accepted.
What a lovely home and how incredibly welcoming they all were. And the food; an outstanding array of curries and other Indian treats were laid out for anyone entering their home for a visit and there appeared to be non-stop visitors dropping by throughout the day.
A fabulous experience.
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