Business Communication 2 EPM3: Malaysia Climate

Hello everyone

This week we are in Malaysia in the city Betong. It’s very hot here since Malaysia has a tropical climate with high temperatures and high humidity throughout the year. Through the day the temperature rise above 30°C and at night-time temperature doesn’t drop below 20°C. The weather here is very different from Belgium. Malaysia is affected by the south-west monsoon from May to September and the north-east monsoon from November to March. Not all the parts of the country have their dry and wet seasons at the same time of the year. Some different parts of the country have their dry and wet seasons at different times of the year.

Malaysia- Sunrise

We wear lightweight, loose-fitting clothes but unfortunately we can’t walk around in our short and bikini’s because here in Malaysia female travelers have to wear clothes that cover the legs and upper arms otherwise we would offend the local sensibilities. Nobody wears shorts here except at the beach. Everyone wears full-length trousers. A local guy told us that we always have to carry an umbrella with us because of the rainfall patterns and the vagaries of Malaysia weather.

Today it’s too hot to go sightseeing so we go to the beach. Malaysia has many beautiful beaches and we are going to the Perhentian Islands. The Perhentian Islands are a selection of smaller islands just north of Redang and we are going to the Perhentians because we’ve heard that it’s very popular with budget travelers. I was really amazed by the beauty of the Perhentian Islands, the beaches are totally unspoiled and you have a wide variety of beach huts right on the shore. You can go diving and snorkeling and you can even earn your scuba diving certificate.

Perhentian Islands

We while we were diving

We snorkling with some people we've met at the beach

Klaas, Marco Celita and I have earned our scuba diving certificate and it was such a beautiful experience. We saw many fish species, sea turtles and sharks. I can here you guys already screaming WHAT THEY HAVE SWUM WITH SHARKS ???? but you don’t have to worry these sharks aren’t considered dangerous unless you provoke them.

You definetely have to watch this video.