Scaling the heights for ‘air tuak’


  • Nation
  • Monday, 02 Oct 2006

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK: The pictures above and below shows how Fauzi climbs up a coconut tree to get the ideal fruits for making ‘air tuak’.

PASIR MAS (Kelantan): Coconut water, or air tuak in the local lingo, is the favoured drink here in the Ramadan month and padi planter Fauzi Abdullah, 66, is harvesting a bounty from the fruits. 

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