KL and the Batu Caves


We have found that Kuala Lumpur isn’t the easiest of cities to get around in, due to very heavy traffic we tried the free bus and travelled round and we have used the very crowded monorail. Our hotel is within walking distance to the Petronas Twin Towers and shopping area. It has been extremely hot but we have been lucky in that it has stayed dry apart from the storm when we arrived.

Got a result when we went up the Petronas as we got in for half price being pensioners over 61, Mrs C was a tad disappointed that they didn’t query her age. The view from the observation deck on the 86th floor is quite spectacular.

We visited the Batu Caves  about 12 Kms  from Kuala Lumpur, travelling there very cheaply by train. The Batu Caves is a limestone hill that has a series of caves and Hindu cave temples. The largest known as the temple cave features ornate Hindu shrines is reached by climbing 272 steps. It is well worth the climb. The Ramayana cave was also very interesting to see, extremely ornate. Inevitably we received a blessing for a donation (hedging our bets as we had a Buddhist one in Sri Lanka) and had a Tilak - red dot on the forehead- which ended up smudged due to the heat of the day and looked as though we both had received a nasty cut!

Arriving back from the Caves very weary and sad that our travels have almost ended, we decided to cheer ourselves up and have a last supper at the Hard Rock Cafe a short distance to where we are staying.























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