Day two Kuala Lumpur- Batu Caves

First I would like I would like to apologize prior to starting this post for not writing more, we have been moving quite a bit and did not have internet access for several days :(

As we continue on our journey, we have experienced many things since this last post. We have spent two additional days in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, enjoying and experiencing many of the sights and delicious food delights to be had.

Day 2 Kuala Lumpur.

Today we woke up late despite being exhausted, jet lagged and otherwise a complete time zone independent mess. We spent the first breakfast at the hostel, downtown Chinatown. To start a fantastic two slices of toast, topped with exquisite peanut butter with a delightfully taste bud indulging coffee, well, it wasn't luxury, nor fantastic but it was food and the place was clean. From there we planned our first sightseeing tour to the Batu Caves.

The Batu Caves comprised of 272 steps going sky high past a 43 meter tall statue of Golden Murugan?!! The caves were at the top of the stairs which contain numerous Hindi shrines inside where many Hindi people come to give offerings and pay tribute to the shrines. Upon arriving at the caves, we were greeted by many small wild monkey running within inches of our feet looking for an early morning snack.

As we began our ascent up the stairs, we noticed many of the other sightseers and religious people stopping several times for breaths on their way up. As we quietly mocked them and thought about how hard could it actually be, we QUICKLY found out the intensity of the small upwards journey. The stairs are high and the ascent steep, we stopped ourselves many times before finally reaching the summit. All the way up we had small monkeys and what seemed to be 1 FOOT long caterpillars climbing on all sides of us. Needless to say, Steph and I were staying as close to the middle as we could to potentially deflect any animal away.

At the top, we had a great view of the city (13 Kms away) and viewed many religious ceremonies taking place and people receiving the special red dot on their forehead, depicting they have prayed that day. The experience was unique, something in which I had not experienced prior to this time. The caves we hundreds of meters high, filled with bats, monkeys, tourists and vendors. All of which seemed to make create a perfect, almost surreal atmosphere.

Overall the experience was amazing, with the wild monkeys jumping over Stephs shoulder almost making her fall down the remainder of the 200 steps, to the new and confusing religious ceremonies, the site is something not to have been missed and will be recommended to future travelers.

I will be writing more as soon as I have a bit of time, I need to follow up with the past few days, some quick previews are:

Jungle Walk!
Bus to Singapore!
Night Safari!
Youth Olympics in Singapore!


Have fun and take care until then!