Tuesday, December 15 – Today we took a day trip to Kuala Lumpur, ostensibly to pick up Junkii’s sister, but we took the opportunity to visit a large Hindu temple located just off the highway on the way into the city.
We first picked up Junkii’s brother – who had the day off from school – before heading back to the caves.
The temple is pretty impressive from highway, with a several-hundred-foot-high, golden Hindu god standing guard outside. It’s beautiful at night when it’s all lit up.
The main feature of the site is a set of 272 stairs leading up to the cave entrance. The stairs are crawling with monkeys though, so you have to be careful as you climb and keep firm hold of your possessions. Monkeys are not shy to approach you if they see something they want. Many of the families climbing up to make offerings of food had their bags snatched away.
Junkii took some nice shots from inside the temple, as well as a video of a monkey enjoying a bottle of Gatorade.
WOW! It is gorgeous there! What a site....Im glad you stopped....definitely worth the climb Id say....and I love how the steps are all numbered.....Not sure I would like the monkeys though.....
ReplyDeleteAll credit to Junkii for the photos - he makes it look nicer than it was. I was actually not all that impressed with the place. It had some impressive things like the giant statue and the steps, but inside the caves were nothing special. We went to other cave temples on our last visit that were more impressive.
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