Batu Caves

As if hanging out with a new friend and going on a jungle walk weren't enough, the weekend held its own adventure!  Since that is the only time that Patric has to explore we sometimes get to do really cool stuff.  That weekend was no exception!

One of the most talked about attractions in the KL area are the Batu Caves.  We had heard that there was a Buddhist temple deep inside the caves.  Depending on who you talk to the caves are really great or they are not worth the time.  We decided to make up our own minds and seek out the temple within.

Entry into the caves was free and parking was only RM 2 (less than one USD).  Already I was enjoying this trip!  We parked and then started walking towards the entrance...

On our way in we met the nicest guys from New Zealand.  They took our picture in front of a temple that was on the outside of the caves.  It was a very bright and sunny day!

I don't know the story of this building.  It was across the pond on our walk in and I thought it was a cool looking set up...so I took the picture and now I'm sharing with you!

Then we got to the entrance...all 272 steps of it!

This is about half way up...

...and this is the top.  Overall the climb wasn't too bad.  It was sure hot though!

Here we are about to enter the caves.  It's amazing how many nice people you can meet when you just offer to take a group picture for them!  =)

These are shots of the last cave - there are two.  The first one is very plain.  It is really just a walkway into the second one which I found to be much prettier.  I didn't take pictures of the temple in here because there was some kind of ceremony with people praying so I didn't want to be rude.  The temple inside the cave is not nearly as nice as the one outside walking up to the caves.  It was very small and plain looking.  What made it cool was that it was inside the cave.

There are actually two temples in the caves.  This is a picture of the one in the walk-through cave.  I took this from the top of the stairs that go from that cave to the inner cave.

I took these from the top of the stairs as we were leaving.

On our way out Patric wanted to go through an area that housed snakes.  If you know anything about me you know that I have the most horrific fear of snakes so I just waited next to the pond for him to come out.  The first picture is of some ducks and the really huge coi that were in the pond.  The second picture is of a turtle on a lily pad.  Look really closely...you will just be able to make out his head.

So that was our adventure at the Batu Caves...most of it...

See you next post!!

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