Today we went to the Batu Caves. Caught the mono rail at the bottom of our road to take us to KL central station. From there we transferred to to a train out to the Batu caves. Train/mono rail are so cheap to travel on. Just short of a dollar a trip to travel quite some distance. The whole days travelling only cost us about NZ3.00 each.
Before we left, hanging over our balcony looking down on the street below.
Now arrived at the Batu Caves. This is the entrance to one of caves, Batu Caves is a limestone hill that has a series of caves and temples one of a series of caves and cave temples.
On our way into the first cave.
The entrance of the main cave with its 272 steps to climb up to the entrance. We were so hot by the time we reached the top. We have never felt so hot, just dripping. Hard work but you have to do it.
As I was wearing shorts like so many women, they made you wear this wrap so that made me even hotter with all this nylon around me. My legs couldn't breath............
This place is full of wild monkeys running around everywhere . One man had his plastic bag ripped out of his hands while walking up the stairs as he had food in it.
They seem very tame but would never trust them.
My new friends. (Above and below!!!!!)
That wrap was so hot to wear.
Getting to the top of the stairs but not quite there yet. A long way down and the steps were quite steep.
At the top of the stairs you walk into this huge cave which has an open air opening with trees above (as in no roof) and below that is another temple. Might add ahead there were more stairs to climb.
This fellow was right up on that top level along with many more monkeys running around.
Now to climb all the way down again. A long way down.
More little guys running up and down the stairs. Looking to see who's carrying food to steal.
Can you see the baby clinging to his mum. The mother monkeys run round with their baby's hanging upside down clinging to their mothers stomach.
This is how small the babies are.
Absolutely exhausted we staggered back to catch our train.. These are the trains we travel on then transfer to the mono rail that runs above the roads through town. Great system so convenient to get around. In all we walked 9.5kms today with all the step climbing.
Now for a nice night out for our 43rd Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations Jackie!! (for putting up with me for that long)
We had a three course meal starting with an entree of cocktail sausages wrapped in bacon with a very nice sauce. Forgot to take a photo at this point. And the mains above were out of this world, pork spare ribs that had been slowly cooked for sixteen hours with beautiful flavour with a black sauce and salad.
Desert was as equally as good. Cinnamon cheesecake. Beautiful.
PT in the background moving in the kids at the next table. This was only just before we left.
They were lovely people laughing and joking with us.
As we were walking back to base we walked past the swimming pool area looking across with the top of the Twin Towers in the background. We are going to visit them tomorrow as we found them fascinating when we visited there a couple of years ago.
Close up of the top of the tower from our window.
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