The monkeys at the Batu Caves are hilarious!

It’s my first full day in Malaysia, so it’s time to go sightseeing again! I arrived yesterday from Vietnam and needed a well-deserved rest. When I got here, I took a leisurely evening, I didn’t do much, but that got me utterly ready for today. Yesterday, though, I went to see my number one attraction in Kuala Lumpur City, The Petronas Towers. I couldn’t wait to go and see it, but that was also the only thing I went to see. Today is the time for my number one attraction outside of the city, the Batu Caves.

The Batu Caves

Starting with a Skytrain to get to the Batu Caves, I arrived early in the morning. The word Batu means rock, which is accurate. The Batu Caves is a Hindi temple complex inside caves on top of a limestone hill. The cave is one of the world’s most famous Hindu temples outside of India. Dedicated to Lord Murugan, his statue stands tall in front of the structure. With 42,7 meters, it is the world’s tallest statue of him. It takes about 272 colourful steps to reach the top—about 100 metres above ground level. Inside the figure, we speak of 1550 cubic metres of concrete, 250 tonnes of steel bars and 300 litres of gold paint from Thailand.

It was a good day, and I’m happy I came out to see the caves. The giant statue amazed me, and the colourful steps made for great pictures! All around the steps, monkeys were trying to take people’s belongings. It got me some good laughs, that’s for sure.

In the afternoon, I went up the radio tower to see some of the city from above and on my way to the light and fountain show in the botanical gardens, I came across a food market where I had dinner! I can’t complain! It was another great day.

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