Dallas and friend at cafe, bird park
weaver
young batik artist at work
Batu Caves
Kiara Park
Kiara Park
Terry and Nick-Malaysia
Batu Caves
Monkey at Batu Caves
Nick, Heather and Dallas at Batu Caves
Heather, Nick and dallas enjoying coconut milk at Batu Caves
Batu Caves-Malaysia24 August-Malaysia
Early start from Singapore and we were in Malaysia Airport around 10.30am, at Nick and Heather’s by midday. Great to see them and catch up with them in their new place.
After lunch we had a tour around the huge apartment complex which has everything you could want –large swimming pool, squash, badminton courts, restaurant, shop, gymnasium, spacious and luxuriant tropical gardens and a great view over the city.
We went out to the Batu Caves, Indian Shrine, that involves walking up 300 steps into these huge limestone caves with many Hindu shrines, monkeys, and rubbish. While it may be a very holy place, there is not much attention to cleanliness around the place. Thunder clouds threatened, but Nick was adamant that they rain was 35 minutes away, so we climbed to the top and looked at the various shrines, many mother monkeys with little ones clutching on to them, and many others being fed by the tourists and faithful climbing the steps.
As we climbed back down and headed for the car, the skies opened, 35 minutes – Nick was right!
In the early evening we walked through a local food market that full of tantalizing aroma of different types of food.
Back at Nick and Heather’s we celebrated with a Morton Estate bubbles and tasty dinner with two different types of rice – ( a rice cooking story), and watched the closing of the Olympics.
China has done an amazing job of the Olympics, it is hard to imagine anyone putting on a better spectacle.
25 August
Introduction to KL with Nick. Went around bird park and the orchid park. Had lunch at the Bird Park, then went to the craft market where we unexpected came across a very fine batik market and collection-very expensive. We also had the opportunity to watch batik designers and weavers atg work.
3 comments:
Great to hear about your luxurious surroundings while your erstwhile travelling companions are slumming it on the beach at Penang.
Nothing to do but sun and swim.
Looking forward to catching up with you tomorrow. relaxing, shopping and looking at sights-no churches to speak of, I know you ill be disappointed.
Oh well, home now from the extreme temperatures, surf, sun, drinking and life of Reilly to the shattering reality of life and work in NZ at the end of a very wet winter. Enjoy!
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