Australia 2020 - Day 2 - Kuala Lumpur
Friday
Our whistle stop tour of KL continues with a trip to Batu Caves, approx 13 km from the City Centre. The taxi driver spoke good English and was happy to give us a potted history of Malaysia which is made up of 13 states, 4 of which are republics and the other 9 each have a King and Royal Family ( he thinks we are very lucky only having 1)!! Each King has a 5 year tenure of being the sovereign for the whole of Malaysia.
There is a mixed population 69% of indigenous Malay people, 23% Chinese and 7% Indian, the communities are mixed and live well together and have many public holidays to celebrate significant feast days and religious festivals.
Malaya was part of the British Empire until 1957 when it was granted independence and became Malaysia, we are still well regarded here.
The caves are very impressive carved out of the limestone bedrock over millennia by water, (there is a lot of rain here).
Cathedral cave is the largest that is open to the public and the geology is fantastic although the Hindu's have declared this is a sacred place for them and constructed temples inside, to our eyes it looked rather tacky and gaudy but at the end of January over 1,000,000 people will make a pilgrimage here over 3 days!
There are some cheeky monkeys here and will quite happily steal your food.
We managed a more authentic lunch today, a tasty Beef Rendang with Jasmine Rice.
A return trip to the KLCC park meant we could see the Petronas Towers in daylight and stroll around the park to find some caches.
Headed back to the hotel for a freshen up before the 90 minute journey to the airport for our onward journey.
13,000 Step, 6 Miles
Our whistle stop tour of KL continues with a trip to Batu Caves, approx 13 km from the City Centre. The taxi driver spoke good English and was happy to give us a potted history of Malaysia which is made up of 13 states, 4 of which are republics and the other 9 each have a King and Royal Family ( he thinks we are very lucky only having 1)!! Each King has a 5 year tenure of being the sovereign for the whole of Malaysia.
There is a mixed population 69% of indigenous Malay people, 23% Chinese and 7% Indian, the communities are mixed and live well together and have many public holidays to celebrate significant feast days and religious festivals.
Malaya was part of the British Empire until 1957 when it was granted independence and became Malaysia, we are still well regarded here.
The caves are very impressive carved out of the limestone bedrock over millennia by water, (there is a lot of rain here).
Cathedral cave is the largest that is open to the public and the geology is fantastic although the Hindu's have declared this is a sacred place for them and constructed temples inside, to our eyes it looked rather tacky and gaudy but at the end of January over 1,000,000 people will make a pilgrimage here over 3 days!
There are some cheeky monkeys here and will quite happily steal your food.
We managed a more authentic lunch today, a tasty Beef Rendang with Jasmine Rice.
A return trip to the KLCC park meant we could see the Petronas Towers in daylight and stroll around the park to find some caches.
Headed back to the hotel for a freshen up before the 90 minute journey to the airport for our onward journey.
13,000 Step, 6 Miles
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