The boys camping outside the front of the cave.
The girls slept huddled up in the center of the cave.
Bats and thousands of them!!
Us at the beginning of the journey.Pictures from Cameron Highlands
From the top of the 'mossy' forest, or rather highland rainforest.
The Land Rover that I thought I would die in...
3rd largest (actually fungus-) flower in the world. There is a particular obsession with being labeled the -est or first of anything in Asia, even if the label involves very detailed adjectives. Kuala Lumpur
I am a bit slow posting about Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia. I posted something about my travels in Taman Negara, but did not post anything about any of the other places. We spent a couple days in KL (Kuala Lumpur) and did a short day trip to the Batu Caves about an hour north.
Kuala Lumpur has a lot to offer, including the Petronas Towers, Chinatown (not so amazing compared to Taiwan), Little India, the Islamic Arts Museum, Central Market and plenty of nice places to eat. I loved all of the variety of things in Kuala Lumpur, it was refreshing to have some yummy curry dishes.
Batu Caves
There were tons of monkeys everywhere around the Batu Caves attempting to steal our food. I was informed by a member of our group that there would be NO food anywhere near where we would be for the rest of the day. So rather than risk starving I bought a bag full of snacks at a store. Actually there was plenty of food, and monkeys to steal it. I had inadvertently made myself a walking target and one had pretty big fangs too!!
The Batu Caves are (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_Caves, for more information) caves that were discovered by an American explorer about 120 years ago. A couple Hindu shrines were built along with a giant golden statue at the entrance. There is no place to leave your bags, so be prepared to hoof-it up the 272 stairs with it. Worth an afternoon, especially if you are staying in Chinatown, because you just have to catch bus 11 and pay the 2 ringgit to get there.
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