Malaysia Travel

Last Sunday I manage to visit the famous Batu Caves. There are not many tourist at the time that I visit it, however there are still few hundreds of people at that place. i think most of them went there to pray. I saw many people standing in one of the temple which seem like a wedding ceremony is held at that time (during the visit). I didn’t go near them but just observed is from far.

Batu caves is one of the must visit if you come to Malaysia- Selangor especially. There are many Hindus temple, however the main one is inside the caves - The Batu Caves! The cave entrance is located a bit fruther up. You need to climb up a steep flight of 272 steps to reach the entrance.

During the hindus festival which will be conduct every year around January (the date will varry from year to year) which they called Thaipussam, there are thousand of Hindus devotees come to this place. Some of them carry kavadi, a metal frame attaching to the body, dancing in worshipping to their gods.

How to go there

The easiest way is by Taxi. Just take any taxi from your hotel or anywhere in Kuala Lumpur and inform the driver that you want to visit Batu caves. Every taxi driver will know this place as this place is very famous and it exist very long time ago.

I saw some buses passed by this place. However, I am not sure it is from where or how much is the fare.

What you can do here

Batu Caves contain lots of Hindus temple. therefore, you will able to see lots of temple buildings and figures at this place. All of them is unique to Hindus religion. I found that it is very attractive and beautiful.

The cave here is also very nice. There are lots of beautiful scenery that you can see in this cave. Btw, if you visit Batu cave and you don’t mind a bit tracking, you can try to visit Gua Gelap (Dark Caves). the price for a tour guides is RM35, which will take about 20 minute to finish exploring the caves. It is said that the rock formation is this cave aged up to thousand of years! The entrance to Gua Gelap (Dark Caves). The entrance of this cave is in the middle of the 272 steps that you need to take to visit Batu Caves.

During my visit, there are a fortune teller which use ring neck parakeet to pick to ‘topic’ for you. I try it and it cost RM3.00 per times the parrots pick the card for you.

There are many indian restaurant in this place. I didn’t try any of the food but one thing that attract me is the restaurant that sell fresh coconut. It cost RM2.00 per coconut. The worker that cut the coconut for you (to drink) have a very good skilled. It is fascinating to see him cut the coconut.