7:00 am I was awake! Even less sleep than yesterday. Found a very early text from another couchsurfer suggesting to visit Batu Cave or waterfalls. I found that I am very close to the caves. Would take me a short 10 minutes taxi ride instead of one hour from the main station. 8:30 I was in the street to grab some breakfast. Pamela, the Ecuadorean couchsurfer, decided she will tour the city. I took a taxi to the cave!
It is a cluster of three limestone caves. Inside the cave there is a temple and is reached by long stairs of 270 steps. At the foot of the stairs, a huge golden statue of "Lord Muruga" stands with a very shiny and kitschy yellow color.
It is a Hindu temple with many people inside praying and getting some kind of blessings. On the stairs up, you find monkeys jumping all over the place.
Even inside the temple that is located in the heart of the cave. The last cave is with an open ceiling and looks gorgeous.
In this last cave, monkeys were jumping all around the place. I don’t remember when was the last time I saw so many monkeys. Observing them strikes you with how good they use their hands. While I was lost in my thoughts about evolution, origin of humans and religions, two disrespectful horny monkeys started banging each other in the temple! I smiled widely with the dispersion of all my thoughts! It was interesting to watch all the Hindu rituals performed there!
It was a fast visit, by around 12:30 I was done and back to the city! Stopped in one of the too-many shopping malls to cool down and escape the heat. There I had a lovely peace of lamb meet for lunch, bought a swimming short to risk my life again in different islands/beaches in the next few days!
Now off to Putrajaya!
