The biggest cultural attraction in Kuala Lumpur is the Batu Cave temple. Several hindu shrines were built into a string of caves in the side of a mountain. Prior to 1920 the area was virtually inaccessible (there were no stairs).
Today there are 272 stairs leading up to the largest cave's mouth, and they are painful. It's a steep climb up; I had to stop several times. And it really felt like climbing - more like a ladder, or something similar, than walking up some stairs. In front of the stairs is the world's biggest statue of Lord Muruga at 130 feet high.
Me at the top - almost there!
The biggest cultural attraction in Kuala Lumpur is the Batu Cave temple. Several hindu shrines were built into a string of caves in the side of a mountain. Prior to 1920 the area was virtually inaccessible (there were no stairs).
Today there are 272 stairs leading up to the largest cave's mouth, and they are painful. It's a steep climb up; I had to stop several times. And it really felt like climbing - more like a ladder, or something similar, than walking up some stairs. In front of the stairs is the world's biggest statue of Lord Muruga at 130 feet high.
Me at the top - almost there!
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