Our second day was a more relaxed day compared to the first one, as we did not have much plans for the day. We got up by around 8am, had breakfast from the hotel, checked out as were going back that day. After keeping the luggage in the cloak room of the hotel, we took the train to KL central, and from there a train to Batu caves.
Batu caves, is a Hindu temple, and had huge statues of Lord Subramanian and Lord Hanuman, sacred deities of Hindus. We got down from the train, and the cave temple was just aside. After taking some snaps from the bottom of the temple, we had to climb around 300 or so steps to reach up the caves.
There were 2 caves, the light caves and the dark caves. Light caves, as the name suggested had light, both natural and artificial, and had small temples inside. It was a nice sight, but I was saddened seeing the amount of “human intervention” inside, hampering the natural beauty of the place.
We decided to take the dark caves also, and we had to pay some amount for that, as we were accompanied by a guide, and it was an “information tour”. To be frank, the dark cave tour was my best experience in KL. It was great, informative, and what not! I don’t have enough adjectives for the tour. It was a fabulous one, and the most impressive moment was the one in which our guide asked every one of us to switch off the torch light and to enjoy the total darkness! It was awesome! The guide also explained to us, the source of energy in the cave (it was bat poop – guano, as there was no sunlight), and various creatures which inhibited the cave, and the stalagmites, stalactites etc etc. We were lucky enough to spot a cave snake as well. I was really thrilled by the end of the tour, and was happy to be back in sunlight J (We had just watched the Planet Earth episode about “Caves” before coming to KL, may be that added on to the excitement)
We took the train back to KL, and had lunch from KL central, after which we proceeded to Dataran Merdeka, the “capital” street of KL, which hosted the main ministry buildings along with the tallest flag pole in the world. There was a small cricket club as well nearby, and we spent a few minutes there
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Then we proceeded again to take a glimpse of the twin towers in day light, and went to the park nearby the tower. We took few snaps from there, roamed around a bit, and then took a taxi to KL tower.
We had decided to go up the KL tower, which boasted of a 3600 view from the top. There was an offer clubbed with the ticket, and we could play a video-game of F1, before going to the top.
The view from the top was spectacular, it was around 98 storeys high it seems, and KL tower was already on top of a small hill, hence that added to the height. There were some telescopes placed, and we enjoyed watching the view, and through the telescope. After spending some time at the top, we got back down, had food from the Punjabi restaurant nearby, went back to the hotel, took our luggage and got on to the bus to Singapore.
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