Batu Caves, Malaysia

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Babel fish on tour, Batu Caves, Malaysia travel blog
Babel fish on tour
May 25, 2003

The Batu Caves are relatively easy to get to if you know where to catch the bus from. We caught the 11D from outside the Bangkok Bank in Chinatown. There are other buses that go there (we caught the 69 coming back) but the 11D is regular enough at 15 ...

A travel blog entry by jawad
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Batu Caves, Batu Caves, Malaysia travel blog
Batu Caves
Aug 29, 2006

Our first trip out of the city (well, 13 kilometres away) was to the Batu Caves, 'discovered' around 1880 by an Englishman and used by Hindus as a location for Malaysia's most important temple since then. A huge statue and a marble-floored temple ...

A travel blog entry by jeroen
Thaipusam - a Hindu Festival, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia travel blog
Thaipusam - a Hindu Festival
Jan 23, 2008

... holiday in several states in Malaysia, including Selangor, Penang, Johor Bahru, Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur. The temple at Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpur, often attracts over one million devotees and tens of thousands of tourists [2]. The procession to the ...

A travel blog entry by anabellesalvo
Thaipusam, Batu Caves, Malaysia travel blog
Thaipusam
Feb 1, 2007

Thaipusam is an annual Hindu festival which draws the largest gathering in Malaysia.  Several hundred devotees spear their cheeks with long, shiny steel rods and pierce their chests and backs with small, hook-like needles in penance.  Viewer's ...

A travel blog entry by wcyeoh

Forum Discussions on Batu Caves (26)

Kuala Lumpur starter kit
Posted on Sep 8, 2008, 23:54:24
... bridge for 6 - 7 minutes to take photographs and enjoy the KL view. Petronas sky bridge is closed every Monday. Next stop Batu Caves, located about 15 km from city centre, 20 minutes drive from KLCC. It was quite early when we reached there. Several ...
Preparation before climbing Mt.Kinabalu
Posted on Jul 14, 2008, 19:46:26
... caves. If you are in capital city Kuala Lumpur, other than shopping, you should try to hang out at 'mamak stalls'. Batu Caves in Selangor is worth a visit. Langkawi island on west coast of peninsula malaysia is worth a visit. you can also visit ...
10 must do's when you visit Malaysia
Posted on Sep 4, 2008, 06:00:24
... from one end to the other - the third longest fully-automated driverless metro system in the world. - Walk up all the steps at Batu Caves - Eat rabbit satay - Take a walk on the longest 'canopy walk' of its kind in the world at Taman Negara, Pahang ...
Malaysia Starter Kit
Posted on Oct 15, 2009, 12:36:36
... That being said Malaysia is beautiful. Best parts: the food and the beaches. I was not crazy about KL and the Petronas Towers are overrated. The skydeck is on the 42nd floor, so the view was just average. But the Batu Caves are definitely worth a visit.

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