Batu Caves, one too many desserts, Ravi's Roti

It's our last day in KL and I'd say we had a pretty good day. This morning we arranged our bus tickets to Penang at Puduraya bus station. Travel in Malaysia is so easy and people are helpful as they all want your business.
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This afternoon we headed to Batu Caves which is just outside of Kuala Lumpur. We took the local bus and it cost 4 RM. A few taxi drivers were offering to take us there for 30-45 RM the other day so the bus was a good deal. It's a bit slow though as it does not follow anything that might resemble a timetable. Basically, you just wait there until its somewhat full and then off you go.. I think we waited at the bus stand for 20 minutes before we even moved an inch.

Anyway, Batu caves was worth the trip. In a nutshell, its a large cave that has various Hindu monuments inside and is used for the yearly Thaipusam festival were devotee's pierce there bodies with large hooks and skewers (which then hold all sorts of heavy items) as a form of sacrifice. There were quite a few wild monkeys roaming around the area eating garbage. Uriah was mildly disturbed going up the 272 steps as she has become somewhat "scared" of animals. Largely because she thinks they are unpredictable. After a hot stinking day outside we retreated to the air conditioned comforts of Mid Valley Megamall for some dessert. We ordered 3 which turned out to be too much but we figured we would make up for the fact that we had a 100% purely vegetarian lunch with mock chicken satay and curry. Didn't quite hit the spot as our bodies need meat!

Heading back to our headquarters in Chinatown, we did a bit of shopping before having our final KL Roti at our favorite eating spot run by Ravi, an awesome guy. He's the guy in the picture beside me and he's given us some helpful information over the last few days in KL. His food is excellent too and I'd recommend the Murtabak Ayam or Uriah's favourite: Roti Milo. The grilled Tandoori is also awesome. If you're ever in KL, please do visit his stall in Petaling Market opposite Hotel Chinatown(2).

We're heading to Penang tomorrow.. Things have been moving really fast,we're suprised at how much we've done in just over a month. What's also great is neither of us have had to see our own vomit and our poo poo is nice and healthy. Aside from a common cold that we are both getting over now, we are still going strong.

- Derek