eeek, monkeys!

The Batu Caves just outside of KL is a series of limestone caves and Hindu temples. The cave is said to be 400 million years old. The 272 steps it takes to get up to the shrine are well worth it. Hindu shrines are vibrant and beautiful, you can easly look at one for 20 minutes and keep seeing new elements. 

The only scary part is the hundreds of crazy monkeys along the way. They want your food, if it is by stealing, or you giving it to them willingly. Then after they are done with their treats, they will throw the packaging at you! Which we saw one girl get hit in the head with a ice cream container after the monkey had it's fill.

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The KL Bird Park is the worlds largest free-flight walk-in aviary. With over 3,000 birds and 200 species it took us a full afternoon to say hi to all the birds. Sprawling over 21 acres there is a lot of ground to cover and many birds to feed. The list of birds we saw was long but here is a few that were in the park, the green cheeked conure, great hornbill, baya weaver, buffy fish-owl and so many more.

Shiny twins

While we didn't have high expectations for Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, we were pleasently surprised. The city had a great night life which we experienced two nights in a row until 5am. Although the clubs were not the only thing worth exploring. Some of the Archicture in this city is fantastic. Two buildings that stands out of the crowd are the Petronas Towers. Built in 1998 it was the tallest building in the world for 6 years. Although still the largest twin towers ever built.

After exploring the twin towers we also ventured to the other side of town for views from the KL Tower. While sort of similar looking to the Space Needle, I liked how it seemed to always change when the lights below transitioned. We skipped on going to the top, but the tower was still impressive to stand under.