Welcome to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia! We're here on August 31st which is the
Independence Day and we're gonna check out the Batu Caves,
and Petronas towers but first let's check out the Merdeka day, or
Independence Day, celebrations. This is the view from our room during the
daytime. At around 11 o'clock today they had the airplanes fly overhead and they
were doing a celebration for the Independence Day which is today.
That's the flag and we are going to the Batu Caves
We are at KL Central and we are getting tickets to the Batu Caves
purple line goes straight there.
This is the McDonalds, look at that - durian McFlurry.
We are following the signs for Batu Caves.
Kuala Lumpur has an efficient train system that takes you directly to the
batu caves
Batu caves. The batu caves are dramatic limestone caves found about 15
kilometers outside of KL it's a sacred Hindu site also known for mischievious
monkeys
we just got off the train we're at the bat two caves and we're gonna go up now
they're making durian crepes here
one towards the entrance now and there's tons of shops here lots of Indian food
snacks kinds of cool stuff
the Batou caves are 400 years old and one of the most popular Hindu shrines
outside of India dedicated to Lord Muruga which you will see in gold in
front of the batu caves. There are 272 steps to get to the top and be sure to
comply with a dress code which includes covering your shoulders and below your
knee. We made it halfway up the stairs almost to the cave
there's a waterfall a waterfall right here it goes all the way down.
We're going in now this is like legitimate cave.
In there the inside of the cave is mysterious and magical as the top of the
ceiling reaches over a hundred meters tall. So cool in here it smells like
flowers and incense. You gotta wear a sarong in here.
There are 1300
species of bats in the world and in Malaysia they have a hundred and twenty
five I'm not gonna lie this is legitimately scary there's
monkeys everywhere
I conquered a lot of fears their dark places
bats monkeys monkeys jumping on you it has happened before after dodging the
monkeys we worked up quite an appetite so it was time to get some delicious
Indian food
we accidentally went on the ladies only train
ladies only
it's called a disabilities but again you got kicked out of the woman section yeah
they call women in ballet Paquita the entire city was covered in flags former
deca day which celebrated the 60th independence from the British Empire
Malaysia is now home to over 30 million people in is one of the most diverse
countries in terms of religion culture food and captivating cityscapes we took
a taxi and we made it to the Petronas Towers they used to be the tallest
building in the world and it was overtaken by Taipei 101
now we're about to try to get inside the towers they only allow a thousand people
per day as the face of the Petronas Towers is a
be sure to purchase your tickets to the Petronas Towers observation deck in
advance as space is limited link in the description below on where to purchase
your tickets it costs about 20 US dollars for adults and if you don't get
in you can take photos from the outside the Petronas Towers like us. Right now that
music that you hear is the culture here there's a giant fountain right here in
the gardens and this is one of the tallest buildings in the world
photography and with that we take the train on to the airport to our next
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