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Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

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Can you believe this is a train station? It was built in the 1930’s I think and was designed by a British architect. Pretty nice!

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This is the train corporation’s headquarters. I don’t think Amtrak has anything this nice. It was designed by the same guy who did the station, of course.

Batu Caves

Monday, January 16th, 2006

We finally took the bus up to Batu Caves, a big tourist attraction around Kuala Lumpur. The caves are impressive in themselves, but this is a Hindu temple with really amazing statues inside (although real spelunkers would say it’s a waste of a really cool cave).
Anyway, it is quite interesting, although the giant statue outside the entrance is under construction and hidden behind tarps. In about a month, around Feb. 13th the Caves will host the Hindu festival of Thaipusam and about a million people will journey to the caves. This festival should be interesting, in pennance for their sins believers pierce themselves and carry carts of offerings hooked to their backs with hooks! Seriously, it looks really painful. I think we’ll still be here so we plan on going and checking it out. Those of you with weak stomachs may not want to look at those photos, but these are ok.

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Looking at the stairs leading into the cave. You can see the big covered statue.

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Inside the cave.

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The elephant god Ganesh.
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Planning ahead – Africa

Monday, January 16th, 2006
Just wanted to put a post up letting everyone know that Dave and I are planning our Africa trip for either September or October and if anyone is interested in joining us for any or all of the trip you ... [Continue reading this entry]

Birds and butterflies

Saturday, January 14th, 2006
They have a bird park and butterfly park here in KL so we visited them last weekend. Pretty nice, actually. birdrific.jpg These 'hornbill' birds they have in this part of the world sure are strange ... [Continue reading this entry]

Saturday, January 14th, 2006
food stands.jpg The street food vendors outside our hotel. no durian.jpg Our hotel even bans durian from the premesis! restaurant.jpg Everything is decorated for Chinese ... [Continue reading this entry]

Malaysian Food!!!

Thursday, January 12th, 2006
Many people have asked how the food here is. Well, the alternate title to this post is 'HOW TO GAIN 8 LBS WHILE SPENDING AN HOUR IN THE GYM EVERY DAY'. Seriously, the food here is that good. There ... [Continue reading this entry]

What’s Next?

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
It seems like lately a lot of people have asked 'what are you doing when you are done in KL?' Well, I'll just put our tentative plan up here so anyone interested can check it out. Just click below. Well, right ... [Continue reading this entry]

A few more pictures from around the city

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006
klcity1.jpg Kuala Lumpur actually means 'muddy river' and I guess this is the river it is named for. Some really cool buildings in the background but so far we've been unable to figure out what ... [Continue reading this entry]