Batu Caves (w/guest blogger)

Hi everyone. Jake the monkey here. I'll be your guest blogger for today, and so I wanted to share a little about my home--the Batu Caves of Kuala Lumpur.



The caves are just a short bus ride from the city center--I rarely go in, because I don't get along with the Chinese. But anyway....




Hope you enjoy the blog.

Behold, my home (Well, inside). It's not bad--I mean, do YOU have a gigantic Hindu statue outside your front door. Didn't think so.


Anyhoo, it's a staggering 272 steps to the cave entrance. I noticed a remarkable lack of, shall we say, historical information in this blog, so I'll mention the caves are believed to be over 400 million years old. Pretty old--I mean, MY kind controlled the world then, throwing our feces all over the place like you guys do now...anyhoo

As you can see, the cave is quiet large--the highest cave ceiling you can walk through, I'm told. Inside there's a shrine to Lord Murugu, a popular Southern Indian god of War.



Fun fact--all monkeys hate Indians (it's a long story)

This is my cousin, Frank. I lost a bet to him last Thursday (I really thought there were only 271 steps, but heck...).


So, he asked to be included in this blog. Right now, I believe he's looking up at some of his friends, who stole a bunch of Pringles from some unsuspecting tourists.

Fun fact#2 We monkeys prefer Pizza Pringles to Sour Cream.

The caves are immense and beautiful, with many shrines to various deities.



In January, this place gets off the HOOK when thousands of Hindus celebrate Thaipusan, a festival commemorating when a god was given a spear and went to kill a bad guy--apologies, but I was an English/Banana stealer major in college, so I know almost nothing.

This is my girlfriend, Sandy.



Isn't she beautiful?

Well, that's pretty much it. Hope you enjoyed my first guest blog!