On our second day in Malaysia, we decided to visit the top 3 places on our priority list around Kuala Lumpur area. We took our breakfast at the hotel before 7 o'clock and by 7:30 we are already on the road. On this day, we will visit Batu Caves, Genting Highlands and Petronas Tower in the evening.
Every stop is just short but in this trip, we are really not into a relaxing pace, we want to cover as many places as we could.
From our hotel (Hotel Sentral Pudu), we walked towards Hang Tuah Station and took the LRT Line 3 or 4 to Bandaraya Station. From Bandaraya it is another walk towards Bank Negara Station and then from Bank Negara, we took the KTM Line2 train to Batu Caves. We reached Batu Caves by 9:00am and spent an hour exploring the cave.
The pigeons greeted us near the gate of Batu Caves. And a beautiful pond on the left side just before reaching the gate.
And finally at the foot of Batu Caves...more pigeons :)
Okay, here's our selfie before we start the 272 steps ascent to the Batu Caves Temple. Guarding the temple is Lord Murugan Statue, the tallest Hindu deity statue in Malaysia, and second tallest in the world.
By the way, shorts are not allowed for ladies inside the temple but it's okay if you're wearing shorts, there are wraps for rent just before you start the ascent, I think the rent is just 3RM.
We have to stop several times along the way to take some rest and enjoy the view below.
The view from above is just so fantastic.
After an hour of exploration, we took the KTM Line2 train from Batu Caves towards Putra train Station. Then we walked from Putra Train Station towards PWTC train station and from PWTC station, we took the LRT Line again (3 or 4) towards Plaza Rakyat station. We will catch the Go Genting Bus from Pudu Sentral Terminal which is just a short walk from Plaza Rakyat station. By 11:30am we are already on board Go Genting Bus for an hour and a half ride towards Genting Bus Station in Genting Highlands. Genting Skyway is just above (3rd floor, I think) the Genting Bus terminal.
We are excited for the 15 minutes cable car ride towards Resorts World Genting Highlands.
That is Genting Skyway Terminal taken from the cable car.
The famous Genting Skyway (2.10 mile long) with the forest below, cable cars travel at ~6m/s.
The fog was so thick when we reached the summit and it was very very cold. I regret wearing a shorts.
We just explore the area, took some photos, had a short rest and lunch and we head back again towards Kuala Lumpur. We did not explore the rides as we don't have time and it is not really part of the itinerary, we don't like rides, we're afraid of speed and height :). We just really want to experience the cable car ride and see this highland resort. These are some photos we had on Genting Highlands:
We left the resort at 4:00pm, took the 15min cable car ride to the Go Genting Bus terminal and we're able to catch the 4:30 bus back to Pudu Sentral Terminal. From Pudu Sentral, it is just a short walk to Plaza Rakyat Station, then we took the LRT line (3 or 4) to Masjid Jamek and another LRT (line5) to KLCC. Around 7:00pm we are already in Petronas Tower, we still have enough daylight for a day view of the tower, sunset in Malaysia is ~8pm.
And the night view of the towers:
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