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Indian Palm Squirrel on a coconut tree in Chennai/ Madras
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Nursing a coffee at 35,000 ft en route to KL
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Excited to be heading back to SEA- now KL bound
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KL is still over an hour away
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Excited to be nearing KL- the descent has started
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The unmistakable serial arches of KL's Brickfields district
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Typically Indian saree shop in KL's Brickfields district
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Nasi Lemak- traditional Malaysian breakfast- only wish the sambal was more runny
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Concourse of KL Sentral (sic) station- still relatively less crowded at that hour
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The peak hour traffic in KL Sentral (sic) is nothing like you would see in India!
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My ride from KL Sentral to Batu Caves
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Riding the train from KL Sentral (sic) to Batu Caves
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Unidentified train seen as we pull out of KL Sentral (sic)
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I remember seeing this statue from way back on my first visit here in 2002
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Hundreds of pigeons at the base of the Batu Caves hill
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Hindu god of war Murugan beside the rainbow steps leading up to Batu Caves
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272 steps- did it in 2002, can I still manage it at age 64 now in 2023?
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A look at the Hindu god of war Murugan before the 272 step climb to Batu Caves
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A low perspective of the god of war Murugan beside the rainbow steps up to Batu Caves
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Decorative entrance to the rainbow steps up to Batu Caves
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Ladies in shorts and tank tops have to buy/ hire clothes to cover up at this stall at the base of the steps
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Here goes nothing- I start to tackle the 272 steps going up
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Here I am, whimpering about the 272 step climb, and here's this lady crawling up those steps on all fours!
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Looking down the 272 steps towards the shrine at the base of the steps
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Call it a divine calling, but even at age 64, the climb up the 272 steps wasn't all that bad, really
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The pesky monkeys were surprisingly docile as many of them had just given birth
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Loved the bonding between this monkey and her young
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The first temple you see inside a large cavern at the top of the 272 steps at Batu Caves
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Sanctum sanctorum of the first temple inside the Batu Caves near KL
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A selfie against the second set of steps deep inside the Batu Caves
