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Published: March 28th 2007
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The entrance to Gua Batu
gua means cave
batu means tombstone, methinks Road trip in a sketchy Proton
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justwanderingMarch 28th 2007 Hired a slightly ropey Proton car in KL. At least the air con works well, and, being a Proton, it blends in well with the locals' cars. It's great to step out of this heat into "the fridge". Took a couple of hours to explore KL (that's one way of putting it... thing is that the map was terrible, and road signs woeful) and find the way to the road going north towards Ipoh.
Stopped at the Batu Caves, where I (like a lot of hapless tourists) was attached by a mob of monkeys after the can of fruit juice I was holding. I had to fend them off, deflecting them in mid air with my rucksack. Nasty little things. The Batu caves are the destination for the Thaipusam festival...
Then on to Ipoh for the night, and a visit to Kellie's Castle - a grand house build by a Scottish rubber baron to entertain his ex pat friends. The curator was a super chap and gave me some coconut juice.
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