Batu Caves

Outside of Kuala Lumpur are the Batu Caves. These look incredible. It's a vast cave system that someone in the 1800's thought looked religious and so he put a Hindu statue in the cave and people have been putting up statues ever since.

These caves are exactly what I feel like touring today. I have a bit of a cold, and so something touristy sounds just right. I can almost see the street vendors and the food stalls that must be here. What an exotic place. It would be fun to learn a little about Hinduism too.

Rafflesia

This guy is just someone off of Google images, but I wanted to put his picture here to give an idea of just how huge this flower is.

The funny thing is that just before we went to virtual Malaysia, I saw a show starring the rafflesia plant. Not a documentary, Drop Dead Diva was the show of all things. In this episode, Jane, the lawyer is asked to represent a woman who claims to have a loving relationship with her beautiful Rafflesia flower. The big, bad museum wants to take it away from her. Lots of funny twists, it really is a cute show. I love how random stuff like this turns up in life.

Durian Fruit

Maylasia begins with a quest! The quest is to try Durian fruit--the world's smelliest fruit, to the point that Maylasian hotels won't even allow it through the doors. Apparently orangutans love them--people either love them or hate them. Catherine got to try one in her biology class where one fruit easily fed the entire class of 300. Catherine would be in the "hate it" group, but I am determined.