my journey of 272 steps

last sunday, mum, dad, both bros n i went to batu caves coz thaipusam is around the corner so we went to pay a visit n pray n to thank lord murugan for all He has given us throughout whole of last year. obviously enuf i had to bring my camera altho it really made me feel akward n like sum tourist la altho i hav been there a million times but i just HAD to take pic la. well i had to take not only coz i wanted to but i had to coz must show certain people. so for those darlings of mine, here r the pics n for the other people who havent seen the atmosphere at batu caves during thaipusam, heres ur chance :):)

Lord Murugan

the 272 steps n the crowd!!

the very pretty scenery

the waterfall

dat guy carrying dat pot, is in a trance by god

with dat on his head n piercings on his body, he has to climb 272 steps

the big peacock thingy coming up, is bein carried by a guy, this is called 'kavadi'

dats my xtremly exhausted unfit mummy!! haha

look who's here to greet us when we reach up

those people in yellow lining up in front are queuing up to pass their pot of milk(paal kodam) to the priest so he can pour the milk on the god statue(murugan) in the middle

dats the guy carrying the peacock kavadi which has successfully reached the top

mummy n i

the view of kl frm the top of the caves

the cute little monkey i saw on my way down