Day 91- Temples, Viewpoints, Crushed Ice and Bats

The hostel I am currently staying at has a pool so this morning I took full advantage.

This afternoon we took a trip to Kek Lok Si temple which is situated at the foot of the Air Itam mountain. This is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia. The entire complex was built over a period from 1890-1930. The literal translation of Kek Lok Si is ‘Temple of Ultimate Happiness’. The temple has a combination of Burmese, Thai and Chinese architecture. The 30m pagoda itself combines all of these styles in layers. There are additionally 10,000 statues of Buddha and an impressive tall bronze statue of Kuan Yin, the goddess of mercy.

After this we visited another temple which is known as ‘Bat Cave Temple’. This small Buddhist temple is dedicated to the god of prosperity Tua Pek Kong. The temple is thought to have been constructed around 1917. Towards the back of the temple there is a small cave. Legand has it that a hermit used to cave for meditation and that the monks guarded the bats against human interference. Another legand is that a feng shui master who reared two cranes lived in the cave and started the practice of worship here, after he died the bats took over the cave. It was a really interesting temple which is worth a visit. The bats are tiny and very cute!

The last stop of the day was Penang Hill. We took the train to the top of the 883m peak. The views over Penang were beautiful. It was so clear and we could see mainland Malaysia.

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At the top we had some awesome crushed ice desert. This is really popular in Asia and is basically crushed ice usually served with a variety of fruit, ice cream and sauce. We went for a mango sauce, mango ice cream and mango fruit. It was amazing!!

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