The limestone Batu Caves just outside Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, the Hindu temples established in 1891 though the caves are 60 to 100 million years old. A [new] statue of Lord Murugan - standing 42 mtrs high- with 272 steps leading up to the upper entrance. There is another cave opening a bit below the upper caves, called the «Dark Cave» [last picture below, there is one wild looking dog in the pic which gives a perspective on the size of the entrance height]. This cave was closed to entry beyond the first few 100 mtrs.. completely dark and full of bats - at least that's what it sounded like - so I got a few photos and retreated. Apparently, the Dark Cave remains mostly unexplored.

  
  
Funicular train to Penang Hill passes through the steepest [but a pretty short one though] tunnel in the world. The ride was steep, but did not feel as steep as the one to Victoria Peak HK actually. The view from the top, pretty spectacular

Penang - nature walk
                
  

Massive Raintrees growing in the gardens of the Shangri-La Rasa Sayang in Penang.

Parasailing at Batu Ferringhi [Foreigner's Rock] Beach, Penang Malaysia.

 
Mannat and Anil airborne..... and coming back to a perfect landing. We went straight up on an updraft.... a beautiful «flight» until the speedboat chap decided to have some fun and drop us to the water and skimmed us with our legs trailing on the surface for a a few seconds - we had seen the jellyfish in the ocean a few minutes earlier and it was not a very pleasant thought to be dumped in teh sea with those creatures. Yikes!

  
The kid yelling in the background was being teased by the other guys, they were threatening to send him up to accompany Jyoti. Cant show the «landing» photo.... the instructor who accompanied Jyoti made too fast a side-slip and they came crashing into the sand in a jumble with the ropes.
On second thoughts, here it is. LOL!

And this is BALAA, a great guy who runs the informal water-sports company on Batu Ferringi Beach.