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Petronas Towers
The home of the government linked National Petroleum corporation - Petronas. These twin towers are 88...
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Horny Turtle
A trip to the KLCC aquarium was well worth it - although I took mostly video rather than photos. This...
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Thean Hou temple
The largest Buddhist temple in Kuala Lumpur. High up a high (as many of these big temples are - see...
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Thean Hou
Thean Hou, whose name is given to the temple, is the Heavenly Mother Goddess in Buddhism.
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Bernice and Thean Hou
Bernice posing next to the Thean Hou statue at the entrance to the Thean Hou temple.
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Rules of the Temple
Before you enter the temple you are face with this list of rules. Pay attention to rule no.4. What...
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Inside Thean Hou
Inside Buddhist temples is always an interesting mix of gods and goddesses and not just Buddha. This...
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Lanterns in Thean Hou
This is open air but the courtyard is covered by a roof of bright red lanterns.
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View from Thean Hou temple
As mentioned before, large Buddhist temples are often built far up a steep hillside. This view illustrates this.
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Prayers of the faithful
This was a tree just outside the main temple. Devotees had written prayers and wishes on pieces of paper and attached them to this tree.
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Prayers of the faithful Pt.2
Larger shot of the 'prayer tree' described earlier.
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Oo-eer missus!
Couldn't resist taking a photo of this suggestively shaped cactus.
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Tough Nut Terrapins
Further down the hill but still within the temple compound there is a pool full of terrapins happily...
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Buddhist Temple artwork
One afternoon we went into Brickfields (near Bangsar where we stayed). A small Buddhist temple had 3...
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Buddhist artwork
I'm sure that this picture (part of a storyboard at the entrance to a Buddhist temple) is of...
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Temple of Dead
Within a small Buddhist temple in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur was this section which was a shrine to...
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Orang Asli Tree bark clothes.
One sunny afternoon we took a trip to the Orang Asli museum which informs and increases awareness of...
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Orang Asli Mask
The Orang Asli (indiginous tribes of Malaysia) wear weird and sometimes grotesque masks during...
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