The Batu Caves are located north of the capital city of Kuala Lumpur and function both as a monkey playground and as a hindu shrine. I don't recall the exact number of steps (I was too busy clinging to the railing to keep from rolling down the shallow steps), but there are a huge number. Enough that having ascended and descended them once, I never felt the need to return. (Now that I have a better camera, I may well return when I next visit Malaysia to collect some better monkey pictures!) http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0447IMGEnhanced/65127814_285y7-Ti.jpg http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/gallery/1379381_5UfJX/ 2006-04-18T04:56:13Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Cave decoration</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127814_285y7" title="Cave decoration"><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0447IMGEnhanced/65127814_285y7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Cave decoration" title="Cave decoration" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T23:24:19Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0447IMGEnhanced/65127814_285y7-Th.jpg 2001-04-15 04:46:31 <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Cave shrine</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127835_uVQuJ" title="Cave shrine"><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0444IMGEnhanced/65127835_uVQuJ-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Cave shrine" title="Cave shrine" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T23:41:55Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0444IMGEnhanced/65127835_uVQuJ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Statue lit by opening in the roof of the cave.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127851_4NhLP" title="Statue lit by opening in the roof of the cave."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0443IMGEnhanced/65127851_4NhLP-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Statue lit by opening in the roof of the cave." title="Statue lit by opening in the roof of the cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T23:42:30Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0443IMGEnhanced/65127851_4NhLP-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Steps to the cave</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127869_enyvN" title="Steps to the cave"><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0432IMGEnhanced/65127869_enyvN-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Steps to the cave" title="Steps to the cave" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T23:41:01Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0432IMGEnhanced/65127869_enyvN-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Monkey eating cookie.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127884_kx5NF" title="Monkey eating cookie."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0433IMGEnhanced/65127884_kx5NF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Monkey eating cookie." title="Monkey eating cookie." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T00:44:18Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0433IMGEnhanced/65127884_kx5NF-Th.jpg 2001-04-15 04:26:33 <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Monkey on the prowl</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127913_7mzFv" title="Monkey on the prowl"><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0434IMGEnhanced/65127913_7mzFv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Monkey on the prowl" title="Monkey on the prowl" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T00:09:08Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0434IMGEnhanced/65127913_7mzFv-Th.jpg 2001-04-15 04:26:44 <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Steps to the cave</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127938_NE2dc" title="Steps to the cave"><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0437IMGEnhanced/65127938_NE2dc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Steps to the cave" title="Steps to the cave" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T01:58:05Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0437IMGEnhanced/65127938_NE2dc-Th.jpg 2001-04-15 04:30:17 <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />See evil, hear evil and screech evil monkeys. These little guys enjoy picking tourists' pockets.</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127956_Z8KmZ" title="See evil, hear evil and screech evil monkeys. These little guys enjoy picking tourists' pockets."><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0439IMGEnhanced/65127956_Z8KmZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="See evil, hear evil and screech evil monkeys. These little guys enjoy picking tourists' pockets." title="See evil, hear evil and screech evil monkeys. These little guys enjoy picking tourists' pockets." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-07T01:57:24Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0439IMGEnhanced/65127956_Z8KmZ-Th.jpg 2001-04-15 04:32:53 <p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com">Brian Hewitt</a><br />Dizzy yet? (This picture hasn't been altered, the steps really are this steep.)</p><p><a href="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/1379381_5UfJX#65127968_T8Y3v" title="Dizzy yet? (This picture hasn't been altered, the steps really are this steep.)"><img src="http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0442IMGEnhanced/65127968_T8Y3v-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Dizzy yet? (This picture hasn't been altered, the steps really are this steep.)" title="Dizzy yet? (This picture hasn't been altered, the steps really are this steep.)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-06T23:03:00Z Brian Hewitt http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com http://brianhewitt.smugmug.com/Travel/Malaysia/Batu-Caves/104-0442IMGEnhanced/65127968_T8Y3v-Th.jpg 2001-04-15 04:39:18