Views at Bukit Gasing...

Greetings all. Today we divert from the current mood of story-telling, that is stories based on long travels with the Johor trip in focus followed by what happened on the way back to Kuala Lumpur. If that mood was to be adhered to, the next story should be about Kedah as it was the long trip made after that, never mind the fact that trip was completed a month ago.

Instead, let's shift focus for the moment. Here I present pictures made on a visit up Bukit Gasing in Petaling Jaya last week. Here...

I think the last time I went up this hill was more than 10 years before. Some 20 years ago, during my college years, I used to go up with some friends to lap up the view and look at the many "broken-down" cars up here... Know what I mean? Cars that seem to break down at dark places everytime there's a couple inside, hehe! :]

Couples, lovers and what they do inside their cars aside, Bukit Gasing does offer some nice view...

Just look at this one overlooking Jalan Kelang Lama and it's surroundings. Imagine the view at night, again couples and lovers notwithstanding, hehe!

Towards the north-east is this small telecommunications tower...

The actual top of the hill however is off-limits. After all, it houses a Hindu temple and thus not everyone can go in, especially now when the temple is under renovation...

That means one could only get the view towards the south. The view towards the north is blocked by these telecommunication buildings...

I wish I could get up this tower and savour the uninhibited view up there... Hmm... Maybe I would one day...

As I was about to leave, a thought occured to me... Let's just take the junction towards the telecommunication buildings and see what happens. That's when I saw this staircase...

My, my... The stairs lead to the temple under renovation...

But that's besides the point... What I want is to enjoy the view towards the north... Awesome!

This part of the temple made me deja vu... Suddenly I felt like I'm top of the world... The way the little buildings in the picture are made and arranged conjure a feeling like being on top of the mythical Mount Olympus associated with old Greek myths!

An awesome view of KL from Bukit Gasing...

The next day, I took this view of Bukit Gasing from the Taman Jaya Putra-LRT station. Ends...