Kek Lok Si #5 - Guan Yin and the 12 Zodiacs

After going up to the pagoda, the next destination in Kek Lok Si would be the Bronze Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple; Air Itam, Penang island, Malaysia. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 1999.

Instead of paying for 3 person to take the stupid cable that looks like an inclined lift, I decided to walk down from the pagoda to take my car parked below and drove up to the Bronze Goddess of Mercy Statue.



After the generous donations by faithful devotees, the construction of the canopy is already in progress, hence we were unable to go near to the statue.



They have the 12 animal zodiacs there as well!



LOL


Is this an example of beastiality? Shouldn't the tagline be Man has anal sex with pig? LOL



Should this be my personal ad? Now who wants some tongue? LOL



I spotted my snakey being too friendly with another guy...

I confronted her and this was the response I got:



Woman are often unpredictable and they can be as vicious like snakes... LOL



After all these posing and my brother got pissed and threatened to punch me if I do not stop taking pictures... Haha



At last, the older Kuan Yin Statue of Kek Lok Si. I thought that it would be a nice material for me to do some vector art with this picture. This will be my next flash vector project!

Anyway, that pretty much sums up my trip to Kek Lok Si temple!

Kek Lok Si Series:
Kek Lok Si #1 Hike towards the temple
Kek Lok Si #2 The View, the Guards and the Beggars
Kek Lok Si #3 Before climbing the pagoda
Kek Lok Si#4 Reached the top of Pagoda

Kek Lok Si #4 - Reached the top of the Pagoda

Continued from the "Before climbing the pagoda" post.

When I reached the top of the tower, I saw this:



This couple looked like foreign workers. Foreigners in a foreign land with love.



Yours truly doing the Hiro Nakamura pose!



A landscape picture of the famous Kek Lok Si Temple.



A group picture!



Haha!



Spotted this in the holy temple.

Kek Lok Si Series:
Kek Lok Si #1 Hike towards the temple
Kek Lok Si #2 The View, the Guards and the Beggars
Kek Lok Si #3 Before climbing the pagoda

To be continued...

Kek Lok Si #3 - Before climbing the pagoda

There were plenty of pretty flowers around because of the Chinese New Year. The Chrysanthemum looks very fresh.



See 3 person on top? My bro, Steven and Derek went up first so that I could snap pics for them.



There was this old lady giving a donation.



The web infested Dragon Claw.



After snapping and snapping... I walked up the stairs...

To be continued....

Kek Lok Si #2 - The View,the Guard and the Beggars

Steven,Derek and my brother.

After passing through the souvenir stalls and the turtle pond, we finally arrived at the first scene of the temple.



The view is spectacular as you can see.



Tried to take some pics of the beggars. They all will try to face another direction to avoid me having a clear picture of their face.



Malaysians are not ready for impromptu street photography.



To be continued...

Kek Lok Si #1 - The Hike Towards the Temple

One week before Chinese New Year, my housemate from Indonesia Steven decided to pay me a visit in Penang and I played the role of a Tour Guide to take him around. A tour to Kek Lok Si was the first destination.



On the way to Kek Lok Si Temple, I dropped by at my high school and took a picture.
Chung Ling High School gave me countless memories.



Parked below for a flat rate of RM3.00 which is quite expensive.You can opt to park up the hill which cost less but climbing from the bottom is more fun.



One of the famous attraction in Kek Lok Si temple is the hundreds of tortoises. Tourists can purchase a bunch of water spinach(a.k.a. Kangkung) for RM1.00 from the hawkers around the pond to feed them.



(translation:Please do not pee here!)

lol...



This is a gigantic rock that has chinese characters carved on it.

More Kek Lok Si to come!