Exploring Kek Lok Si Temple (Penang)

Akhirnya aku sampai jugak ke Kek Lok Si Temple nie ....dah bertahun2 nak pi tapi always tak kesampaian ...last Friday, my sister and I sewa kereta and after breakfast and check out from the hotel, terus ke Ayer Itam ...and cari this temple ...ada le 2-3 kali kena stop and ask for direction tapi bak kata org kan, malu bertanya sesat jalan hehehe ...

The place was really nice ...masuk2 ajer kat kawasan temple ni, dia kenakan parking charge RM2, which I think is ok ....tapi masa tu panas dia tak tau nak describe camne ...terlampau panas sampai terasa kat tulang! tapi nak berjalan punya pasal, aku gagahkan jugak hahahaha ....kat sini ada 3 section: temple ground, mid-section and hilltop section. all in all, jenuh gak le nak berjalan ke semua bahagian...

arch over the main entrance - with its intricate designs(above) and gambar2 (bawah) kat kat mid-section

This Kek Lok Si Temple nie, according to history and the guidebook yang aku baca, was founded over 100 years ago ...banyak bahagian dalam temple nie ...ada monastries, prayer halls, pagoda, and nicely done landscapes ...yang nie semua gambar2 kat hilltop ...untuk naik ke sini, dia ada inclined lift (gambar akan dimasukkan ke blog rainbow) and it cost RM2 one way ...turun naik kira RM4 le ...

one of the prayer halls within the hilltop compound ...orang pun ramai masa aku pi tu ....and the devout Buddists can be seen praying there as well ...tourist cam aku nie pon ramai jugak ....but the main attraction kat hilltop nie is the Kuan Yin Bronze Statue ...kalau tak silap this section was opened in 2002 ...kira baru lagi le

tapi the landscape kat hilltop section sangat cantik, and very well maintained ....ada patung2 of the twelve chinese zodiak ...

and some nice hard landscape as well ...tapi shading kurang, sebab tu panas! I would suggest kalau nak ke sini, wear comfortable shoes ...sebab byk jalan2 ...and pakai topi ok ...aku beli topi kat situ ajer, takde pilihan in terms of colour, design etc...yang penting cover kepala aku tu ...both my sister and I had fun there ...cuma penat je lah ...menapak from one place to another..but i think it was worth it!