From the second floor of Thean Hou Temple, both KL Tower and KL Twin Tower are quite visible despite the haze in the air.  From here, the roof of the temple can be clearly seen too.  The statues and clay structure attached to the roof are especially exquisite and these structures can really make one feels the contrast between the busy life in the city and the peaceful life in a temple on top of a mountain.

From here, you can see a staircase with beautiful traditional Chinese carvings that leads to the top.  You can also see high rise buildings and a small part of the octagon pagoda from this angle.

The palm tree is giving a bit of touch to the whole picture but the contrast between modern and ancient is still very obvious from here.  There are dragon figure carvings on the brick fences surrounding the pagoda as well as Chinese words carved on the pole.  These brick fences are actually donations of many generous people around Malaysia.  To honour them, the management of the temple has printed out their names and the state of their residence in red on a white plastic tag and stick them on the brick fences.

I am very glad to have a chance to take a picture here.  It is not easy to get the spot especially many people are passing by all the time.

This is a metal pergola but not many climber plants can be seen.  However, they have decorated it with pots of plants.  The pergola actually leads to a small man made cave where the Guan Yin Goddess can be found.  There is a place below the small cave in front of the goddess for kneeling down to pray to the goddess for health and prosperity in life.

Here is a closer look of the small cave.  Next to the small cave, there is a small pagoda too.  The cave and the pagoda are both very artistically built and beautiful.

A lotus flower awaitng to bloom was captured by Colin.  I am sure it must be very beautiful when it blooms.

This is a small bamboo bush.  Bamboos and lotus flowers are commonly seen in most temples and they sure add tranquility to the surroundings and the believers or visitors there.

This picture was taken from the second floor and this is how the inner garden looks like.  On the right, you can see the metal pergola which I mentioned just now.  There are also ceramic benches and they are really cooling.  If you sit on the two on the far right, you’ll get the highrise buildings as your picture’s background.

We got into the pagoda finally.  These ceramic tables and stools are really heavy.  At first, I thought they have them fixed on the floor but Colin said no so I tried to move one of them and it can really be moved!  However, it was really heavy.

This is me again.  Do you notice that there’s a printing on the table?  It is actually a Chinese chess print.  Well, I guess if you want to play Chinese chess, just bring your checkers and opponent here.  It was really quiet in the pagoda so you can concentrate and make your best move.  My background is the opposite side of the temple.  So, you saw the highrise buildings and on this side, you’ll get the nature.  It is a great place if you need some inspiration.

We were still at the top and we went to the front of the temple and got this picture taken.  With one glance, the blue section looks like a swimming pool but it is actually not.  It is just an open space and it leads to some shops and food outlets.  The outer area is where the 12 Animals in the Chinese Horoscope (year in which one was born as represented by an animal) are located.  Look carefully on the tar walking path highlighted by the grass.  What animal can you see?  I can see a dragon.