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Its monsoon time of the year. My favorite season as nature will be at its best – the slopes and mountains covered with lavish greenery, lakes flooding with muddy rain water, and the waterfalls turn glorious due to ample rains.  Unfortunately, we are locked down at home and cannot venture out to enjoy the same as we all are braving through a tough pandemic. While working at home as I peep through the window of my home, I watch rains with strong chilly winds, nose buds get alerted with the mud smell and trees swaying in this beautiful phenomenon of nature. All this was indeed provoking me to write something on monsoon.  My last monsoon diary was on Jog Falls which is indeed the best place to visit during monsoons in Karnataka. At this time of the year, I could think of yet another best monsoon trips I had with my family few years back– Paithalmala. But back then I hadn’t started my journey into travel blogging hence didn’t pen it down. Its time now  J . Paithalmala Hill Station is one

Our last day of porting was at Port Klang, Malaysia. Port Klang is a town and main gateway to sea into Malaysia. In fact, it is one of the largest ports in the country. While getting down from the ship, we could see huge trailers parked in the dockyard just like what I had seen in movies. We had to walk a bit to reach bus parking lot. Here again just like Langkawi, many tourist buses were parked and lot of tourists were there. It took some time for us to spot our Chariot tour bus. Finally we found our bus and hopped onto it to commence on Kuala Lumpur City tour. Batu Caves This was the first spot of the day. This is a hill hosting a series of caves and cave temples within. Its name is derived from the Malay word Batu meaning “rock”. This cave is also one of most popular Hindu Shrines here dedicated to Lord Murugan. You can see long tall standing gold plated statue of Lord Murugan from a far off distance. Another important part that will catch your eye are the colorful steps to wa