Shopping

Today we went on an organised tour of KL which David will report on. Before we signed up for the tour though, we went to the Petronas Twin Towers and on into the mall which is next to them. It was absolutely incredible – huge and with every designer shop you could think of. Miles and miles of commercialism. We were there at around 12.30 and all the office workers were out spending their hard earned cash. We window shopped for a bit and then headed for the Tourist Info Centre.
After our city tour we walked to the Central Market, crossing the river where the two muddy rivers meet…. Kuala Lumpar is so called because it means the confluence of muddy rivers!! The Central Market building was a bright blue and jam packed with little stalls selling crafts from pewter, to cushion covers, jewellery, pashminas, paintings, and other stuff mostly handmade. We bought a very pretty piece of jewellery which I might keep or I might give away as a gift.
From the Central Market we walked to China Town. We had been warned it might rain and Petaling Lane in Chinatown has a covered market. We priced the watches and got into one conversation where the trader started at RM85 and reduced his price after some haggling right down to RM35 (about £7 for a genuine Rolex imitation)! After talking to some Dutch people we met whilst eating, it seems Bangkok will come up with just as good prices, so we decided to wait until we got there to buy watches!
After our meal, we then did a bit of shopping in preparation for our visit to the island - Koh Siboya - next week. We needed shoes for swimming in and we both managed to buy flip flop type shoes - mine were £3.00 and David's were even less - £2.40. Last of the big spenders eh!