 Malaysia
City Excitement - Chinatown, Petaling Street
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 Kuala
Lumpur's Chinatown or Petaling Street is the ideal place for
bargains and a taste of local colour. A bustling hub set in
the centre of the older part of the city, shops here offer
a variety of textiles, clothes, shoes and handbags at bargain
prices.
The area is also known for its jewellery shops with a variety
of fine jewellery crafted in gold and set with gemstones.
Nepalese traders offer exotic ethnic jewellery. There are
wall hangings, ornaments, curios and teapots from India and
Myanmar. Make-shift and mobile stalls jam the streets with
offerings of dried foodstuff, herbs, fruits, flowers and herbal
remedies.
This extraordinarily busy street becomes a shopping carnival
at night with stalls peddling ethnic goods, clothing, cosmetics,
watches, leather goods and much more.
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