Shop Till You Drop

SHOP! Shop! Shop! These words probably best describe the most popular activities for visitors to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia’s capital.

No matter what you are looking for — from local arts and crafts to import­ed goods, low-priced mass-produced trinkets to top-of-the-range designer goods — you will be able to find it all in Kuala Lumpur.

What is even better for shopaholics is that the shopping experience in Kuala Lumpur is as varied as the goods on offer. Kuala Lumpur boasts some of the biggest and most modem shopping malls where you can browse in air-conditioned comfort.

Kuala Lumpur’s Golden Thangle, as the Bukit Bintang shopping precinct is commonly referred to, has the upmarket Starhill and Lot 10, as well as the ever busy Sungei Wang Plaza and Bukit Bintang Plaza where the pace of shopping is frenetic.

Computer buffs head to Imbi Plaza and Low Yat Plaza to get the latest in the IT world.
But you can also go local and spend hours on end visiting stall after stall in outdoor and night markets, allowing yourself to be surprised by the things you can find and their low price tags.
The best known night market is in Chinatown, Petaling Street, where you virtually have to squeeze in between stalls to move. Lorong Tuanku Abdul Rahman and its nearby Jalan Masjid India overflow with people each time Han Raya (the Eid festival) and Deepavali, the Indian festival of lights, draw near.

For souvenir and handicraft hun­ters, at Central Market, Kuala Lumpur’s former produce market which has been turned into a centre of arts and crafts, you can get your por­trait painted, key-chains embossed with your name or those of loved ones, traditional costumes of Malaysia’s major ethnic groups and even tasty Malaysian snacks.

Shopping in Kuala Lumpur goes into overdrive in March, July and December every year when the Malay­sian Megasale carnivals are held.

During these months, shoppers can look for the best discounts nationwide.
Visitors should not miss the oppor­tunity to be here on holiday during those months.