Streets of Malaysia (part 1)

Olla Amigos'

Today’s topic is about the streets of Malaysia. When you say, the streets of Malaysia, what would be the first thing that would pop into your mind? Well, for me it’s none other than Petaling Street, located in China Town. That’s the BEST place for you to shop for cheap and awesome accessories and also branded HANDBAGS! Obviously fake ones, HEHE! So, If you're looking for cheap clothes, fabrics, souvenirs, electronic items, watches, DVDs, CDs and more? Then Petaling Street is the place for you. The stalls would be set up in a one, straight row and stall owners would place and hang the handbags on the grills. Something like a flee or night market.

I remembered the last time I went there, there's was a lot of stuff you could be buy at an average price. It's not to cheap, not too expensive. It's affordable. For buyers, it is often possible to bargain the price tag of an item such as watches, clothing and all the other items. Petaling Street does not exclusively offer pirated products. You could see thousands of foreign faces everywhere buying stuff as their souvenirs back home.  You can get practically anything from food to bags and sunglasses to handicrafts  all along Petaling Street. I found an article on the net saying that the prices there are generally quoted 15 to 35% higher than what they are truly worth even higher sometimes for tourists. So remember, before you head down to Petaling Street, make sure your bargaining skills are well honed.

Petaling streets offer you variety of foods also. The area has dozens of restaurants and food stalls, serving local favourites such as Hokkien mee, ikan bakar (barbecued fish), asam laksa and curry noodles. Chinese and seafood restaurants can be found at every corner, and stalls selling all kinds of snacks that are stretched along the street. So when as you’re walking you could smell the interesting mixture of aroma filling the air that is quite hard for you to resist. By the way, the traders here are mainly Chinese but there are also Indian, Malay, and Bangladeshi traders.

If you guys wanna know how Petaling Street is at night, it looks really pretty with all the lightings and structures of the buildings The best thing about them is that most of them are open until very late at night, with some even staying open until four to five in the morning. Be warned though that it can get rather crowded sometimes. You should be prepared to sweat it out. The only thing that you need to remember is to bring enough water because you know bargaining can be quite tiring!

The crowd and the noise are really part of the fun of visiting Petaling Street. Without these, it just wouldn’t be right. Other than that, in Petaling Street, there are also, budget hotels for tourist to rent in for the night. About getting to Petaling Street is not really a big deal. Tourist can take buses that heads to ‘Kotaraya’. There are also plenty of train stations nearby. You can either take the LRT, KTM Komuter or Monorail. All of this is just within walking distance.

(Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petaling_Street, http://www.malaysiasite.nl/chinatowneng.htm, http://www.kuala-lumpur.ws/klareas/chinatown_petaling.htm)