Chinatown Market

Petaling Street Bargain Hunting. ( Part 1 )

Chinatown's Petaling Street is one of Kuala Lumpur's most popular tourist destinations. In the evenings, part of the road is closed to traffic and it transforms itself into a bustling night market. This quaint cluster of makeshift shops in the middle of town bustles with life and resounds of bargain from noon until night. It is a great place to stroll along as you will never know what kind of bargained goods can be founded along these crowded avenues.

 Petaling Street, the centre of Kuala Lumpur’s original Chinatown, maintains much of its traditional atmosphere, particularly at night when vendors fan out their merchandise along the street.

Bargain hunters can be seen haggling at many of the stalls that make up Petaling Street's infamous shopping haven. Dozens of restaurants can be found along the street at the shop houses that originally line the streets. Food stalls can also be found towards the centre of the street selling local Chinese delights. Tourists and locals still insist on frequenting the place because of its great bargains and its popularity. This vibrant area can get very crowded sometimes and one must be prepared to squeeze their way through a sea of bodies to get to the next stall. Nevertheless, that's just a minor inconvenience. Eventually, the offer of cheap clothes, watches, hand bags and DVD's are too great an opportunity to miss out.  

 Note : While buying things from this market, prepare yourself to bargain a lot because things might get  on half or one-third of the quoted rates using right techniques of haggling.