Kuala Lumpur Sights

  1. Bazaar Baru Market

    This lively market sells clothes, toys, buckets, stationary, noodles, spices, fresh meat and live, flapping catfish, as well as a staggering array of weird and wonderful tropical fruit. Overweight cats loiter around the wet market looking for scraps, and locals struggle through the narrow aisles with huge bags of shopping. Just wandering round is a heady, sensory experience, particularly for the sense of smell.

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  2. Petaling Street Market

    Traders start to fill covered Jln Petaling from mid-morning until the whole street is jammed with market stalls selling everything from fake Gucci handbags and pirate DVDs to nasi lemak (coconut rice) and bunches of lychees. The market really comes into its own at night, when hordes of tourists scour the stalls for convincing fakes of brand-name clothes, perfumes, watches and luggage.

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  3. Pudu Market

    South of the Golden Triangle, accessible by LRT from Hang Tuah station, Pudu Market is KL's biggest wet and dry market. It's a frenetic place, full of squawking chickens, frantic shoppers and porters forcing their way through the crowds with outrageous loads. Stalls here sell everything from goldfish in bowls to pig heads, cows tongues and durians in baskets. Arrive early in the morning to experience the market at its most lively and pungent.

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  4. Wet Market

    Running west of the main market towards Jln Tun HS Lee is Chinatown's pungent Wet Market, where locals shop for fresh fish, vegetables and gruesomely anatomical cuts of meat.

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