Bustling Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur 15 Aug 2017

Posted on 15 Aug 2017

Bustling Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur. Photo: joyfull/Shutterstock

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The entrance to Petaling Street market is marked by a tiled roof arch, decorated with red Chinese lanterns. The street's name is written in gold letters on a plaque. Walk through here to the market stalls of the best-known street in the original Chinese quarter of Kuala Lumpur. Green awnings protrude from the shop fronts as a mass of colourful objects from sunglasses to trainers spills out onto the street. Food stalls serve local, Chinese and fish dishes to taste as you walk from one end to the other. Visit Kuala Lumpur on Insight Guides' Indulgent Malaysia trip and experience the bustling market for yourself.

This article was originally published on 19th December, 2015

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