Day 177: Shopping in KL

First day in KL, and we needed to get our Christmas shopping done. Our flight to Australia in a few days comes with 20kg of luggage allowance, so we'd decided to spend a couple more days here doing shopping where gifts are generally a bit cheaper.

Without going into too much detail, we went to a bunch of large modern shopping malls! Pavilion, Lot 88, Suria KLCC, Fahrenheit, Low Yat Plaza and Sungei Wang were where we bought most things. Lots of presents for everyone, so no spoilers!

Went out for dinner in the evening, at a food truck park over near the twin towers. Was a really great idea - basically just a single-storey carpark during the day, and from 5pm every night a bunch of food trucks park and set up shop. Such a simple idea, I don't know why they don't do it in Sydney. Though the cynic in me knows that rather than paying a few ringgit for cheap food, the Sydney version would be stuffed with $25 gourmet options like the noodle markets every October. Alas!Read more