Petaling Street (Chinatown), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Tioman

Largest island of Malaysias east coast. It’s located 32km off the coast and is some 20km long and 12km wide and the highest peak is Gunung Kajang with 1038m. In the 70ies TIME magazine selected Tioman as one the world’s most beautiful islands but lost some flair in recent years due to do development. The island has eight main villages, many beaches and is densely forested and is surrounded by numerous coral reefs, making it a scuba diving haven.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Petaling Street (Chinatown)

Address: Jalan Petaling, 50000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Petaling Street (Chinatown), mostly Chinese roofed street market (food, bargain for fake branded goods)

mostly Chinese roofed street market (food, bargain for fake branded goods)

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- Open all day until around 11pm
- and don’t forget to negotiate, price can be brought down up to 70%!

Be careful buying pirated DVDs (music CDs are usually fine) in Chinatown as they tend to be of bad quality and you won’t be able to return them. You are better off buying them in the shopping malls around Bukit Bintang.

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shire
  

ya…this place is suitable for visitors

By shire on Jun 28, 2008

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