A Worthwhile Shopping Experience

My visit to Malaysia made me discover a new facet of the country and that was shopping. For a shopaholic like me it was an amazing experience and I returned back with loads of stuff at really cool prices. With mega sales and flea markets, shopping was light on the wallet. Though Malaysia has a wide range of shopping establishments in air conditioned malls to duty free shops where one can get everything at very low prices but to me what appealed were the night markets. Shopping in the night markets was a different experience altogether. These markets feature hawker stalls selling anything from local handicrafts to designer goods. But these goods were fakes but so genuine that one could easily believe it. The night markets are known locally as “thieves markets” on the island of Penang. The Thieves Market is ideal for anyone who wants cut-price anything, from hand-carved religious effigies to encyclopedias. Bargaining being a common practice one could really get the goods at half the prices what the hawkers ask for. I got some great buys and the most I loved were the compact discs which came at such attractive prices I couldn’t resist buying them. Even the stalls selling compact discs were a large crowd puller. The mega sale carnival was really a turn on. The event is a thrice yearly event when the prices drop down to the lowest with a sale up to 70%. Visitors throng the malls and bazaars during the sale and get great buys. From haute couture and high-gloss brands to home grown fashion Malaysia has everything. It’s a shopping marathon where all you need is a credit card which is humming. Malaysia was truly an experience and shopping there was much more! For more information on Malaysia Shopping visit stayresmalaysia.com/shopping-in-malaysia.htm Author is an associate editor of stayresmalaysia.com The website offers exclusive information of Malaysia Shopping We also provide online hotel reservation of hotels in Malaysia.