As I may have mentioned in an earlier posting, the hotel was very centrally situsted with easy access to farmers markets.The price was very reasonable, it was clean, and the staff were very helpful and friendly. The only factor which could be a draw-back for those wishing to spend more time in their rooms, was the lack of space. They were actually single rooms with a double bed.If you were a street seller, you often transported your goods, on a handcart,bike,or motor-bike, endeavouring to load it with as much as you possibly could
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.There were quite a few new buildings going up with all over the city.
The designs were often quite spectacular and eye-catching.
The usual street markets were to be found around most street corners.
Of couse the open air res-taurants, were another ever and on-going feature. with the food on display open to all the elements
And of course, there was sugar-cane juice available almost every-where.most of the machines were electrically powered, although I did see a very few that had petrol motors attached.
The food arcades were another feature of the landscape almost every-where.
Pre-packaged sliced fruit, such as papaya,pine-apple, water-melon, etc.selling for about 20 cents Aus. was also very readily available.
And after having sampled your lunch you lay on the idewalk for your mid-day siesta
This is the entrance to, and the iside of, one of the many malls, selling almost any thing you might wish to purchase, with the preponderance being clothes. There were also a few food stalls, but they were very much in the minority.
Of course there were not only the people taking siestas, there were also the street people. I must admit though, to having seen more people living on the street in Western countries, than I have in the third-world countries.
These are woven flowers are woven by the stall-holders in their spare moments. They make a very colourful display, and appear to be popular with their customers and sell well.
This is one of the weavings in the making.
Most shops open at the earliest around 10am with many of the market stalls much later. This photo was taken around 11.30am, and as can readily be seen, the stall-holders are as yet to arrive.
The majority of the people wear sandals, which being poorly made are continually in need of repair. This service is readily suuplied by these people on the street who do so by hand.
All types of meat, including fish and fowl are sold from these roadside stalls without the benefit of refrigeration, or a great deal of hygiene, besides a daily hosing down of their stall. I wonder how our health inspectors would react to such a situation!!!!
Chinatown is to be found in most of the major cities of the world, and some minor ones too, with Kuala Lumpur, being no exception.
The very delightful and exquisitely beautiful Mosque was almost hidden by trees, so here you see it in two phases - the minaret and then the main building.
An this is the storm water canal which passes under many of the roads and buldings and then flows alongside the Mosque.
The unfinished buildings were to be found from time to time hidden mongst many others with their striking architecture
This roadside stall is typical of many with its display of tropical fruits, with, in the foreground, papayas, then mandarins,longans,avocados, and mangoes.
And of course the open-air butcher.
The fish stall is also open-air, and surprising as it may well seem to some,I observed similar stalls in New York in the US.
Malaysia is a Muslim country and it is very rare indeed to see a woman with her head uncovered. In return for being granted permission to photograph his fruit stall, I was also permitted, in fact required, to take a photo of his sister, whom you note does not have her head covered. This means she is one of the minority who does not follow the Muslim religion.
For all the lovers of Durian, myself included, this phot0 of them on display, as a whole fruit, or in pieces will most certainly make our mouth's water. Those I ate were equally as good as any that I have tried in Thailand, which are claimed to be the best in the world.
It is not necessary to purchase small cuts of meat, you may buy the whole pig if you so desire - less the head of course, for this is considered quite a delicacy in its own right.
And where would we be but in the tropics to find fresh young cocoanuts. The mature one's are also readily available, although the meat of the mature cocoanut is often sold in its grated form, being freshly grated whilst you wait.
Also dried fish in all its many and varied forms.
Of couse the open air res-taurants, were another ever and on-going feature. with the food on display open to all the elements
And of course, there was sugar-cane juice available almost every-where.most of the machines were electrically powered, although I did see a very few that had petrol motors attached.
The food arcades were another feature of the landscape almost every-where.
Pre-packaged sliced fruit, such as papaya,pine-apple, water-melon, etc.selling for about 20 cents Aus. was also very readily available.
And after having sampled your lunch you lay on the idewalk for your mid-day siesta
This is the entrance to, and the iside of, one of the many malls, selling almost any thing you might wish to purchase, with the preponderance being clothes. There were also a few food stalls, but they were very much in the minority.
Of course there were not only the people taking siestas, there were also the street people. I must admit though, to having seen more people living on the street in Western countries, than I have in the third-world countries.
These are woven flowers are woven by the stall-holders in their spare moments. They make a very colourful display, and appear to be popular with their customers and sell well.
This is one of the weavings in the making.
Most shops open at the earliest around 10am with many of the market stalls much later. This photo was taken around 11.30am, and as can readily be seen, the stall-holders are as yet to arrive.
The majority of the people wear sandals, which being poorly made are continually in need of repair. This service is readily suuplied by these people on the street who do so by hand.
All types of meat, including fish and fowl are sold from these roadside stalls without the benefit of refrigeration, or a great deal of hygiene, besides a daily hosing down of their stall. I wonder how our health inspectors would react to such a situation!!!!
Chinatown is to be found in most of the major cities of the world, and some minor ones too, with Kuala Lumpur, being no exception.
The very delightful and exquisitely beautiful Mosque was almost hidden by trees, so here you see it in two phases - the minaret and then the main building.
An this is the storm water canal which passes under many of the roads and buldings and then flows alongside the Mosque.
The unfinished buildings were to be found from time to time hidden mongst many others with their striking architecture
This roadside stall is typical of many with its display of tropical fruits, with, in the foreground, papayas, then mandarins,longans,avocados, and mangoes.And of course the open-air butcher.
The fish stall is also open-air, and surprising as it may well seem to some,I observed similar stalls in New York in the US.
Malaysia is a Muslim country and it is very rare indeed to see a woman with her head uncovered. In return for being granted permission to photograph his fruit stall, I was also permitted, in fact required, to take a photo of his sister, whom you note does not have her head covered. This means she is one of the minority who does not follow the Muslim religion.
For all the lovers of Durian, myself included, this phot0 of them on display, as a whole fruit, or in pieces will most certainly make our mouth's water. Those I ate were equally as good as any that I have tried in Thailand, which are claimed to be the best in the world.
It is not necessary to purchase small cuts of meat, you may buy the whole pig if you so desire - less the head of course, for this is considered quite a delicacy in its own right.
And where would we be but in the tropics to find fresh young cocoanuts. The mature one's are also readily available, although the meat of the mature cocoanut is often sold in its grated form, being freshly grated whilst you wait.Also dried fish in all its many and varied forms.
I have at last been able to access a computer to download the promised photos. Yesterday I flew from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. to Colombo, Sri Lanka, and am staying at a lovely old world hotel right on the sea front which was built in 1887. Before I share some of my experiences of the last day or so, let me share the photos.
