We visited KL for 3 days recently and stayed at the federal Hotel, on Bukit Bintang. My 13 year old daugther, on her first trip overseas was a bit apprehensive of KL as it is less westernised and a bit 'dirtier' than Singapore, where we had spent the previous few days. Once she discovered Sungei Wang Plaza, her fears were quicly forgotton and she was in shoppers paradise. It's an older quirkier mall than some of the more modern ones like Starthill, Paramount, etc, but these others with the brand name stores are similar to what we can find everywhere in Australia. Sungei Wang is an ecclectic misx of small sops, where we bought Tailor made business clothing for me (at Page tailors), DVDs, Nintendo DS Games, SD cards, shoes for my daughters, other clothing, souveniers. Yes, get a map from the info desk, as it's very confusing. We seemed to live for hours in the one shopping centre. We ate at a little chinese restaurant (Paramount) on the 2nd floor where we were recommened by one of the shops where we bought stuff. A small chinese restaurants, serving mainly locals, but the food was absoluteley great and extremely cheap.

This shopping centre is a maze of stalls and colour – and is recommended by the locals. We had some shirts and trousers made at Page Tailors on Level 1 – and were very pleased with the quality. If you have the patience to hunt around, you can find some reasonably priced souvenirs and accessories. Make sure you pick up a map from the concierge desk as the layout is a bit confusing.

This shopping mall is the one of the best place to buy cheap stuffs, primarily mobile phones, boots and clothes.

If you don’t mind the congestion of parking, traffic jams and the suffocating presence of so many people, then this is the best place for you.

When you are buying something, try your luck by negotiating. In many stores, you’ll be happy to find that you can bargain, provided your negotiation skills are good.