Our day started a bit slowly after our festive Saturday night. We finally made it out around noon, and caught the LRT to Masjid Jamek for the Central Market. It was touristy, but we did find some cool souvenirs from Borneo, including a blow gun, which is surprisingly easy to use and aim. They let me try it out in the store after I bought it, it comes with a wooden dart.
Had lunch in the food court in the central market (it was so-so) and a refreshing coconut water just outside. We walked around some more markets in Little India and Chinatown but these were selling mostly knock-offs. It was cool to just walk through them though.
Got back to Traders around 5pm, in time for Happy Hour. We relaxed with the views of Petronas Towers, had enough food to call it dinner. I wanted to see the night market at Jalan Alor to take some pictures - it wasn't raining so I though it would be a good chance. The hotel staff were surprised that we wanted to walk - they were suggesting a taxi. It was only a 20 minute walk, and the streets were so crowded I'm sure the taxi would have taken longer. We cut through the Pavilion, which is a shopping mall but has a cool pedestrian court with restaurants spilling out into the patios.
We reached Jalan Alor through crowded streets. Pedestrians take over the streets but somehow taxis and trishaws still crawl through, slightly slower than we were walking.
We finally tried durian. One of the stalls sold small pieces, and provided throwaway gloves to eat with. We both thought it was okay, but nothing special enough to put up with the smell. Heather also tried a peanut crusted gelatinous rice dessert (muah chee) that she liked.
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