Leaving the riverside walk we headed across town to Chinatown area with its Chinese pagoda-style architectural designed buildings with Chinese lanterns, candles and brightly coloured signs in large Chinese characters. Many of these buildings have been here since the 1800's. There is an excellent selection of restaurants, food stalls and markets in this area but it was a little early for lunch so we continued on our self-guide walk and passed by rows of shophouses built in a mixture of Dutch and Roman style architecture. There is also an area named "little India" where the influence of India food, goods and cultural are seen in the buildings, temple and colourful sari robes of the vendors. We came across the Central Markets and wander through them for the next hour and a half as they were interesting to survey and as they were covered it was also much cooler than on the street. Ken bought a pair of slip on Puma sandals for the mighty price of $8 Australian. What a bargain! They retail for $25 back home. I bought a costume jewellery necklace as I needed something bright to wear with my white tops and dress and it will also be a memento of our day spent in KL.
As it was nearing 1pm we caught a train back to the Mall where we were to meet our guide at 2pm to travel back to the ship. We found a Malaysian restaurant and ordered a noodle curry for lunch. It was hot but very delicious and we enjoyed watching the locals eating in the restaurant. We sat on the opposite side of the coach on the trip back to Port Kelang to see what we'd missed on the trip to KL. Arriving back at the port we admired the beautifully manicured gardens of the grounds adjacent to the Sea Princess. Boarding the ship we chatted with our fellow guests about what a great visit we'd had to KL and how impressed we were at the tidiness and friendly interaction we enjoyed with the locals.
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