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Bukit Bintang where to go in Kuala Lumpur and what to do in KL.

Bukit Bintang is the real center of Kuala Lumpur. The city administration would like to tell that KLCC around the Petronas Towers is the center but according to the amount of people, action, facilities, shopping, food etc. it's Bukit Bintang. This is the same during the day and especially during the night.

This part of KL is on the hill behind the old center of KL which was Chinatown, Bukit means hill and Bintang means star, all together Star Hill, sounds like Hollywood? Actually it’s more going on at this part of Kuala Lumpur than in whole LA where Hollywood is, no yoke. Compared to places like KL, Bangkok, Phuket etc. the whole US is a desert in the night except maybe Las Vegas and Miami.

Around are also dozens of hotels in every price range and some walking street like areas such as BB Park, which is a good place in the evening with an excellent mixture of bars, disco and restaurants,

Changkat Bukit Bintang

is the more lively part with dozens of restaurants, live music, bars, disco, nightclubs and shopping, hotels, restaurants and everything related during

day and night. In recent years it also become the center of gravity of casual Arab investment in Malaysia. There is probably no other place in the country where so many (BMO) black moving objects are visible ( this is a Lebanese expression),

I wonder what they are hiding from? Malaysians are nice people respecting others, they won’t never harass any tourists, so there is no need to hide, more.

Without any doubt, Changkat Bukit Bintang this is the real heart of the city and this “Golden Triangle” is dedicated to shopping, in malls such as Sungai Wang (probably the best shopping center in Kuala Lumpur) and Lot 10 on the opposite side of the road. If one don't want to run around to much and have the Monorail which somehow connects to everywhere that's the place.

where to go in Kuala Lumpur
Hotel at Changkat Bukit Bintang plus restaurants,
where to go in Kuala Lumpur and
what to do in KL.

Chinese restaurants in KL are infinite

food comes in all varieties, its almost like Hong Kong or Singapore, no wonder because more than 30% of the population in Malaysia is Chinese. Easily be accessed by bus, taxi and the elevated monorail. The only problem is the monorail units are to small and they forgot to install a ticked machine at the monorail station, the result is long lines of people who need to buy a ticket manually because there are only one or two ticket counters with people open.

This is 19 Century with a view to the 21. Century Petronas towers who tell everyone how “advanced” the country is, this ticketing is not advanced, this is a mess.

This location is the KL “golden triangle”.

Starting from Jalan Pudu (where one of the worst prisons in Asia was since British colonial times, its closed now but by using the monorail all buildings are still seen from an elevated viewpoint and that looks real grim). The road intersects with Jalan Sultan Ismail and forms somehow a triangle. Around are plenty of hotels and restaurants plus cheap hawker stalls. Some of the main shopping malls are located here, this are Berjaya Times Square, Imbi Plaza, Sungei Wang, Lot 10 and Pavilion KL.


Bukit Bintang Shopping

This is Kuala Lumpur#s top shopping and soft nightlife quarter located with most up market around hotels and great entertainment places when walking down to Changkat Bukit Bintang. Some shopping malls are Starhill Gallery, Pavilion KL,, Sungei Wang Plaza,  and Lot 10 there are several more great malls around.

Starhill Gallery

Close to JW Marriott Hotel, the Starhill Gallery Is a modern cool stylish building with an area 

Bukit Bintang
Bukit Bintang

of 280.000 square feet, this luxurious  shopping mall  has seven themed floors, each featuring a different shopping ideas. The Pavilion KL a rather new excellent shopping mall with an area of around 1.3 million square feet. The mall has six parts with a wide spectrum of items to shop such as designer wear, great furniture and pieces of art pieces. Various restaurants with international and local food plus spas and beauty shops. There are karaoke bars, bistros, cinemas and other entertainment venues.

KL Pictures

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Sungei Wang Plaza

This very popular shopping mall has around 500 retail outlets plus another 100 or so movable stalls at the open space around the center and elsewhere. There is a large selection of goods, actually if you can imagine it you will find it and its for all budgets, one of the best is the Teppanyaki restaurant at third floor, excellent food for mini prices. When comparing to Japanese food prices elsewhere such as Singapore, Hong Kong etc. its a real bargain, there is also interesting KL Nightlife around. There are photo shops and other with the newest gadgets, electronic fashion wear and  accessories, bags and luggage, shoes, mobiles and boutiques.

Imbi Plaza just across a side road computer hard and software is available.

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KL Nightlife, where to stay in Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Bintang

Bukit Bintang Plaza

Built already long time ago the plaza still attracts the crowd with a good mix of local and international goods over a wide spectrum which spans from clothing to sport goods, pharmaceutical products, computers and more.

Berjaya Times Square

which is Malaysia's largest shopping mall with over one million sqm. The usable space is housing more than 1,000 retail stores plus restaurants and entertainment. There is everything on sale a modern consumer could think about

Lot 10 Mall

is on designer goods and similar up markets goods this places are to be found anywhere in big cities around the wold even the goods are the same, imported high price so called designer items, the Japanese Isetan is also there.

This is the heart of KL's Golden Triangle,

a district of shopping, nightlife, restaurants and international level hotels. Around the Bukit Bintang Monorail station, are several large shopping centers such as Sungei Wang, Bukit Bintang Plaza and Imbi Plaza.

Further down the road along Jalan Raja Chulan, is the handicraft village of Karyaneka. The country's 13 states are represented by 13 identical kampong which each state's particular handicraft and arts.

Items on display and for sale are hand-woven textiles, woodcarvings, batik, basketwork, silver and pewter items, shells and pottery plus some jewelryare on display. There are demonstrations of cloth-weaving, batik printing plus silver and copper works. At a showroom are this items are on sale.

 
 
 
 
 
                              
   
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