Monday, August 20. 2007

Kota Bahru ~ A Nice Place To Shop



We made a stop at Kota Bahru, Kelantan before taking the plane back home after our trip to the islands. The above pic is just one of the unique things about shopping there. Guys and girls need to queue up separately at the checkout counters.

I also noted that the shops do not sell Cleo or Her World magazines. The only women magazines available on the rack are those with respectably clad ladies gracing the covers.

And to our delight, the shoes and clothes sold there were very practical, solid and yet stylish in nature. The prices are really reasonable, too. CY who was born, bred and currently living in the heart of bustling KL somehow never found the time to shop there. But in Kota Bahru, she hopped from shop to shop, amassing about 7 items in less than 2 hours.

"Wah, Kota Bahru is on sale leh!" she said with glee.

MF and I looked at each other and then back at CY. "My dear, the WHOLE of Malaysia is on sale right now," we told her. "You can always buy that bottle of Nescafe back in KL."

"Oh," she blinked in surprise and looked at the Nescafe bottle nestled in her arms longingly. "Well, I never do have the time to shop back home. And I do so want the cute Nescafe travel mug that comes with this bottle..."

"Ok lar, buy lar," we encouraged her and off she flew to purchase more stuff.

When we reached KL at long last (thanks for the flight delay, Air Asia!), she quickly put the cute mug to good use. Soon she was curled up on her chair sipping hot Milo reverrently from the mug she got from Kota Bahru.

Who would have thought that KL-ites would find Kota Bahru to be their shopping haven?
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*When I went to Lang Tengah we didn't have anywhere to shop! We stopped by Merang Jetty and the souvenirs didn't even bear the name of Lang tengah. :-)
#1 Steffi on 2007-08-21 21:16 (Reply)
*Ooooh, how was Lang Tengah like? I love the very scenic Marang Jetty! But yalor, no shopping centers thereabouts.
#1.1 coolcat (Homepage) on 2007-08-23 09:51 (Reply)
*hey, how long was the flight delay on Air Asia? i'm due to fly on that airline soon, and take a connecting flight. wanna know if i should allow more time between the connection. i've heard a lot about the lack of punctuality in Air Asia..
#2 kwipex10 (Homepage) on 2007-08-24 17:04 (Reply)
*About 2 hours. The day before the flight, they notified us via sms of a 1 hour delay. Then while waiting at the airport, there was a further 40 mins delay. It was really late when we got to bed :-(
#2.1 coolcat (Homepage) on 2007-08-24 17:55 (Reply)

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