The last weekend of July saw the end of Ramadan. Hari Raya is the culmination of the festival. Many folk go back home to their family kampong for a few days. Traffic jams all over the country are legendary! For that reason alone we chose to stay in Kuala Lumpur.
Most of the shopping centres, railway stations and other public places have representations of going home. This beautiful kampong was set up in one of the major shopping malls in KL.
We though it would be a little quieter than usual in town but I think a lot of others had the same thoughts. Imbi market, where we went for breakfast, was packed with people. We shared a table with a Chinese family who helped us decide what to eat. Andrew got the oyster porridge, I settled for egg custard. The stall we bought from happened to be the one mentioned in Lonely Planet. As we were leaving we bought some delicious cakes. We gobbled them up, just outside the market beside this lovely little shrine.
The Pandan cakes are my favourites
We then took the monorail to Brickfields, 'Little India'. Brickfields is one of the oldest areas in Kuala Lumpur. After a disastrous fire and flood in the 1880s, it was decided to stop building in the traditional wood and thatch manner and use bricks. The Brickfields area was where is all began.
It is a fascinating place full of colour, smells and delicious tastes.
I was taken by the shelves of glittering bangles and I would have bought some only my Kiwi hands are too fat for these slim Indian bracelets!
In the same shop there were amazingly colour garlands, statues of Hindu gods and cooking pots!
Outside was a shop selling the real thing, Beautiful garlands of fresh flowers made as offerings. They were stunning!
We wandered on down the street and came to the Sri Kandaswamy Hindu Temple. We were a little unsure if we were allowed to go in but an Indian gentleman assured us we were fine. So we had a very peaceful wander around admiring all the fascinating art work.
A little further down the road was this Chinese temple. What an interesting mix the old with the new!
All in all another wonderful day exploring Kuala Lumpur.
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