PASAR BARU BANDUNG REVISITED

16th September 2016 ~ One of the must-visit spots in Bandung would be Pasar Baru. People come here to shop. I like this place as items sold are not specifically only for women, but there are also variety of things that men could buy. And they are cheaper if bought in Malaysia.

This is a very large building which accommodates 7 floors of shops selling anything under the sun. It is so big and confusing like a maze that you could lose your way easily. Or you think you will go back to this one particular shop to purchase an item but you decide to go to other place first, there is a high possibility you will not get back the shop again. People come here mostly for clothes and textiles, especially Malaysians. I believe avid shoppers could spend hours here.

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I could not shop a lot this time as I had already 4 big boxes of angklung sets to bring back home. I was afraid the luggage would exceed its bought limit of 80 kilogrammes and had to pay for the extra weight which would be expensive. That was in a way a blessing in disguise.

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BANDUNG DAY 3 - SHOPPING IN PASAR BARU

17th September ~ We only had 2 solid hours to shop at Pasar Baru [translate: New Market], a favourite multilevel shopping mall (especially) for women. We must make sure everything had to be done within the time frame because we had to get lunch and hurried to watch the angklung performance which should start at 2:30. We did not want to be late for the show. I had told everyone to have some sort of a list of what to buy so shopping could be done easily. The agent had also prepared two special guides who took us around the huge market so it was easier to move around through hundreds of shops. We just told the guide what we wanted to and we were taken straight to the shops to buy the desired items.

For one thing, there were just too many street peddlers selling all kinds of things and would follow and pester you which made people uncomfortable. So just ignore them if you are not interested to buy anything and if you want to purchase anything, you need to hone your bargaining skills.

We were like in the programme "Shop Till You Drop" when we had to shop and race against time. We had successfully bought a variety of things like t-shirts, "telekung" (praying attire for Muslim women), batik and shirts. And it was all done within 2 hours which should be achievement considering the fact that there were 3 women in the group. (Or was it successful because there were only 3 women in the group?)

We had lunch at the food court located on the top floor and excitedly made our way out for the coming angklung performance once we were done eating.

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