You can shop all day every day here if you like. I had been saving my money until my stipend came in. Checked my account every day. Well, it came in two days ago. Lookout! Coincidentally, my neighbors Marsha and Frank were going to the pearl market and asked if I wanted to come along.
Six metro stops from my hotel and a 1 mile walk is the pearl market. It is about 60 shops on the second floor of a mall with a dirty front. The first floor is bags, scarves, t-shirts, electronics, and other cute things.
They got a call and needed to head back, so I stayed another 2 hours and looked around. I have to follow them back to the metro first so I was sure I could find my way back. Took pictures so I could find the streets.
Along the way to the pearl market is a large doorway I would never think to go in. If you walk in there are about 8 foreign restaurants: Thai, Indian, New Zealand, etc. I will take Paul and Ben here 🙂
Back at my neighborhood, I went to my Chinese shops and bought a grocery cart for myself and a hot plate.
