Coir Industry, Kerala

If shopaholic do visit Kerala-Allepey / Allapuzza, never miss chance to visit the Coir market near the Allepey beach. There are lot of whole salers who have small outlets to sell the coir items.
From Door mats, to carpets, to car floor mats there is everything and anything available in different shapes, sizes and colors. You need to just choose one of your choice.

Rates - yes you need to bargain. Definitely you will get it cheaper then those available in the Hi-tech malls. Still you can make same more savings by arguing on the rates.

Rajasthani Mojadi Shoes

The Rajasthan is famous for its Rajasthani Mojadis or Shoes. These shoes are (or used to be) specially made out of Camel Leather. They are characterised by the beaded or threaded embroidery work done on it. Use of vibrant colors on the shoes also make them equally attractive. With rapid changing pace of time, the worksmen now make variety of designs suitable for todays customers needs. Therefore forming blend of yesterdays culture and todays fashion trends.

Birmingham Bull Ring

Birmingham Bull Ring Arena's name is derived Bulls statue hosted in midst of the Shopping malls. To visitors surprise, the shops in the Bull Ring Mall are open till 7:30 pm in the evening. As compared to the other Malls in UK.

The Bull statue immitates the Bull at NewYork Stock exchange. The Bulls statue is major tourist attraction. Apart from the statue, the shopping center hosts loads of shops where shopping freaks can send lot of time. The Bull Ring Mall also hosts food court at the Basement where one can enjoy variety of savouries from different countries. Overall its nice place to hang out.

Mirror Work and Hand Embroydery

Hand embroideried hand bags, throws, bedsheets cushion covers etc shops are eye catchers at all the tourist destinations in Rajasthan. The hand embriodery and the mirror work of Rajasthan done on vibrant colors of cotton cloth reflects the culture and traditional aspect of the place.

One can find a lot of mirror embroidery work shops in shopping markets and also at all major tourist attraction spots. These shops usually flaunt the artifacts on the outskirts of the shop.

Shopping Special - Rajasthan

The Bapu Bazaar(Market) in Jaipur and National Handloom Stores all around Rajasthan are shoppers paradise. The market is studded with small shops in heart of the Jaipur city. These shops sell various handicarfts and specialities of Jaipur. One can spend hours inside these shops window shopping or just browsing through the various items. Newbie has to be careful about the rates offered by the shop owners. A good bargainer will ideally reduce the price of the items by 50 % and then buy anything from the market.

National Handloom Store is chain of super stores around Rajasthan. For some one who is not intrested in bargaining can just enter one of these stores and buy stuff at reasonable rate. For someone like me hailing from Mumbai it was dream come true. I baught atleast 8 to 9 Salwar Kameez dress pieces at almost half the price of Mumbai.