We took at taxi to the Botanical Garden. The grounds were nice, very green with many ponds but bustling with hundreds of school children. We went through a lovely greenhouse area containing some interesting flowers and plants. In the ponds we found a few frogs and turtles, although likely there were many more hiding from all of the of kids :)
We next took a taxi to what we had read to be the 'shopping area'. From what we could see and coupled with the taxi driver demonstrating to keep our money close to the heart . . We made a quick escape back to the nearby bus stop. Not quite the mall we were imagining :)