Articles tagged ‘Kuta Shopping’
Stussy: Kuta Bali
By Nick | April 7th, 2006 |
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Stussy shop is a surfer oriented shop, located at the bottom end of Jl. Legian in Kuta. They don’t sell surf boards and leg ropes, just casual wear and accessories. In the surfing industry all the real margins are in accessories anyway. Who wants the agro of making a surfboard with just a $100 profit [...]
Convenience store staff in Kuta Bali
By Nick | March 21st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Internet Outpost is a well known location on Poppies II in Kuta. Right next to it is a convenience store / pharmacy. Every time I pull up and park there the staff say hello and ask me where the electric chewing gum is, myself having shocked half of Kuta month ago. This shop has about [...]
Raja’s still closed in Kuta Bali
By Nick | March 17th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Riding through Kuta Square today I noticed it was business as usual in regard to all the shops doing business. The number of shoppers wasn’t great though. Raja’s, the place that was bombed in October, is still closed. Raja’s itself will re open at Bintang supermarket in Seminyak and one wonders how long the old [...]
Haircut in Salon Made: Kuta Bali
By Nick | February 10th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Friday afternoon I decided to trim the bush, the one on my head that is. Us Irish have hair like a thatch and I was feeling like getting rid of some of the heat retention. Usually I head to New Planet (formerly Monkey Planet) on Jl. Seminyak. They charge 70,000rp so today when I was [...]
Poppies Lane II quiet in Kuta Bali
By Nick | January 20th, 2006 | 3 Comments »
A stroll down Poppies Lane II today confirmed that its the slow season. New Years is over, the Indonesian school kids have gone back to Java and the wind, combined to make this a slack period. Poppies Lane II connects Jl. Legian with Jl. Pantai Kuta (the beach road). Going back 20 years it was [...]
The Bali Pearl: Take care of all your pearl needs in Kuta Bali
By Nick | January 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Bali Pearl is a company growing and selling pearls and making peral jewelry. Located in the Bali Barat Nasional Park in west Bali, the company grows pearls and is developing a Educational Tourism project with guided tours of the National Park and the pearl preserve.
Interview with Mickey at YouthNAsia on Jl. Benesari Kuta
By Nick | January 5th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Name: Mickey
Age: 25
From:
Bali
Occupation:
Sales staff in surf shop
How long in Bali: Born in Bali
Interview with Komang from Central Wave Painting Kuta
By Nick | December 29th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Name: Komang
Age: 30
From:
Bali
Occupation:
Art Shop owner
How long in Bali: 30 years
Interview with Herman: UD. Guntur Shop
By Nick | December 29th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Name: Herman
Age: 25
From:
Bali
Occupation:
Musical instrument seller
How long in Bali: 25 years
Interview with Made: Reny’s Art Shop III in Kuta Bali
By Nick | December 29th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Jl.Legian is what most tourists think of as the main street in Kuta (it isn’t, that would be Jl. Raya Kuta). The reason for this is the amount of shops and restaurants serving tourist needs. I have known one vendor for about 3 years now. Made from Karangasem used to work on Poppies II [...]
