Articles tagged ‘Regional Guides’
Pregina: Balinese restaurant in Sanur Bali
By Nick | January 22nd, 2007 |
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Pregina is a Balinese and seafood restaurant, located on Jl. Danau Tamblingan, in Sanur. Open from 9am-11pm, Pregina serves a delicious selection of Balinese foods. There are Balinese restaurants in the main tourist areas, such as Glory Restaurant, in Legian. The predominant Indonesian style of food served in the tourists areas, tends to be the [...]
Bali Primitive Design: Ethnic t-shirts in Sanur Bali
By Nick | January 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Bali Primitive Design is located on Jl. Danau Toba in Sanur, and sells t-shirts, with primitive designs. There is something like this on Jl. Legian in Kuta too. While I was in the shop, I asked the female staff where the t-shirts were made. A deep voice said, “We make them here.” Sitting behind the [...]
Paris Van Java: Shoes in Sanur Bali
By Nick | January 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Paris Van Java is a shoe shop in Sanur. Located on Jl. Danau Tamblingan, the small shop stocks ethnic wooden shoes, made in Bandung Java. Checking out a couple of pairs, I saw that they are made of wood, with a black, rubber, thread, the tops sections coming in a selection of colors and styles. [...]
Suka Asih Art Shop: Seminyak Bali
By Nick | January 19th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Suka Asih Art Shop in Seminyak, is situated on Jl. Seminyak, close to the corner of Jl. Dhyana Pura. Its is highly noticeable, because of the array of glass lamps on display. Three year ago I bought some lamps there, and the staff still remember me. Looking around, its like an Aladdin’s cave of ethnic [...]
Neko: Colorful clothing in Seminyak Bali
By Nick | January 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Neko is a clothes shop located on Jl. Seminyak, close to Jl. Dhyana Pura. When I visited the staff was busy dusting, so I snapped a few of the colorful shirts and pants, asking prices. Men’s & women clothing is made with linen, cotton and rayon. A men’s shirt is 95,000rp to 135,000rp. A women’s [...]
Lulu: Seminyak Bali
By Nick | January 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Lulu is a small shop on Jl. Seminyak, that catches the eye. I’m not into women’s clothes, but Lulu sells cute party dress and tops, that most women would love (or love to be able to wear). Made, the staff member on duty, told me she likes the clothing, but won’t wear it herself as [...]
Melons in Sanur Bali
By Nick | January 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Coming back from Denpasar today I passed a string of garden shops. Taking Jl. Hayam Wuruk past the statue of the Indonesian soldier, the road veered left straight onto Jl. Hang Tuah, towards Sanur. That road is a pleasant change from what you’ll find in Denpasar. All of a sudden, both sides of the road [...]
Kuta Beach still beautiful
By Nick | January 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Passing Kuta Beach this afternoon, I stopped for an instant to get a look at the goings and and to remind myself I live in a beautiful place. The entrance to the Kuta Beach, at the bottom of the beach road, Jl. Pantai Kuta, provides a particularly pleasant vie of the curving bay, low shady [...]
Lunch at Ramayana Mall Denpasar
By Nick | January 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
After getting up early and spending time riding around, I was getting hungry. Looking around the streets that surround the Bali Museum, it became obvious there was nowhere to eat. Locals even told me there were no warungs in that area. Jumping on my trusty bike, I hit a main road, which took me to [...]
Bali Museum Denpasar
By Nick | January 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This morning I headed off like Columbus, into the Denpasar traffic, hoping to find the Bali Museum. The museum is located in Puputan Square and after a couple of wrong turns, courtesy of the re-routing of the one-way system, I reached it. Puputan Square is the large grassy area, that commemorates the Puputan (ritual group [...]
