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...with Italian coffee and a breakfast panini at Grocer & Grind delicatessen, tel: (62-361) 730 418. Once you're awake, peruse the grocery aisle for locally made artisanal palm sugars, sea salt and coffee to take home as gifts and souvenirs. Or you can step around the corner to Jalan Oberoi and go gift-hunting in its fashion boutiques and design shops. Next, hop in a taxi and head west about 20 minutes to Echo Beach, a popular surf spot. Work up an appetite for lunch by putting the previous day's surfing lesson into practice. A trio of beach...
...Jakarta, with only a limited amount of time to buy presents for family and friends back home. Where do you head to? To the acme of batik shops, naturally. And that would be the one on Jalan Purworejo, run by Josephine Komara - better known by her Indonesian name, Obin, www.binhouse.com...
...start your negotiations by cutting the stated price by at least 50%, and pick up a miniature, framed original painting for less than $10. Ubud can also turn up some stunning finds if you have the patience to browse through mountainous displays in the artisan shops located along Jalan Raya Ubud and Monkey Forest Road (store aisles will be almost impassable with paintings and carvings?take a deep breath and watch your step). One more word of advice: guides and drivers will often try to steer you to a shop or gallery run by a friend or family member...
...LEMPAD HOUSE This gallery on Ubud's main drag, Jalan Raya Ubud, occupies the former home of Bali's most famous artist, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad, who died in 1978 at the age of 116. There isn't much of his work on display?it's mainly by other artists, including Lempad's grand-children and great-grand-children. But even if you don't see anything you like, the traditional Balinese architecture of the house and compound makes the visit well worth the trip. The gallery has no phone, but your hotel concierge will know how to find...
...start your negotiations by cutting the stated price by at least 50%, and pick up a miniature, framed original painting for less than $10. Ubud can also turn up some stunning finds if you have the patience to browse through mountainous displays in the artisan shops located along Jalan Raya Ubud and Monkey Forest Road (store aisles will be almost impassable with paintings and carvings - take a deep breath and watch your step). One more word of advice: guides and drivers will often try to steer you to a shop or gallery run by a friend or family member...