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 Traveller's Tales: Shopping suggestions in Indonesia
Get the best advice on shopping in Indonesia. You may read about shopping malls, souvenir items and best buys in the area. Also, you might want to read our
Bali city guide,
and Lombok city guide.
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| J Penninkhof |
09 November 2003 |
Stayed at Atlet Century Park Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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This is my first time in Jakarta and I am disapointed. Immigration were slow. When I ask the check in guy that I want an aisle seat as I was very sick, he didn't bother to assign me a good seat and put me in the middle of 5 seat row. Theer were plenty of empty aisle seat available. There are nothing much to see or do other than shopping. I travel down to Solo and I find that place much more interesting. I would skip Jakarta and probably go to Jogjakarta or Bali.
For those who love shopping, I would recommend Blok M mall, Times Square, Plaza Senayan, Plaza Indonesia.
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| M Racines |
30 July 2003 |
Stayed at Novotel Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Yogyakarta never ceases to amaze me. I have been here so many times, yet every visit is still worth remembering. I never fail to take a stroll along Jalan Malioboro - a haven for cheap traditional crafts, from the colorful batiks to the uniquely designed trinkets, masks to shirts and export overruns. And if that's not enough, try visiting Pasar Bringhardjo, where there seems to be an endless of anything and everything Indonesian or Javanese. A tour to the many batik houses around the Sultan's palace is also worth trying - you could even try your skill in batik painting. After a day of bargaining and shopping, have a nice dinner of fried chicken or catfish at the many food stalls that crop up along the road as dusk sets in. If your lucky, you might even be serenaded by some local troubadors. Be ready though for some coins, music does not come free here.
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| M Liddell |
28 July 2003 |
Stayed at Atlet Century Park Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Head for Pasaraya Grande Mall for shopping, not too far by Taxi.
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| Y Chin |
29 May 2003 |
Stayed at Mulia Senayan, Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Pretty convenient as there is a good shopping mall nearby.
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| O Mertens |
09 March 2003 |
Stayed at Dusit Mangga Dua - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Manga Dua Area and special Dusit Hotel have direct connection to shoping mall.
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| M Okamoto |
29 January 2003 |
Stayed at Melia Purosani - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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My main destination was the Borobudor. The travel agent in the hotel do not offer group tour, but personal tour only, which costs you about US$50 per person (to Borobudor and Prambanann). (over $60 if you are alone.) If you want to save a bit, you could just ask for the car and a driver, that cost about $30 to $40.
If you want to save more by taking a group tour, try an agent in Ibis Mariobolo Hotel. The tour I took cost less than $10 though you have to pay for your lunch and entry to the ruins. ($7 each and less than $2 for lunch at a local restaurant.) Even it was called as a group tour, it was only me and a couple and a baby from Sumatra.
In Jogjakarta, there are a lot of batik stores that are overpriced. (though I do not know how much was the RIGHT price, and the people in general was very friendly to me and tended to give me better price because I am Asian...).
If you want to see art batiks (not for clothes but for decoration) at a reasonable price, there is "goverment art center." I was told about the place from a guide at the king's palace('Kraton'). (There you have to be guided at first to take a look.) He also instructed the Becha (bicycle taxi) driver to take me there at a very reasonable rate (that you would never get when you ask one on street). I think the price was reasonable there, they only show you the final price on the list. (or at least I was just comfortable with the endorsement of the government...?)
If you need to bargain, you'd never know the right price and you tend to pay much higher than appropriate range unless you know the market very well or you are exceptionally good at bargaining, so...
Then one of the staff there took me to my next destination, a museum. (He actually wanted to take me to his gran'ma's batik store after the museum, that I declined...)
May be because of the drastic reduction in tourists, people selling things/service in Jogjakarta as well as Bali were TOO eager to sell you, that made me very tired. But people in general was pretty kind and nice!
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| E Cazin |
20 December 2002 |
Stayed at Ibis Tamarin Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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I was in Jakarta 4 bays for business purpose, so could neither visit nor entertain a lot. I would recommend the beautiful national museum and the astonishing handicrafts available at Sarinah Plaza (3rd Floor), Thamrin Road.
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| C Mathis |
06 November 2002 |
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali was a very enchanting and mystical place. The people were very warm and friendly and greeted us as if we were friends. They made us feel safe and welcomed.
During our stay, we took a one day trip to see other parts of the island. We visited Ubud were there were many arts and crafts shops. We also saw beautiful rice terraced rice fields and the Baturlake and volcano. Prior to visiting Ubud, we also experienced a Balinese Barong Dance. It was very exciting.
While in Ubud, we had lunch at a restaurant by the name of Indus. It is located on a hill with breathtaking views of a terraced rice field. It offered a reasonably price menu with a variety of American and Balinese dishes. There were also many nice restaurants in Kuta. The one that we frequented the most was Made Warung, which was recommended by the hotel staff. The menu offered a variety of good reasonbaly priced food and beverages served in large proportions. One of their specialties is prawns with sweet and sour sauce. The service was also very good.
There are also many furniture and handicraft shops within walking distance of the Puri Bambu hotel. Many are located along Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai. All offered reasonably priced teak furniture and local Balineses handicrafts, however, I would recommend Antique Asia, and Kembar Garden Furniture.
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| T Cheow hock |
03 November 2002 |
Stayed at Dusit Mangga Dua - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Did own travelling and itinerary. Visited Taman Safari in Jakarta a different experience. Did shopping in Manggua Dua vicinity, very crowded, need good bargaining skills, quality of products reasonable.
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| S Ohyama |
31 October 2002 |
Stayed at Atlet Century Park Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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There is a big shopping building nearby. SOGO and Senayan Plaze are very nice for me. An area is not a center downtown.
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