02/01/05
went looking for beads for my sister today today. Toko central, on Jl Legian, turn left at Bemo Corner and walk over the bridge, the shop is on the right just on a small bend, you can't miss it once you get to it. It is probably about 500 metres from Bemo Corner.
Got 2 pairs of sons Latin dance pants made, I supplied material and zips, cost 175 000rp, extremely well made.
Bamboo Corner again for tea, 5 x main meals, 1 x soup and drinks for 86 000rp
Hired a TV and a DVD player for a week for 300 000rp. Probably could have got it cheaper, but as the room was such a good price I was happy with this.
03/01/05
trucker caps 10 000rp
hematite bracelets 5 000rp
Satria beads, across the road from Supernova, on the beach side, I think the building has a big green sign on top that says 'Shalom'. They are closed on Sundays. They sell seed beads, sequins, bugle beads, acrylic beads and stone chips. Excellent prices, great service.
Toko Central
Stone chips 7 000rp/strand
Cloisonné 87 500/100 for large size beads
Findings 20 000/144 pieces
Wire 19 500 4mm, don't know how long this was though
Bra cups for sewing in costumes 7 000rp/pair
Ramayana
Sell swarovski crystal beads and freshwater pearls at a small stall on the ground floor, just to the left of the escalator just in from the front entrance
04/01/05
sarongs 10-15 000rp
singlets 15 000rp
sunglasses 15 000rp
small bags 20 000rp
big bags 40 000rp, the canvassy type
good surf brand t-shirts 30 000
hematite jewellery 5 - 10 000rp
shell necklaces 15 000rp, with the big shells on them
earrings, mostly 5 000rp
long seed bead necklaces 4 000rp
05/01/05
Water Bom Park
Open from 9am to 6pm.
We arrived at 9am and had our pick of bungalow; by 10-30am you were lucky to even find a spare deck chair.
Paid 172 050rp adults, over 13, 88 350rp children aged 3 to 13, under 3 free.
We got a 15% off voucher, so we saved ourselves 90 675rp, which paid for lunch, 20 000rp for a small container of chips, 29 000rp for a small serve of fish and chips - very yummy though.
06/01/05 - 07/01/05
more shopping, and pretty much I have already covered the prices.
Sequin thongs (not the rubber ones) 30 000rp, could not get them cheaper anywhere, and believe me I tried
Music CD's 8 000rp with just the plastic sleeve
Blanket bag 20 000rp
Kids t-shirts 10 000rp (this is very cheap, and I only got this price because I bought lots from this lady)
Matahari
Keyrings 10 000rp for a bag of 5
Big thong fridge magnets, pack of 2, 11 000rp
Pack of 5 little bobble head turtles 10 000rp
Small bongo drum keyring 3 000rp
Small surfboard 15cm 15 000rp
Jakarta Post, paid 5 000rp because that's all I had in my pocket, but felt bad, so made my son go and give him another 5 000rp
Mentos lollies, 2 000rp
Maccas (rough prices)
2 pieces of chicken, chips and drink 21 000rp,
Mcflurry 5 000rp
Burger, chips and drink 18 000rp
Icecream 1 500rp
Upsize chips to large 900rp
Upsize chips to supersize 2 400rp
08/01/05
organised transport to take us to the airport for 40 000rp, 4 of us and a heap of luggage, actually, our suitcases weighed 90kg, but the guy at the ticket desk didn't seem too worried. Austrealian Airlines - nice flight home, but the staff were kept very busy serving drinks, and plane only half full.
So, hope I didn't bore you, and I am happy to answer questions.
Tracy