In Reply to: JBR 3 : Shopping and Jimbaran Bay.. posted by Addicted on Wednesday, 28. September 2005 at 13:06 Bali Time:
R2U is probably a wholesaler. I had a ball here in July. The address is Ruko Padma No.4, Jl Padma Utara Kuta - Bali. It is easy to miss. An Indonesian friend drove me there so she knew where we were going. From memory just follow the street beside the Padma Hotel for quite a distance, you will come to a dog leg and the shop, very small is on the left (dog leg - turn left then sharp right).
The shoes are mainly beaded. I bought a number of pairs of mules, small heel, satin fabric (red, black and multi coloured - my favourite) for 75,000rp each, converted to approx $10.00. The thongs are of various designs, beaded, sequinned for 55,000rp. Some are even cheaper, it just depends on your taste.
I also bought wooden thongs (dirt cheap) at Sukawati markets in Ubud. My friends told me that a lot of the market people buy their stock at Ubud. Have fun.