Tuesday, 4 June 2013



There are gorgeous flowers for sale.  They use the petals to go into the small 'offerings' baskets that are placed at the temples/statues (more later on this).  The spices, whole nutmegs, vanilla pods (so cheap here) the snacks like chapati (indian) and black rice to name a few. Lemongrass and ginger and tumeric, the chillis and shallots, so aromatic, everthing exotic (sorry for using this word so often but it is a very apt word to describe everything about Bali.
Theres also photos of bowls and plates made of abalone shell, mother of pearl and miles of gorgeous 'sarongs', there are the 'machine ones' and the 'handmade ones which are batik (made with hot wax and dye) and the ones made on weaving looms (Ikat) and stunning silk and cotton blend ones.  These are a bit more expensive thos so lush and decadent (for their ceremonies or 'best' going out')
compared to the 'rayon/polyester' copies made for the tourists. Worth it to have one 'good one' than 5 cheap copies.

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