Market shopping in Indonesia
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Pasar Burung
Elsewhere in Denpasar, a short distance north on Jl Veteran, Pasar Burung is a bird market with hundreds of caged birds and small animals for sale, including guinea pigs, rabbits and monkeys. There are also gaudy birdcages. An impromptu dog market also operates directly opposite the bird market. While you're here, have a look at the elaborate Pura Sutriya, just east of the market.
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Pasar Beringharjo
Yogya’s main market, 800m north of the kraton, is a lively and fascinating place. The renovated front section has a wide range of batik – mostly inexpensive batik cap (stamped batik) – while the 2nd floor is dedicated to cheap clothes and shoes. Most interesting of all, though, is the old section towards the back. Crammed with warungs and stalls selling a huge variety of fruit and vegetables, this is still very much a traditional market. The range of rempah rempah (spices) on the 1st floor is quite something.
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Markets
For souvenirs, try the numerous shops on the main street, or one of the various 'art markets'. Sanur Beach Market (off Jl Segara Ayu) has a wide selection. Pasar Sindhu Art Market (off Jl Danau Tamblingan), the maze-like Shindu Beach Market (south of Jl Pantai Sindhu) and Jaya Kesuma Art Market (Jl Mertasani) have numerous stalls selling T-shirts, sarongs, woodcarvings and other dubious items.
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Pasar Ikan
On the east beach is Pangandaran's fish market, and arguably the best place for fresh seafood. Pick out what you want from the selection of fresh seafood at the front of the warungs here and pay according to weight. The market is to the north, near the post office (not the wholesale fish market to the south).
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Jl Dr Rajiman
Jl Dr Rajiman, which runs along the southern edge of the alun-alun, is the goldsmiths street. Buy gold in the Chinese shops and have its weight and purity verified by the streetside gold testers along Jl Dr Rajiman and the side street of Jl Reksoniten near the kraton.
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Pasar Badung
A must-see destination: shoppers browse and bargain from 5am to night. It's a retail adventure and you'll find produce and food from all over the island as well as easy-to-assemble temple offerings that are popular with working women. Deals include a half-kilo of saffron for 250,000Rp. Ignore guides who may offer their services. This is one of the better places to see Bali's myriad types of fruit.
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Pasar Ikan
Further along the same street from the Museum Bahari is the early-morning Pasar Ikan. It's an intense, colourful scene of busy crowds around dawn, when the day's catch is sold. Later in the day it sells household items and a growing collection of souvenirs.
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Main Pasar
Pangandaran is famous for its excellent seafood. For cheap Indonesian food, the town has dozens of warungs, especially along the southern end of the west beach. The main pasar, near the bus terminal, is the place to stock up on fruit and groceries.
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Pasar Seni
The euphemistically named Pasar Seni is a busy two-storey place that sells a wide range of clothing, sarongs, footwear and souvenirs of variable quality at negotiable prices. Decent souvenirs include leather goods, batiks, baskets and silverware.
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Pasar Belitung
Pasar Belitung is a 2km belauran. It's also known as Pasar Tunging, Banjar for squat toilet, once the area's commercial staple. Visit during early evening to sample modernised, urbanised traditional life.
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Pasar Kumbasari
Across the river from Pasar Badung, this huge market has a profusion of handicrafts, a plethora of vibrant fabrics, and costumes decorated with gold. It's a modern, multilevel building of shops and stalls and you should just plunge at random into the canyons of colour.
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Flea Market
Jakarta’s famous flea market is in Menteng. It has woodcarvings, furniture, textiles, jewellery and many (often instant) antiques. Bargain like crazy – prices may be up to 10 times the value of the goods.
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Street Vendors
Kris and other souvenirs can be purchased from Street Vendors at the eastern side of the alun-alun near Kraton Surakarta. The gem sellers have a mind-boggling array of semiprecious stones.
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Produce Market
Ubud's colourful produce market operates to a greater or lesser extent every day and is buried within Pasar Seni. It starts early in the morning and winds up by lunch time.
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Pasar Pagi Mangga Dua
This is an enormous wholesale market with some of Jakarta’s cheapest clothes, accessories and shoes, as well as a host of other goods. Quality can be a problem, though.
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Pasar Ramai
The main fruit market, next to Thamrin Plaza, is a profusion of colour and smells, and has an impressive selection of local and imported tropical fruit.
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Pasar Klewer
A three-storey market near Kraton Surakarta is supposedly the largest batik and textile market in Indonesia. This is the place to buy batik.
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Pasar Pabean
This is a sprawling, darkly lit market, where you can buy everything from Madurese chickens to Chinese crockery.
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Pasar Gede
This is the city’s largest general market, selling all manner of produce, particularly fruit and vegetables.
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Pasar Depok
At the northwestern end of Jl Raden Mas Said, Pasar Depok is Solo’s squawking bird market.
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Pasar Baru
Somewhat grotty central market, with fruit, vegetables and assorted paraphernalia.
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Pasar Jatayu
This flea market is where a few collectables hide in piles of junk.
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Kampung Arab
Has jewellery and precious-metal stores run by scores of Middle Eastern and Indian merchants.
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Pasar Ramai
The main fruit market, next to Thamrin Plaza, is a profusion of colour and smells, and has an impressive selection of local and imported tropical fruit.
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