On my last trip – I was with some friends, who were also Bali “Newbies” – I was sitting next to friend Roz, and we happened to be wearing the same dress – I said to Roz – “How much did you pay for your dress?” Her reply, was $18.00. I had a giggle. “How much was your dress?” she asked me.
$2.50 was my response. Roz and the rest of the Newbies that I was with, also had a giggle. I then told them about my friend Jeny’s shop – which is fixed price, and cheaper then any price you will spend half an hour haggling down to at the tradional markets.
So I called my good friend “Caramello” and organised for him to pick us up the next morning to take us all over to Jeny’s shop at Sanur.
“Jeny’s” shop 29 is at Sindhu beach market in Sanur. She has everything you want under one roof. Fixed price all reasonable and great if you have to do that unenviable task of buying the “family gifts” that we all swear we wont do on the plane trip over but have done by the trip back. Shoes, t-shirts, womens dresses, mens dress shirts cushion covers, table runners, bed quilts, silver, wood carvings (done by her husband), hats and sunglasses etc. All fantastic staff you just sit there and have a chat while you give them the list and its all done for you, everything itemised and added up in front of you with a receipt given before you leave so honest and hassle-free.
Since I first found Jeny’s shop, many years ago (well actually my daughter, Tegan – who was 9 at the time wandered into the shop randomly) – I have taken many newbies there – and no one has ever been disappointed.
I dont actually buy alot of things in Bali anymore (there are only so many bali souviners you can have in your house) – I just go over with no luggage, and head straight to Jeny’s shop on my first day, to buy all the clothes that I will need for my trip. I also find that it gives me a very good gauge, of how much things are worth in Bali – and if I do decide to bata for something back in the hustle and bustle of Kuta, I know what price there are worth – and generally I can bata and gets things very cheap.
Sanur is also a beautiful place, its much quiter then busy Kuta – and after our shopping trip, I always take everyone to have an amazing lunch at Beny’s on the beach – which is just down the way from Jeny’s shop. The food there is amazing, and you sit at tables and chairs on the beach – so the breeze is lovely and cool – and you have the amazing backdrop of the ocean to look at while you dine.
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