In Reply to: New bldg Tuban posted by Les on Monday, 22. November 2004 at 17:57 Bali Time:
I stayed at Kartika Plaza end Sept early Oct. The Kartika Plaza is owned by Megawati's Husband, and so is the shopping centre next door.
The staff at the Kartika are a bit worried about the impact the new restaurants within the facility are going to have on their two restaurants by the beach (one Italian and one something else sorry can't remember).
It is going to have lots of shops and restaurants, there is a big model of what the whole things is going to look like and a list of some of the shops that are going into the shopping centre in the foyer of the Kartkika plaza, was very interesting to see.
Yes, it does look modern for bali, but it is styled after the Kartika Plaza.
I know that when I go back to Bali I will still be going to the little street vendors for purchases rather than the shops because I can always go to the shops in Australia if I need to. It wouldn't be a trip to bali if you weren't having a laugh and bargaining with the street vendors.
Cheers everyone.