In Reply to: Galungan/Nyepi/Orchids posted by DKinCanada on Saturday, 26. February 2005 at 09:40 Bali Time:
The shopping trip you propose can be done in one day but it seems a waste to bypass all the stuff you could stop and enjoy if you took longer. I'm not sure what you're shopping for but your options are very limited in the centre and the north compared with the southern tourist areas. Behind the Bedugul market for example there are nursery stalls with thousands of plants that will fascinate you for half a day.
I have placed a link below to a page on orchids (mainly photos) and if you go to www.filosbali.net you will find a file in the left hand column titled 'Travel Forum Recommendations'. Open it (it's big and therefore a bit slow) and use the 'File' - 'Find' feature to search for orchids. It seems to me that they flower most of the year all over the island. You're sure to find some growing on a tree trunk somewhere in your hotel grounds.
Have a grest trip.