| Most people in Bali do their daily food shopping in | | | | selling Bali's notorious durian fruit, whose sweet flesh is |
| traditional open-air markets. Words cannot do justice | | | | masked by an overpowering odour that many find |
| to the profusion of sights, sounds and smells found in | | | | offensive. |
| such markets - they have to be experienced to be | | | | Open air markets can typically be found near every |
| appreciated. Evoking a bygone era in the West where | | | | major town in Bali, with many of the most tourist |
| small local markets have given way to corporate | | | | friendly markets found in the island's south. The |
| supermarket chains, Bali's open air markets remain a | | | | Badung Market is the largest in Bali, acting as a clearing |
| thriving institution to this day. Best visited early in the | | | | house for good manufactured all over Bali. A hive of |
| morning for the freshest produce, Bali's open air | | | | activity, the Badung Market is open 24 hours a day, 7 |
| markets are a cornucopia of exotic fruits, vegetables | | | | days a week. Another large market of note is the Bali |
| and spices as well as all kinds of fresh meat and fish. | | | | Seafood Market in Jimbaran Bay, also in south Bali. A |
| Expect to see stalls stacked high with colourful fruits | | | | must for seafood lovers, the Bali fish market is |
| and vegetables like jackfruit, mangosteen, fresh | | | | brimming with freshly caught fish which can be |
| mangoes, snake fruit, passion fruit, tamarind, chiku, | | | | sampled at many of the nearby open air restaurants. |
| oranges, rambutan and eggplant. Additionally, look out | | | | Whatever your individual preference, a trip to the |
| for chilli peppers, betel nuts, cured tobacco leaves, live | | | | traditional marketplace provides a fascinating insight |
| chickens, fresh meat and locally caught fish. Keen | | | | into the culture and ordinary lives of the people of Bali. |
| shoppers will want to keep an eye out for vendors | | | | |