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If you have spent any time in Seminyak in the middle of the day, you already know the problem. The sun is relentless, the pavements radiate heat back at you, and half the restaurants worth visiting are open-air by design, which is lovely in theory and uncomfortable in practice once…

Search for steak in Bali and you will mostly find beach club grills and Australian-import steakhouses charging Australian-import prices. That is a fine option if a grilled ribeye and an ocean view is exactly what you are after. But if you want steak done properly, without the beach club markup…

Seminyak does not have a shortage of places to get a cocktail. It has a shortage of places to get a good cocktail without paying beach club prices or standing in a queue for a table with a sunset view you will spend most of the evening fighting a crowd…

Most restaurants in Seminyak treat wine as an accessory. A short list of a red, a white, and a rosé from whichever distributor delivers cheapest, printed on the back page of the menu almost as an afterthought. If you actually care about what is in your glass, and want it…

Seminyak after dark has a fairly predictable soundtrack. Beach club DJ sets, house remixes bleeding between venues, and bars competing to be heard over each other along the main strip. It is exactly what a lot of visitors come to Bali for, and there is nothing wrong with it. But…

Buying beautiful jewellery in Bali is only half the story. Keeping it looking that way once you are back home, or even during the rest of your trip, is the part that often gets overlooked. Bali's tropical climate is wonderful for a holiday, but it is genuinely tougher on jewellery…

Diamonds get most of the attention, but they are far from the only gemstone worth knowing about. Coloured gemstone jewellery has become one of the most requested categories at Jemme Jewellery in Seminyak, and it is easy to understand why. Colour gives a piece personality in a way that a…

If gold represents Bali's ceremonial side, silver represents its everyday artistry. Silver jewellery in Bali has a reputation that extends well beyond the island, and it is one of the few crafts where the "made in Bali" label genuinely means something. Behind that reputation sits generations of skill, much of…

Ask any visitor what they associate with Bali jewellery, and gold usually comes up early in the conversation. It has a long history on the island, tied to both craftsmanship and ceremony, and it remains one of the most requested categories at our store in Seminyak. But gold jewellery in…

August is a month of warmth, and its birthstone matches that mood perfectly. The August birthstone peridot is known for its bright, olive-green colour, a shade that seems to hold sunlight even after the stone leaves the ground. For anyone with an August birthday, or anyone simply drawn to its…