Mayestik

This is Mayestik.  A place Jakartans go to buy fabric.  I like it there, but I also like to leave.  It's a complicated relationship I have with that place...

There are fruit stands surrounding all the shops.  These green oranges are delicious.  Even without bees.

The sign at the top says, "We are on sale!"

The area is full of little stores like this that sell all kinds of fabric.  The quality is great and the prices are great too.  And I think you can even bargain, but I haven't gotten that brave yet.

Those are my friends in the back of the store.

This is how they measure your fabric.  In meters.  It's tough for me to get used to.

He just hold a meter stick up, folds it, and cuts.  Pretty simple.  Very fast.

The banana stand.

Then there's the store with all the notions.  Oh my gosh.  It's a bit overwhelming.

You could look for hours.

Every button you could imagine.  Everything in this area is very cheap.  Someday I'm going to make something with lots of buttons just so I have an excuse to buy all the buttons I want.