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Shopping in Kalimantan will be an interesting affair and you will have a number of handicrafts and hand-made local products in Pontianak in Balikpapan. If you are a shopaholic you will have a number of options and some of the popular souvenir items include batik, wood carvings, clothes and figurines made of wood and brass. Shopping in Kalimantan will be incomplete without having a look at the jewelleries and bracelets which are made of precious and semi-precious stones. Kalimantan shopping will be fun as you visit Palangkaraya which is famous for the rattan products.

Some of the items that top the list of must-buys are the hats and 'rattan pleated bags". Take a look at the wall hangings and decorative pieces and you will simply fall in love with them. It will be hard to resist the temptation of buying one. Most of these items are found in trading posts of Martapura which is only a few kilometers away from Banjarmasin. Check out the tiny jewellery shops which might look insignificant but have a number of diamond earrings and bracelets to tempt you. As most of the diamond polishing shops are located at the side of the roads you can actually sample some of the best items like earrings made of rubies, gold necklaces studded with jade and amethysts.

Take a look at all these priceless beauties and you will be lost in the dazzle of topaz, emeralds, jade and turquoise. Wood carvings of Indonesia are famous all over the world and it will be a sin not to have a look at the wood carvings which are sold in the local markets of Kalimantan. Most of these wood carvings are made in Ubud and you will be appeased to see all these items which have intricately carved designs and intricate patterns. The gold and silver items which are made in Celuk are found in the local markets of Kalimantan. If shopping is your favorite hobby then you will find a number of items which will catch your fancy. One of them is the batik items which are made in the Tirtoduparan village. Clothes with batik prints, sarongs with batiks are famous among all and shopping in Kalimantan will be incomplete without taking atleast a batik item back home.

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