Although just up the road from Kuta and Legian, this grown-up decedent resort area seems a world apart. Seminyak is home to much of southern Bali’s expat cafe-society. Many are involved in the fashion industry, whether they be designers, exporters or own the chic fashion retail and homeware stores that line Jalan Raya Seminyak, Jalan Kayu Aya, Jalan Laksmana and Jalan Kayu Jati.

Here you could spend days in retail therapy flitting from boutique to gallery, refuelling with a latte in one of the many cafes (at designer prices) or just enjoy a spot of “cuci mata” (an Indonesian term, literally meaning “to wash your eyes”, but can be translated to mean “window shopping”, “have a perve” or just “check out the scene”). Seminyak’s cocktail hour is any hour of the day—it’s artisanal this and bespoke that at the fabulous bars and chilled beach clubs. Evenings pump up the volume but here it’s not quite the throb of Kuta’s ... Travelfish members only (Full text is around 800 words.)