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The cheapest tapes in the world are sold in Indonesia: tapes (2 albums on one) which cost Aus$9 in Australia cost only Rp500 (Aus $1.25) in Jakarta (though better quality in Denpasar). The Sarinah Dept Store has fixed prices and you don't have to wade through all the cheap crap in Yogya expecting to be ripped off. Instead buy Indonesian arts and crafts at Sarinah's and you'll at least get what you pay for. bookshops: Gunung Agung, JI. Kwitang (near Pasar Senen) is the largest bookshop in Indonesia (even has a branch in Jayapura). Other good bookshops ore: Sarinah Department Store, near the Tourist Office, JI. Thamrin 9; Tropen, JI. Pasar Baru; not far from Tropen is Gramedia, for English books on Indonesia; Bhratara, JI. OtoIskandardinata 111/29. Foreign books are quite dear and newspapers arrive weeks late; instead read them at the Lembaga Indonesia-Amerika, JI. Teuku Umar 9, or at the British Council. antiques: Antique and curio shops are along JI. H.S. Swim (parallel to JI. Thamrin) and on JI. Kebon Sirih. For old Dutch bottles and jugs, Tanjung Prick is the place. Chinese antique porcelain shops are also found on Jl. Majapahit. For old Chinese kebayas, go to Glodok (Chinatown).