Thursday, 19 February 2009

• The Awesome Bvlgari Hotel and Resort in Bali, Indonesia

  Guest post submitted by black_lie
  
  In Bali, Indonesia, we stayed at Bvlgari Hotels and Resorts Bali. Who knew that jewelry chain stores could run resorts too?
  
  Here is a photo of the resort
  

  
  

  
  Let's start at the beginning. We booked our tickets with Cathay Airlines, but we did it too late so there were no seats left in economy. We were forced to take first-class tickets... and the chairs are something else! They are not the normal side-by-side airplane seats. Instead, they are stacked next to each other at an angle. I would upload pictures but the Internet here sucks even though we paid for it (what's up with that?!). There is a divider between each person.
  
  On one's right, one can pull out a TV screen, a remote/game controller, a twisty lamp, noise-canceling headphones, and a table. There is also a universal outlet. On one's left, one can put a drink. There is a footrest at the end of the seat, under which one can stow items up to five pounds. When the seat is fully reclined, the footrest becomes the end of, basically, a futon. That's right, when the seat is fully reclined it becomes a bed. You get two pillows and a blanket.
  
  The airplane food in first class was exceptional, as usual. We have traveled so often in first class that the extravagant meals seem normal now.
  
  We landed in Denpasar, Indonesia. Woohoo! First time south of the equator! The airport had a temple with a moat attached. What?!
  
  Here's a photo found on the internet of the airport.
  

  
  

  
  
  We were driven to the resort. We saw lots of stray dogs, chickens, and cows on the way. Moo. Stray cows.
  
  We arrived at the resort and entered by way of a big fancy veranda on top of a hill, which was on top of a cliff overlooking the sea. Great view, very breezy.
  
  We were taken to see our suites, which have a private swimming pool, a jacuzzi or two, indoor showers, outdoor showers, huge beds, exotic fruits, beautiful flowers, "free" internet, cute little swallows wheeling about and almost flying into your face at times, monkey neighbors (For real. We are warned not to leave things, especially food, outside, and to close all doors when leaving the suite), and the most mind blowing view ever. Our suite sits right on the edge of the cliff, so if you go outside you can look down 300 meters and see the beautiful ocean and watch the waves crash on the beach (Apparently Indonesia is a great surfing destination), which you need an elevator to get to.
  
  The first thing we did was go swimming. The public pool is beautiful. Below are some photos found on the internet of one of the resort's pools.
  

  
  
  

  
  We are going to go snorkeling tomorrow and I am really excited because I have only snorkeled in the Pacific once.
  
  And dinner tonight for six people was 3,990,050 rupiah. That's about 440 USD. The exchange rate is ridiculous!
  
  One more thing! Usually in a nice hotel they leave chocolate on your pillow in the evening when they ready your bed for sleep. Here they left us a note about the Hindu religion and a pentatonic xylophone.
  
  Have you stayed in a nice resort before? Where would you visit?
  

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