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This summer we went on a honeymoon trip to Indonesia to the island of Bali. Long before that, we chose a hotel, and yet, our manager (Katerina travel agency Za equator), having suffered a lot with us, offered to stay at Nikko Bali. (We take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Katerina). Trusting once again her advice and looking at the reviews, which turned out to be very few, we moved east after our stormy marriage. We really liked it there, but there is no more desire to fly there, because of the difficult flight. Alcohol does not help if flying to Turkey or Egypt you do not have time to understand what and how, then eleven hours to Singapore, in Singapore refueling is two hours and another two and a half hours of flight to Bali. None arrived. (It is better to fly with Singapore Airlines, a little more expensive, but they say the service is awesome. )
So, before I forget, when refueling in Singapore, all of us from the plane (flying on a Boeing 737) were asked accordingly.
We got out without any problems, but getting on the plane was not so easy. The Singaporean police brutalized our compatriots who were trying to bring on board the liner nail scissors, nail files, bottles of thermal water, deodorants, and, well, other components of women's handbags. Open bottles of drinks were privatized from the Male half - this is both alcohol taken from the plane, and water-juices. A boy, about seven years old, had a plastic toy machine confiscated.
TIP: everything that was carried on the plane in Russia, leave it on the plane when refueling in Singapore. And don't smoke in the toilet, it's very strict there!!!!!!
The airport itself is huge, everything is automated. The toilet has a drain machine, soap machine, towel machine, beauty. Smoking on the sign went somewhere far away to the other end of the airport. The room is located on the street, well, in the sense without a roof, and it is impossible to smoke - it's hot. But the building has a very good air conditioning system.
They took souvenirs and moved to the landing, where they ran into the control that I spoke about. Ahead is another 2.5 hours in the miracle of technology (aircraft). I didn’t manage to fall asleep before Bali, because the turbulence flying over the equator was fun, I immediately remembered many films about different Bermuda Triangles. Having passed the equator, my wife and I decided to celebrate this matter, although we did not really want to because of fatigue. Having used a whiskey-cola cocktail for crossing the equator, it came to landing.
Well, here we are in a paradise, which we knew only from books and the almighty Internet. We had an individual transfer from Denpasar (Bali airport) to the hotel, so we got to the hotel quickly, something around fifteen minutes.
When we got to the hotel, we eagerly awaited the verdict, where we would spend these happy two weeks of our beginning family life. It was already dark, I really wanted to take a shower, change clothes, go out onto the balcony and smoke a cigarette.
At the reception, we were told that our room was in the second building on the fourth floor, and in order to get into it, we need to go through the passage and go down.
- Why was I surprised downstairs, we are on the first floor. And thinking about whether everything is fine with me, I unscrewed the events a little back. We drove along the road, on a flat road, stopped, on a flat surface - we reached the reception.
And where to go down? To the earth's core?
It turned out that the hotel is located, as it were, in a mountain, or rather it turns out that if you drive up to a cliff of a mountain, there is an abyss, and the hotel is like a continuation of the mountain, and having approached it, we ended up on the roof, and the building was erected from the cliff, which brought it as close as possible to the ocean. Particularly successful is the second building, in which we lived. You go down the elevator to the first floor and you are at the pools, of which there are seven pieces. Pass by the pools and you are on the beach. By the way, low tides are not significant compared to other beach areas. But more on that later.
We go into the hotel, the wife goes out onto the balcony and says: - We were promised an ocean view, let them give a room higher, nothing is visible here. He persuaded me to wait until the morning, because it’s dark, etc. , and then we’ll see. We settled in, washed, changed clothes, smoked a coveted cigarette and went to Jimbaran (Bali region, a fishing village with numerous restaurants on the beach), the evening turned out to be very romantic.
Waking up in the morning, a beautiful view opened up from the balcony: we have palm trees with coconut, pools and the Indian Ocean in front of us. Beauties!!!!!
With the move to the upper floors, the issue disappeared.
Briefly about the hotel. The hotel is located in the Nusa Dua area - a wonderful location. The service is excellent, attentive and friendly staff. It was very nice to receive congratulations from the general manager on Honeymoon (wedding). Room cleaning, etc. The hotel is good, don't say it. The tides, as I said, are not significant.
In the evening, closer to four, the water slowly leaves, but you can swim. And after low tide on the shallows you can find all sorts of different living creatures: colorful crabs, starfish, algae that the locals collect, corals, shells, various fish, squid and all kinds of sea insects. It is very interesting to watch this oceanic mini world.
The ocean was clear until it rained, which poured all day, after which the ocean turned into a black sea from the side of Sochi. The shore also left much to be desired, but after two days specially trained people removed all the dirt from the shore, the water was cleared the day before our departure. And we swam in the pools, which we did not regret much. Every day animation, games, gymnastics, there is also a slide. In this regard, everything is fine. Breakfast at the hotel is good, a choice of either Chinese or European cuisine. They never reached the Chinese, for some reason, it seems not very good in the morning.
The hotel is dominated by tourists from China, Japan, there are Australians, New Zealanders and our least. In the evening, you can order a romantic candlelit dinner on the shore of the hotel, it will not be cheap. There are a lot of restaurants on the island for $ 10 you can dine together. Near the hotel, having traveled by taxi for 15.000 rupees - this is roughly $ 1.5, the rate is slightly less, there are excellent cafes with Russian-speaking staff and a menu in Russian.
The food is tasty and not expensive. Taxis in Bali are two types of "Meter" - this is according to the meter and one more, the price of which must be negotiated immediately. It turns out a little more expensive, but it is always there. If you speak at least some English, it is not necessary to order excursions from the meeting party, it will be expensive. You can negotiate with any taxi driver who will take you all day to the sights for $ 40. There is a verified one, his name is Wayan, he speaks English, Russian. Mini vein machine.
From a Bali SIM card, you can call 085237784235 and negotiate. We went with him to the Kintami volcano, to the Zoo, to a woodworking factory, a silver factory, along the way there are a lot of souvenirs and various temples where you can drop by.
We stopped at the island (or city) of monkeys, it’s very fun there. And in the end we got to the temple in the ocean, called Tanah Lot. There is a beautiful sunset.
TIP: Tanah Lot is a must go!!!!!!!!!!!
Were in the water park, nothing like that, once you can go - a couple of slides there are fun. Next to the water park is the Bubba Gump bar, they make awesome boiled shrimp in garlic sauce, and if you order a Margarita cocktail, all the staff come out with a song and mix the ingredients. We visited different Spas and massages, by the way, Wayan will tell you where the price-quality is. I also want to note the excursion on Rafting, both the female half and the male half are full of emotions.
The only excursion that they did not dare to order from the locals, although it also turned out cheaper, was a trip to the island of Java with a flight. They chose historical Java, or you can go on a safari. From Java impressions of a lifetime.
On the main street of Bali, LEGIAN, in the Kuta area, there are many shops, restaurants, there are not expensive and with good food (I want to note “AQARIUS”, tuna steak, you lick it) and the only clubs on the island. There is nothing good about these parties. Inserts only Australian youth. I do not know what they use, but they have a state of not standing. In short, Dance sucks. Well, in a nutshell, that's all.
Bottom line: Bali is cheap, good climate, nice Balinese. You can call this corner of our vast planet PARADISE.
So, before I forget, when refueling in Singapore, all of us from the plane (flying on a Boeing 737) were asked accordingly.
We got out without any problems, but getting on the plane was not so easy. The Singaporean police brutalized our compatriots who were trying to bring on board the liner nail scissors, nail files, bottles of thermal water, deodorants, and, well, other components of women's handbags. Open bottles of drinks were privatized from the Male half - this is both alcohol taken from the plane, and water-juices. A boy, about seven years old, had a plastic toy machine confiscated.
TIP: everything that was carried on the plane in Russia, leave it on the plane when refueling in Singapore. And don't smoke in the toilet, it's very strict there!!!!!!
The airport itself is huge, everything is automated. The toilet has a drain machine, soap machine, towel machine, beauty. Smoking on the sign went somewhere far away to the other end of the airport. The room is located on the street, well, in the sense without a roof, and it is impossible to smoke - it's hot. But the building has a very good air conditioning system.
They took souvenirs and moved to the landing, where they ran into the control that I spoke about. Ahead is another 2.5 hours in the miracle of technology (aircraft). I didn’t manage to fall asleep before Bali, because the turbulence flying over the equator was fun, I immediately remembered many films about different Bermuda Triangles. Having passed the equator, my wife and I decided to celebrate this matter, although we did not really want to because of fatigue. Having used a whiskey-cola cocktail for crossing the equator, it came to landing.
Well, here we are in a paradise, which we knew only from books and the almighty Internet. We had an individual transfer from Denpasar (Bali airport) to the hotel, so we got to the hotel quickly, something around fifteen minutes.
When we got to the hotel, we eagerly awaited the verdict, where we would spend these happy two weeks of our beginning family life. It was already dark, I really wanted to take a shower, change clothes, go out onto the balcony and smoke a cigarette.
At the reception, we were told that our room was in the second building on the fourth floor, and in order to get into it, we need to go through the passage and go down.
- Why was I surprised downstairs, we are on the first floor. And thinking about whether everything is fine with me, I unscrewed the events a little back. We drove along the road, on a flat road, stopped, on a flat surface - we reached the reception.
And where to go down? To the earth's core?
It turned out that the hotel is located, as it were, in a mountain, or rather it turns out that if you drive up to a cliff of a mountain, there is an abyss, and the hotel is like a continuation of the mountain, and having approached it, we ended up on the roof, and the building was erected from the cliff, which brought it as close as possible to the ocean. Particularly successful is the second building, in which we lived. You go down the elevator to the first floor and you are at the pools, of which there are seven pieces. Pass by the pools and you are on the beach. By the way, low tides are not significant compared to other beach areas. But more on that later.
We go into the hotel, the wife goes out onto the balcony and says: - We were promised an ocean view, let them give a room higher, nothing is visible here. He persuaded me to wait until the morning, because it’s dark, etc. , and then we’ll see. We settled in, washed, changed clothes, smoked a coveted cigarette and went to Jimbaran (Bali region, a fishing village with numerous restaurants on the beach), the evening turned out to be very romantic.
Waking up in the morning, a beautiful view opened up from the balcony: we have palm trees with coconut, pools and the Indian Ocean in front of us. Beauties!!!!!
With the move to the upper floors, the issue disappeared.
Briefly about the hotel. The hotel is located in the Nusa Dua area - a wonderful location. The service is excellent, attentive and friendly staff. It was very nice to receive congratulations from the general manager on Honeymoon (wedding). Room cleaning, etc. The hotel is good, don't say it. The tides, as I said, are not significant.
In the evening, closer to four, the water slowly leaves, but you can swim. And after low tide on the shallows you can find all sorts of different living creatures: colorful crabs, starfish, algae that the locals collect, corals, shells, various fish, squid and all kinds of sea insects. It is very interesting to watch this oceanic mini world.
The ocean was clear until it rained, which poured all day, after which the ocean turned into a black sea from the side of Sochi. The shore also left much to be desired, but after two days specially trained people removed all the dirt from the shore, the water was cleared the day before our departure. And we swam in the pools, which we did not regret much. Every day animation, games, gymnastics, there is also a slide. In this regard, everything is fine. Breakfast at the hotel is good, a choice of either Chinese or European cuisine. They never reached the Chinese, for some reason, it seems not very good in the morning.
The hotel is dominated by tourists from China, Japan, there are Australians, New Zealanders and our least. In the evening, you can order a romantic candlelit dinner on the shore of the hotel, it will not be cheap. There are a lot of restaurants on the island for $ 10 you can dine together. Near the hotel, having traveled by taxi for 15.000 rupees - this is roughly $ 1.5, the rate is slightly less, there are excellent cafes with Russian-speaking staff and a menu in Russian.
The food is tasty and not expensive. Taxis in Bali are two types of "Meter" - this is according to the meter and one more, the price of which must be negotiated immediately. It turns out a little more expensive, but it is always there. If you speak at least some English, it is not necessary to order excursions from the meeting party, it will be expensive. You can negotiate with any taxi driver who will take you all day to the sights for $ 40. There is a verified one, his name is Wayan, he speaks English, Russian. Mini vein machine.
From a Bali SIM card, you can call 085237784235 and negotiate. We went with him to the Kintami volcano, to the Zoo, to a woodworking factory, a silver factory, along the way there are a lot of souvenirs and various temples where you can drop by.
We stopped at the island (or city) of monkeys, it’s very fun there. And in the end we got to the temple in the ocean, called Tanah Lot. There is a beautiful sunset.
TIP: Tanah Lot is a must go!!!!!!!!!!!
Were in the water park, nothing like that, once you can go - a couple of slides there are fun. Next to the water park is the Bubba Gump bar, they make awesome boiled shrimp in garlic sauce, and if you order a Margarita cocktail, all the staff come out with a song and mix the ingredients. We visited different Spas and massages, by the way, Wayan will tell you where the price-quality is. I also want to note the excursion on Rafting, both the female half and the male half are full of emotions.
The only excursion that they did not dare to order from the locals, although it also turned out cheaper, was a trip to the island of Java with a flight. They chose historical Java, or you can go on a safari. From Java impressions of a lifetime.
On the main street of Bali, LEGIAN, in the Kuta area, there are many shops, restaurants, there are not expensive and with good food (I want to note “AQARIUS”, tuna steak, you lick it) and the only clubs on the island. There is nothing good about these parties. Inserts only Australian youth. I do not know what they use, but they have a state of not standing. In short, Dance sucks. Well, in a nutshell, that's all.
Bottom line: Bali is cheap, good climate, nice Balinese. You can call this corner of our vast planet PARADISE.
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