Mercure Resort Mercure Resort

Travel dates: 31.02. 2011-15.02. 2011
I want to add for tourists who will visit mercury sanur, and yes Bali - facts that I could not subtract on the Internet to facilitate the stay.
1. Flight. Beer has disappeared from Yekat Dutik. At all. Tuborg for sale nearby for 90 r / bank. Cognacs and others are still present.
Yes, the north wind is late, yes, it takes 12 hours to fly from Ekat, and yes - the number of seats in the Boeing (seats) is 300 instead of 240, it is uncomfortable to sit, your knees rest. We came at the beginning of registration - ask for places up to the 28th row, where the arrangement of seats is 2 + 3 + 2, and then - 2 + 4 + 2. The numbers of seats there and back are the same. You will fly again with your fellow travelers.

2. Arrival. Filling out the declaration. Knowledge of English at the level of competently rewrite from the passport the full name and country of birth)). There are local assistants - from 10 bucks). 25 dollars - at the box office, passport control, in which they DO NOT LOOK what you wrote. Luggage collection. Porters are fussing - trying to cheat a tourist - a lot has been written about this - portray a bored face and slowly pick up your luggage. The import of no more than a liter of strong alcohol per check is controlled before going to the exchanger. And it doesn't matter to them where it was bought, sealed or not. However, they believed me on my word of honor that I had a liter - although it was more)))
In the airport exchange office, the exchange rate is slightly lower than in Zirkle and K at Hardis. But be sure to exchange $100. By the way, we did not find an exchanger closer than Hardis's. The course is 8880 against 8350 at the hotel (against the dollar). Hardis is the only shopping mall in Sanur.
3. Pegasus guide - Irina - Well done. positive guide. Open and honest. Check-in is not long - a deposit of 200 bucks. A room in a three-story building on the 2nd floor - without rats, with fumitox and doors creaking from moisture. But normal soundproofing (for a hotel) and very comfortable 2 beds 1.2 meters wide each. At our request, we (2 couples) were placed on the same floor without question. Well, yes, there are minor complaints - for example, the toilet bowl is not bolted to the floor. So what? Should I change my number because of this? The clogged sink was immediately cleaned after I left a picture of a floating boat in it))). From living creatures I once saw someone in the bath - I didn’t understand from sleepiness - I turned on the light at night - it ran away... little black....))).
4. Food. Breakfast at the hotel. As elsewhere - know how to eat "all inclusive". No need to get drunk on the first day with everything that is served, and then write that there was nothing to eat... About 40 different dishes, sauces, fruits and snacks. Cook 6 types of COMPOTES!!!! ! I diluted them with water - sugary sweet))). Food outside the hotel - on the right along the coast, the second VARUNG (the name of all local cafes who work without taxes) is the cheapest, but after the fly in the juice, they went to the third.

On the right, as you leave the hotel, Varung MAMA-Puta - the owner of ALI - will offer both duck and lobster and snake blood and....Well, ask him yourself if you need any frills. Also not an expensive warung. Food from 20 to 50 kiloruppes. Beer from 21 to 25 kiloruppes (with our money 21 * 3 = 63 rubles). 21 in hardis, 25 in mame put. Whiskey and brandy in hardis at 110 kruppies/liter - minimum. Fruit in Hardis is poor, it is better to take it on the right at the end of the beach or along the way.
Be sure to learn English words like: noodles, rice, potatoes, shrimp, squid, chicken, pig, cow, seafood, fried. We saw a picture - Russian Vasya, oversized, gathered ALL Balinese in Varung, and stupidly repeated: IS THERE MEAT?
I repeated it 5 times in Russian. After that, he was taken to the kitchen, like: choose what to eat your meat ?? ? left disappointed. There are photos of dishes only in the 3rd Varung on the right on the beach, but the names do not match the menu)). To the left is also full of cafes. But they are hotel rooms, prices are higher there and "Balinese VAT" is 10-17% of the price. In Thailand, the choice of all food is generally richer.
Even on Jimbaran - the lobster was even worse than the shrimp, and the mussels simply did not eat, it seems that they were with sand (((.
Normal European and other food in cafes about 300 - 400 meters to the right of the hotel. There are a lot of Europeans there, jazz and rock bands sing, every day is different, judging by the menu, you can take a steak for 50 kiloruppes - you will get a normal dinner.
5. Excursions. I really liked everything related to nature in Bali. Temples, on the mountain and by the sea, a volcano with a lake, coast, forests… We went with a local guide – Madi. He has a driver and a Toyota Avasta for 5 more seats. Tells a lot, interesting. He speaks very decent Russian. . However, he himself could not come to the second excursion (I suspect a Bali trick) - he sent us with a driver, since his English allowed us to communicate. Twice cheaper. And quite safe. Perfectly composes an itinerary with all your wishes. At least go to the cheapest shop, even change money, even buy fruit....Do not go to the Barong dance - 8 bucks is terrible nonsense.

6. Massage. Again, on the advice of Madiya, the wife was sent to Kuta, where she was tortured for 2.5 hours for $60. Arrived satisfied. I first went to the beach to the most portly Balinese - her name is Ayu - 75 kiloruppes. You can bargain, but I weigh more than 100 kg. And he is picky about massages, so he didn’t bargain. I went once to Mama-pute, there are 50 kiloruppies and an air conditioner, but the girl weighs 50 kilos - she loses outright to Ayu. To my question to Ayu, do you massage your husband at home? She said that her husband works as a reflexologist. This is such a Balinese family!
7. Bottom line. Bali seemed to us the best country where you can fly from Ekb without transfers.
Air temperature, humidity, rain - everything is somehow adjusted for a comfortable stay. At night, sometimes just slept with an open balcony without air conditioning. The atmosphere is wonderful, greenery everywhere, clean even in the hotel, even in the village. Birds sing in all voices! In the hotel, squirrels jump on branches, in another, monitor lizards walk around the territory...
The local population is happy with tourists, they have not yet been spoiled, as in Pattaya.
The ocean in the bay is always calm. The best for a simple swim, of course, is in Nusa Dua - it is deeper there and the sand is whiter. I took fins - they were not useful! I still swam with a mask, sandy beaches are not interesting. As soon as the wind starts, the sea is filled with surfers on parachutes. On the shore they fly with a parachute behind a boat + there are standard entertainments. In general, this is the first country where 15 - and days of rest seemed to me LITTLE!!! ! Vitaly.