The Last Resort
Ah my fine flickr friends - first day back at work - feel I have re-entered the normal world again and first task is to check in and say hello to you all.I had a marvellous time in Bali - travelled around different locations every few days and loved every minute.
As I had been so busy before I left and was just exhausted I had a 'genius' idea and thought I know I will check in to one of those resort type places for a few days. I normally like staying in more individual places however I thought you are just starting to grow up now (just turned 50 ) Rosie you must be ready for a resort by now surely. I had dreams of myself laying languidly by the pool for hours and hours on end catching up on flickr, eating from poolside menus and just hanging out...resort style.
So I landed at this place which is part of The Ayana Resort in Jimbaran Oh I pulled up and it was in the middle of nowhere in a foresty like place and this amazing Bladerunner state of the Art new hotel with 5 or was it 6 pools. My room was amazing with a super huge bed - amazing bathroom , everything was all golden, new and sparkling - and I thought this it - its going to be fabulous. I went for a wander and got down to the pool - sunbeds galore - lay on one and thought so it begins. Within 20 minutes of perfect calm and only the sounds of groups of tourists twittering in the background and splashing in the pool I became restless and thought I could be anywhere in the world - everything was so gleaming and new . So I then caught this tram like thing that wanders all around the estate and down to the water - yes, that was full of tourists too. Even more pools down there packed full of even more tourists. Thought I will go back to my room and sleep - that my Resort Relaxation mode had not yet kicked in and decided that after my nap I would get up and take some some sunset shots of Jimbaran Bay.
Well because the bed was so HUGE I overslept and woke up and knew it was too late to get the 'tram' to sunset. So grabbed my camera and wandered out in to the lobby and in this huge lobby pool saw this girl wading through the water with a violin. I thought how amazing is this - we are going to hear some Vivialdi or Handel water music as the sun sets. I sat myself in an overstuffed resort type chair thingey in the middle of the pool(don't ask....too complicated to explain...its a resort thing) and took a shot of her just as she was starting to play.
Next moment....I hear Celine Dion and My Heart Will Go on blaring out of the speakers in the lobby and she starts playing her violin along to it. At that moment I realised that my heart could not go on any further and it really was the last resort and I could not bear it....went straight to reception and said I am checking out tomorrow. They were so sweet and asked what was wrong...I said nothing, thats the problem...everything is perfect here and shiny and new ...however I said I am not a resort person .
12 hours later I arrived in La Taverna - one of the original hotels in Bali from the early 70's with overgrown gardens and squeaky old wooden Balinese doors and thought now this is more like it and thought back to both the first and the Last Resort I will every stay in ;) .
The Last Resort
Ah my fine flickr friends - first day back at work - feel I have re-entered the normal world again and first task is to check in and say hello to you all.I had a marvellous time in Bali - travelled around different locations every few days and loved every minute.
As I had been so busy before I left and was just exhausted I had a 'genius' idea and thought I know I will check in to one of those resort type places for a few days. I normally like staying in more individual places however I thought you are just starting to grow up now (just turned 50 ) Rosie you must be ready for a resort by now surely. I had dreams of myself laying languidly by the pool for hours and hours on end catching up on flickr, eating from poolside menus and just hanging out...resort style.
So I landed at this place which is part of The Ayana Resort in Jimbaran Oh I pulled up and it was in the middle of nowhere in a foresty like place and this amazing Bladerunner state of the Art new hotel with 5 or was it 6 pools. My room was amazing with a super huge bed - amazing bathroom , everything was all golden, new and sparkling - and I thought this it - its going to be fabulous. I went for a wander and got down to the pool - sunbeds galore - lay on one and thought so it begins. Within 20 minutes of perfect calm and only the sounds of groups of tourists twittering in the background and splashing in the pool I became restless and thought I could be anywhere in the world - everything was so gleaming and new . So I then caught this tram like thing that wanders all around the estate and down to the water - yes, that was full of tourists too. Even more pools down there packed full of even more tourists. Thought I will go back to my room and sleep - that my Resort Relaxation mode had not yet kicked in and decided that after my nap I would get up and take some some sunset shots of Jimbaran Bay.
Well because the bed was so HUGE I overslept and woke up and knew it was too late to get the 'tram' to sunset. So grabbed my camera and wandered out in to the lobby and in this huge lobby pool saw this girl wading through the water with a violin. I thought how amazing is this - we are going to hear some Vivialdi or Handel water music as the sun sets. I sat myself in an overstuffed resort type chair thingey in the middle of the pool(don't ask....too complicated to explain...its a resort thing) and took a shot of her just as she was starting to play.
Next moment....I hear Celine Dion and My Heart Will Go on blaring out of the speakers in the lobby and she starts playing her violin along to it. At that moment I realised that my heart could not go on any further and it really was the last resort and I could not bear it....went straight to reception and said I am checking out tomorrow. They were so sweet and asked what was wrong...I said nothing, thats the problem...everything is perfect here and shiny and new ...however I said I am not a resort person .
12 hours later I arrived in La Taverna - one of the original hotels in Bali from the early 70's with overgrown gardens and squeaky old wooden Balinese doors and thought now this is more like it and thought back to both the first and the Last Resort I will every stay in ;) .