Greetings my friends:
As you know July is holiday time for everybody, its time for your dreams of far off warm beaches with exciting exotic food and drinks to become a reality. As always Baligoddessisland.vox.com has arranged another unforgettable trip to the adventurous island of Bali and we would like to invite you, your friends or your family to come along with us and make a lifetime of memories. We have taken care of the details for you as always, such as booking you a spacious room in Bali all along the tour route, a comfortable air conditioned tour van to travel in to explore Bali with a professional driver, one of our qualified tour leaders to show you all of what Bali has to offer during your trip. All theses services and more so you can enjoy your time and relax with friends and loved ones on your trip.
We will begin at the Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta or at the airport in Bali if your already there on the 26 of July 08 and explore Bali until the 30 July 08. Our experienced tour leader will meet you at the airport and get you checked in and then we will catch a plane to Bali and arrive around noon to one. The only thing you need to do is bring your sense of adventure and a camera and let mysterious island of Bali wash your stress away.
Day One:
We will journey to
the city of Lovina but before we get to the city
we will make a stop at the romantic Water
Palace otherwise know as Tirta
Gangga to the Balinese and see the healing waters of the Raja of Karangasem. Then
it’s off to the Git Git water fall to see some beautiful scenery of the multi
tier water falling down into a clear pool of water, take a moment and get a
relaxing massage under the waterfall. After the experience of the palace and
the waterfall we will get you checked in to your hotel, the Melka Excelsior
Hotel where you can spend some time relaxing experiencing many of the hotels
many attractions. www.balimelkaresort.com
Day two:
Be sure to eat a
breakfast because you will need the energy for today. We will start by taking
in a show, a live Dolphin show at the Melka Hotel wildlife park. You will be
able to touch, talk, swim and interact with these beautiful animals if you
like. After the show we will all check out from our hotel and get in the tour
van to go too the Sing-Sing Waterfall for a quick stop on our way to the Springs
of Banjar. The natural hot springs
are renowned for there healing powers. Following the healing soak in the hot springs we will take a drive up the west coast of Bali on our way to our next destination at the Mimpi
Resort Hotel. The resort is situated right next to Bali
Barat National
Park near the island
of Menjangan where the
scuba driving is legendary and the food is renowned. www.mimpi.com
Day 3 & 4
Wake up and get ready for adventure today! We will check out of the resort hotel in Menjangan Island and be on our way to discover more of west Bali on the way to the city of Kuta. In Kuta we will check in to the Green Garden Hotel and Spa where you can take advantage of the hotels many features. Spend some time on Tuban beach where the sunsets will make you forget about all your troubles and the surfing is incredible. If shopping is your relaxation well no worries, the hotel is situated about 3 minutes away from Waterbom Recreational Park and the Kuta shopping center both an adventure in fun.
Day 5:
Well will check out of the Green Garden Hotel and Spa and make our way back to Soekarno Hatta airport in Jakarta. Our travel team at Baligoddessisland.vox.com are committed to making your experience on the island of Bali if one of the most memorable stress free trip you will ever have, we hope to see you soon.
The tour package price is:
IDR: 2.500.000 per person – Twin rooms
USD: 285.00 per person – Twin rooms
GBP: 136.00 per person – Twin rooms
EUR: 172.00 per person – Twin Rooms
This price includes:
Special Considerations:
We look forward to helping you explore Bali and all its wonders, talk to you soon!!
Night still not left yet from Bali, it was 5 am Bali time and I had to wake up. Mr. Richard Richert and me will continue our journey to Gili Trawangan Island.
It was the 1st time for me to visit Gili Trawangan. From the story I heard from many people, Gili Trawangan and other islands around (Gili Meno and Gili Air) are really beautiful with white sanded beaches and are very quite and tranquil place. It was a 2 hours journey from Benoa harbor to Gili Trawangan by speed boat. For the transportation from Bali to Gili Trawangan, I choose Blue Water Safari Company because their office is not that far from the place where I lived.
7.10 am the car from Blue Water Safari arrived and picked us up at the hotel. There were another two passengers in the car. The trip from Santika Hotel to Benoa Harbor took about 30 minutes. On the road the driver reminded us to take some cash from ATM because there is no ATM on the island and we have to pay mostly by cash.
8 am our boat left the harbor, it was a quite small boat for only more or less 20 passengers on. The sea was calm and
the boat crews, two persons, offered us mineral bottle on board. Just a hint, please go to toilet first before you take this boat, because there is no toilet on board.
About 10 am we arrived in Gili Trawangan Island – Lombok. When I did my first step onto this island, I was thinking
that will be another paradise I’m going to discover in this Indonesian archipelago. Clear blue water with white sand and no motor cycles or cars on the island. The main transportation in this island is the Cidomo.
We took a Cidomo from the harbor on Gili Trawangan to the hotel; this time we stayed in Villa Lumbung. Mr. Richert got a deluxe room (no. 31) and I got the room no. 32. This place is really a nice place to stay especially for couples or for honeymooners.
Unfortunately, I had a little bit health problems when I was there. So after we finished unpacking out luggage, I went to clinic to get some medicine. Well, the doctor told me that I have an allergy, no matter what it was, it took about 1 hour for me to feel little bit better.
The 1st day in Gili Trawangan, we decided to discover the island by bicycle. There are three ways to discover the island; to walk, by cycling and by Cidomo. Since I was not feeling that well, we decided to go around the island by cycling. It took about one and half hour to go around the island by bicycle. The road is just made from the sand without any rock or concrete, really tough to do cycling on it but it was fun. I felt like I back to the nature where and there is no pollution on this earth.
After cycling around the island, we found a lot of interesting things, back to the hotel. Shower time, to prepare ourselves to have dinner. I was little bit surprised when I realized there is salt water on the shower and in the basin. Ok, after looking around little bit, I found that they prepared one bowl sweet water for us to rinse after shower. This sweet water is brought from main island Lombok, but I thought Gili Trawangan has an own water treatment. But to protect the environment, the water treatment in Gili Trawangan is just a basic one. I was told that only Gili Air who have sweet water from the deep well. The other two islands; Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan which have salt water only.
We took dinner in the hotel restaurant. It was written there that they are awarded with many medals for their food standard on Trawangan Island. That day was to tiring for us to find another restaurant except the one in the hotel. Maybe because I don’t really like salt or maybe because I was bit ill and my tongue had a problem, I tasted that the food in this restaurant was a little bit to much salty. But never mind, all of that is still acceptable for me.
The second day, we discovered the under water world at islands area. We rent a glass bottom boat and did snorkeling from Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and then Gili Air. This glass bottom boat trip took about 5 hours and we could stop to take lunch normally in one of the island which near by to the last stop. That night we took a dinner in another restaurant outside the hotel.
Even though Gili Trawangan is a small island, don’t worry about to finding the food. There are several restaurants with quite good food and good choices. Most of the restaurants there serve the barbeque and seafood at a very reasonable price and 1st of all, the seafood they serve there is really fresh taken from the sea around the island.
If you want to watch movie, in some of restaurants they prepared the movie entertainment which can be enjoy by anybody like in cinema, but in Gili Trawangan, that cinema is in quite open space. Yes, Gili Trawangan is the most happening island compare with another two Gili islands.
The third day we just spend time sun bathing and swimming. In the evening we took dinner to another restaurant outside the hotel just to discover more about the food and what they serve there.
On Thursday April 24th, our vacation has finished. We had to return back to reality and my work vacation is over. Mr. Richert took a flight from Sukarno-Hatta International airport Jakarta at 18.00. So I decided to fly back from Ampenan-Lombok by Garuda Indonesia at 14.00.
We took a boat from Gili Trawangan to main island Lombok at 10.00, since we still have a little bit spare time and also the airport in Ampenan is not that big, so we decided to go around little bit in Lombok main Island.
Yes, the vacation together in Bali and Lombok has over. But still I have a billion memories reminding…good memories on it.
The wonderful holiday as Baligoddessisland representative I had in Bali and Lombok was really great.
I arrived in Bali on April, 18th 2008 with my guest Mr. Richard Richert by Airaisia flight and another Baligoddessisland member; Ragil already arrived by Mandala airlines about one hour earlier. Because this time we are hired exclusively by Mr. Richard Richert as his tour guide and escort so the priority was only for him.
Ngurah Rai airport is not that big, we can find only a few restaurants there. When we arrived in Bali, it was already 13.00 WIT and we didn’t have lunch yet. So to make the time efficient, we chose to had have lunch in Solaria Restaurant.
Except Solaria, there is KFC, Starbuck’s and Pandang Restaurant. But since Ragil already chose this restaurant before we arrive, so we decided to take lunch in same place and same time.
After we finished lunch, we went straight to the hotel. This time, the guest and the Baligoddessisland staff stayed in Santika Hotel Bali. We booked two rooms in premier room. We got the room in 305 and Mr. Richert in room 327.
We rent a car to make our trip easier. For this service, we always use the same company owned by Mr. Putu. We never were disappointed with his driver and his reliable service.
It wasn’t Mr. Richert’s first stay in Bali, so we decided to bring him to some places where he has never visit before. After the check-in to the hotel, we went to Candidasa, Amed and Tulamben on the 1st day. It was just short visit without stop by to long. We just took some pictures in these places and then continue again the journey.
In the evening, we took dinner in Maccaroni restaurant and lounge in Jl. Legian Kuta area. There was a nice show that time and it was quite entertaining for the guests of the restaurant. For the food, Maccaroni prepare western food with good standard. The atmosphere of the restaurant is very nice with a great interior architecture.
As the night fell, we returned to the hotel and prepared ourselves for the next stage. For the night life we choose to go to Hu’u Bar in Seminyak area. There are two areas in this bar, the place where you can dance…yes….there is a bar and also the area where you can just make pick nick in the garden facing the swimming pool while you can sit on the grass with big mattress or sitting bit more formal on the chairs beside the pool. Hu’u bar normally closes around 3 am.
The morning after, I woke up earlier than the others (Ragil & Mr. Richert). I swam alone and then enjoyed the scene of
the mixture between holiday and work I have. Some people must be dreaming of having a kind of work like I have now. It is combination of working and holiday in the same time. I took several photos with my camera and tried to capture any moment and anything that I saw there.
Then there was a guy came to me and talked with me, he is from France and his name is Nicolas. He introduced himself, then, he invited me to have breakfast with him. Well…actually this is not really good story (this part really embarrassing) but I just want to mention it because if this will happen to me again next time, I will just give this guy a slap in his face.
Let me continue, I was agreed with him to take breakfast with him. Since Ragil and Mr. Richert just wake up, so I told them to meet each other in restaurant. So I went with this Nicolas. I was so surprised that he brought me to his room! I was still polite that time I didn’t splash his face or punch him, I skip away and I wish I will never meet him again because if I meet him again I’m afraid that I can’t control my self not to kick him.
Maybe this is just a note for other visitors who want to come to Bali, not all (native) women in Bali are looking for an erotic adventure; most of them come to Bali to have vacations. Try to respect others if you want to be respected by others.
It was really bad experience for me, but life goes on and I can take it as a good lesson. After we had breakfast together (Mr. Richert, Ragil and I) we had a visit at the rice terraces in Ubud area and after this we took lunch in Bebek Bengil (Dirty Duck) Restaurant. The restaurant is surrounded by rice fields with pleasant view and its all back to nature.
On Saturday we decided to take dinner in the hotel because there was Balinese dancing show in the restaurant. This Balinese dancing show is one of the shows made by the hotel to entertain the guests and to give better service to the guests who stay or just take a dinner in Santika Hotel Restaurant.
The day after Ragil must back to Jakarta, the driver pick her up at 11.00 am. The rest of the day I brought Mr. Richard walk around. We walked along the Kuta area and walked around the beach. Made some pictures, went for shopping and took dinner just in one of the restaurant in Discovery Mall near the hotel.
We back to the hotel quite early and fast, because the day after we must check out from the hotel at 6.30 am to take the boat to go to Gili Trawangan Island – Lombok.
Another great time in Bali had over.
Bali is one of beautiful island in Indonesia which is known as Paradise Island. One of the places we will choose to escape from the routine and the lackluster activity. Bali is well-known among travel lovers around the world. The island is mix with a lot of combination, beautiful nature, friendly people and some kind of mystic atmosphere.
We can see Balinese people do the ritual to pray every day in all aspect they do. The time we put our step in Bali land, we can feel that we escape from the world where we belong to another new world.
For this reason, we are planning to make Bali tour this coming April. We’ll make limited tour group for this time, to give more personal touch to every member of the tour.
If you would like to join to this tour, please do not hesitate to contact us in baligoddessisland@yahoo.com and we will discuss about your personal interest for Bali tour this time.
The tour it self will take a place on 18 April 2008 until 20 April 2008. The journey will be start from Soekarno Hatta airport Jakarta.
The tour price :
Twin sharing Rp. 2.000.000,-/ couple
This price includes:
Note:
Airfare and travel medical insurance (mandatory) are not included.
This tour will be limited up to 8 people. So please contact us to experience this incredible adventure!
No one can find the right words to explain why they always want to come back to Bali after spent their great holiday there. The feeling is so special, the feeling that you can’t get it at other places.
Even when you just landed and you breathe the air of Bali, you can spontaneous feel the sense of pleasure that ready to be experience during your stay. Bali can be a perfect place for romantic moment, for exploring a unique traditional culture, for finding a great happening peoples all over the globe, for tasting a unique traditional food, for conquering the famous Bali wave, for getting the best wedding ambiance for your special wedding day and still so much more that you can get when you discover Bali island.
COME AND EXPERIENCE THE BALI ISLAND !! we would be pleased to help you to get the best moment during your stay in this Paradise.
You can reach Bali from a lot of different way. By flight you can land in Ngurah Rai airport – Denpasar or if you want to take a boat from Java Island you can reach Bali from Gilimanuk ferry seaport.
We are here and ready to explore with you !!!
When you want to experience unforgettable moment for your journey
please do not hesitate to contact us. we will be so delighted to
arrange your travel itinerary.
BaliGoddessIsland@yahoo.com will be available anytime to fulfill your curiosity and to assist you to discover Bali and also another island in Indonesia.
Salam hangat,
BaliGoddessIsland
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