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Archives for May 2015

The Anantara Uluwatu Bali: Putting the P in Panoramic

The Anantara Uluwatu in Bali... you know which hotel I’m talking about,  chances are you’ve seen the architecturally designed glass-fronted chapel featured in countless Bali #inspo posts on Instagram. The resort, hugging south Bali’s rugged limestone cliffs and providing uninterrupted views of the awe-inspiring surf and sunsets across the Indian Ocean, is inspirational indeed. But what makes the luxurious Anantara Uluwatu stand out from the other five-star resorts of this ilk that dot the ... Read More

What To Do When You Get Sick While Traveling

What To Do When You Get Sick While Traveling... It’s every traveller’s worst nightmare: after spending months on prepping, saving and packing you’re finally on the road, fully immersed in a far off land. Suddenly, on the fifth day you feel a foreign rumble in your tummy and you’ve got a fever that'll launch you to the moon. Or perhaps you’ve come down with a simple holiday flu, which, thanks to Murphy’s Law, often tends to happen on much-needed vacations. Whatever the symptoms, the outcome is ... Read More

A Secret Garden: The Santai Villas Bali Review

I must admit I hadn’t really done my homework prior to pulling up to the enormous stone columns marking the entrance of The Santai Villas in the laid-back suburb of Umalas, Bali. The Amala Villas, The Santai’s sister retreat and the place I’d just arrived from, was the hotel I was dying to experience after hearing some fantastic reviews from fellow travellers. The Amala was the escape I had been looking forward to and The Santai was an afterthought, a small blimp on my Bali-adventure radar. But ... Read More

The Amala Hotel Bali: A Fine Romance

The Amala Hotel Bali is the perfect setting for an intoxicating Balinese romance. Hidden at the end of a lush vine-fringed driveway peeling-off one of Bali's chicest shopping and dining streets in Seminyak, these intimate one and two-bedroom villas are like beautifully designed hugs for your senses. The bali boutique hotel takes the concept of holistic living to a whole new level, thatched wood and concrete structures fused with meticulously manicured grounds, water features and feng shui ... Read More