In Reply to: Wow it looks.... also posted by sudij on Thursday, 9. June 2005 at 13:06 Bali Time:
Are you asking about Reef-Seen Aquatics? If so, the diver's rooms are less than $20 a night. They are nothing fancy, and are just bare-bones for the diver type that plans to spend most of the time in the water and not in the room. They really do not promote the rooms. They promote the diving, horse riding, and the turtle hatchery on their grounds. Great place to hang out for a day.
As for Medewi, we stayed at a wonderful place called Puri Dajuma. Here is the review I posted on them a few weeks ago:
Puri Dajuma (10+)
Puri Dajuma is located in south western Bali, in an area close to Medewi. This place was the hidden gem that we were lucky to find while on Bali. We were planning to go from Ubud clear over to Pemuteran (on the north west side of Bali) in just one day. A week or two before leaving I found out just how long of a trip that would be and decided to break it up with a stop in between. I sent out emails to the few places in western Bali that have web-sites and gave them my budget requirements. The staff at Puri Dajuma quickly responded and welcomed us at a nice discount. While I could not find much information about Puri Dajuma, I was none the less excited due to the knock out pictures I was seeing on their web-site. The pictures on the web-site, as nice as they are, do not do this place justice. This was the most fabulous place we stayed during our whole trip to Bali. This is not just a hotel. It is like a private resort for anyone lucky enough to find it. It was so great that we had to cancel the following night in Pemuteran just to stay another day and night at Puri Dajuma.
The cottages are located on the most picture perfect location that is on a slight hill that overlooks the incredible landscaping and black sandy beach below. The pool is wonderful and the restaurant is divine. I'm not making any of this up. This is a place for honeymooners! My wife and I would get remarried just to go back there! It is also a great place for a family that wants to get away from crowds and see the real Bali. To meet our budget, the kids stayed in a fancy tree house room called a rice barn, and absolutely loved it. The kids loved the pool, the badminton court, huge cinema room, body boarding with no other tourists in site, and playing soccer in the afternoons with the local children. Note: I'm talking about kids that are 10 years old and up.
Did I mention the restaurant?? This place gets a 10+ rating for the food. I'm thinking we would pay out or nose to eat here and had originally planned to find a cheap diner somewhere else. Our mouth dropped as we saw that the prices in the menu were better than any place we had previously eaten at in Ubud. My next though was that the portions had to be small for the price. How wrong I was. We were pigging out on fillet minion pepper steak, chicken cordon blue, and host of other incredible meals for less than US $4 a meal. Most meals were in the US $2-$4 range. Since we had the place basically to ourselves, the chefs were cooking for just us. At my wife's request, the chef even took her into their super fancy kitchen and showed her how to make one of her favorite dishes! The chefs and waiters at Puri Dajuma made each meal a truly pleasurable experience.
Don't think because this place is miles away from the Kuta crowd that it might not have modern conveniences. They have internet access, the most modern rooms we stayed in, and top notch service. The European owner of this resort has spared no expense. From the facilities to the attitudes of the staff, Puri Dajuma is a class act!
None of us wanted to leave this resort. At the end of our trip I individually asked the children where their favorite hotel was. They all listed Puri Dajuma as their favorite. Our whole family highly recommends Puri Dajuma. You may be cheating yourself if you don't spend at least a couple days here. Normally, a hotel / resort should have to pay for a review like this one. In this case they earned by giving us the best stay on Bali. You can find them in an internet search.
If you are there on a Sunday, they can arrange to get you to the bull races in Negara. Email me if you would like the link to our pictures of this place online. micronesianhunters@yahoo.com