Got back this morning from 6 days in Bali .. only a short trip this time.
Flew Garuda and left on time from Perth, through the airport quickly and despite the traffic jams we arrived within the hour to the hotel.
We stayed at the Grand Istana Rama in Kuta. I was always taught if you have nothing nice to say, then say nothing at all .. I'll leave the review of the hotel to that. If you want to know more I'll leave my email open.
Went to the Bali Zoo. I had heard from a few people that if you had been to the Safari Park already then you wouldn't like the Zoo. I have to disagree with that. We went to the Safari Park last year and enjoyed it, but decided we would go to the Zoo and make up our own minds. Both venues are different and I don't think they can really be compared. We enjoyed our day at the Zoo and will take newbie friends to both venues next year.
We went to the Bali Beach Shack in Garlic Lane our last night. We were going to do the show and dinner, but unfortunately they had the blackout that night, so we ate where we could see and went there for the show. Have to say we haven't laughed so much in ages. Well worth going to.
The landing in Perth last night was something I wouldn't want to experience again. It was extremely windy and we had a long 15-20 minutes (seemed like hours) scenic flight over Perth. We had to wait for the Jetstar flight to land and they had two aborted landings because of the weather. Finally we landed, but have to say the worst landing I had ever experienced.
Had a look at a couple of hotels for our holiday next year with the Bali newbies. Both nice and if we can get a good price will stay at one of them .. Melasti Beach Resort and Jayakarta.
Oh well ... now to unpack .. and back to Bali June next year.