In Reply to: Girls going gaga posted by cloudgirl on Thursday, 4. August 2005 at 21:59 Bali Time:
We travelled to Lovina recently and stayed overnight at Aditya Cottages. I had copy/pasted internet prices which I showed them, but they wouldn't come down that low. They wanted to know what site I got them from but I didn't know as I copy/pasted them!
Ended up showing us rooms and we fell in love with the ocean facing seaview rooms. Cost us 450,000rp per room (we had our children) including breakfast. The rooms were so lovely and spacious, especially after we had been staying at Adhi Dharma Hotel in Kuta!
Had a terrific massage booked at the hotel, out the front of our room for a mere 25,000rp.
Unfortunately, I think maybe next time 2 or 3 nights would be better so we could enjoy the facilities more..
For dinner we wandered out and down the main drag. Went to Octopus's Garden, as I had it as a recommendation from the BTF. Pleasant surrounds. Very quiet though, only one other table occupied.
We were fortunate to see, before we were served our dinner, some rather large rats climbing along the rafters.
Boy, what was dinner going to taste like now! That sure is one way to remember their restaurant!
The meals came out and most were as to be expected, however they served calamari in a very unusal way. My husband ate his as he was very hungry, but my son only played with his.
On the way to Lovina we stopped at Git Git Waterfall. Our driver handed us over to a guide who was very informative on our walk to the falls. I was expecting it to be very 'in your face' with hawkers but was very impressed. The path was very well laid out and easy to walk. Not many steep sections at all. (Last time we went to Munduk Falls and it was very steep and only a rough rainforest track. I was very exhausted by the time I made it back to the car!!) Got to the falls and very spekky. Looked around for a while and then started back. Bought a couple of sarongs for 15,000rp each. My husband got a silver chain for 140,000rp (a bit much I think, but he was happy with it). Our guide gave us a rundown on all the plants andt tres we walked past. Got some good photos too. Paid the guide 50,000rp for his efforts. He was happy with that.