In Reply to: Jayakarta Downer posted by Badak Sinting on Saturday, 20. August 2005 at 21:07 Bali Time:
This tale would really sound unbelievable to outsiders but I can understand it fully as I endured a very similar experience at the Ramada Bintang Bali Resort in May/June 2005. I was, however, later treated as dirt by one or two pompous twits when I told about it here, not to mention how I was treated by the staff and General Manager during my short stay.
Are the Jayakarta and the Ramada hotels run by the same company?
Some hotels just take tourists for granted, knowing that almost everyone feels pity for the Balinese, no matter what happens. Good on you to publish this - and good luck, too! With your reputation as a regular on the BTF I think you may be treated and accepted better than I was, merely a passerby-by on the BTF, although not as to Bali where I am a regular visitor.
Hopefully you shall not be called a whiner (whatever the spelling is as it varies on the BTF) because of this announcement here.