Friday, August 17, 2012

Bali Take #2

The last 4 days of our Singapore / Bali trip was spent at the Laguna Luxury Resort in Nusa Dua. Nusa Dua is basically a collection of 5-star resorts (inside a gated community) about 40 km south of Denpasar. It is a total contrast to the hectic tourist resorts/hotels found in Kuta where we had our first stay in Bali.

The Laguna Luxury Resort is a fantastic place and quickly reminded us of one of those resorts you would see featured inside a travel magazine. It had stunning grounds, too many pools to count, and a gorgeous beach! These pictures don't really do the resort justice.

Two of the many pools at the resortWater fall over the spa

Beach at the resort

We were fortunate enough to book one of only two pool suites at the whole hotel.  These suites consisted of 4 large rooms inside, but it was outside the room that was most impressive: our own private swim-up pool and lounging area. The room came with butler service and a few other amenities such as free lattes/cappuccinos, water, and fruit whenever we wanted it.

Our private pool and lounge area!

Before leaving Australia, we had pre-booked a dive at Tulamben during our stay at Nusa Dua. Needless to say, when the day for diving finally came, we were both a bit reluctant to leave the peacefulness of the resort (it's a 3hr drive to Tulamben!). However, the diving was already booked and paid for so we decided to go through with it, and we were so glad we did.  We ended up diving the USAT Liberty wreck and it turned out to be some of the best diving we've ever done. There was an abundance of bright colourful coral and an overwhelming amount of marine life!



After our day of diving, we spent 2 more days relaxing at the Laguna resort before taking the long flight back to Sydney. All in all our entire trip to Singapore, Bali and Gili T. was pretty amazing. Sorry for taking so long to finish all these posts, but hopefully you've enjoyed reading about our trip and enjoyed some of our photos!

Up next, a post about the last minute trip to Melbourne we took this past weekend.

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