A rejuvenated trip in Bali

"I think Bali is just a small island," that's what I have been telling myself and my friends. To my surprise, the size is actually 3 Singapores, and from the terminal of North to South will take apprx 6 hours! The island is packed with people, and not less, travellers of course. My mission to Bali this time, is to try the SPA in Bali, so I shall not reveal much about beaches and shopping districts as it may be found easily in all magazines and internet.

Let's beging with my first stay at Kuta...

KUTA

Well known as the famous surfing spot in Bali, here, you will see so many surfers walking around the town. The beach is just a few walks from the town, and is usually packed with so many people. Along the side are all the 5 stars & 4 stars luxurious hotels. Is the most crowded and happening spot in Bali. Hotels in Bali is about the same except in Ubud, which I will tell more later. The front of the hotels may look small and narrow, road leading to the hotels' lobby is narrow too. But if you go towards the lobby area, you will be so wrong. It's as amazing as Alice in Wonderland. You can never imagined beyond the lobby area is blocks of rooms and big gardens. Everything suddently has become so huge and spacious. With its rich herritage and traditional vibrant of colors and nice sculptures plus decorations, hotels in Bali is uniquely distinguished from the rest of the world.

In Kuta, you may find lots of shops selling pirated branded stuffs, such as D&G, AX etc. And the price is more reasonable than Shen Zhen & Shanghai in China & Thailand. Besides, Balinese is easier to negotiate with too. Best place to go for, Kuta Square.

Moving around in Kuta to other hot spots is easy. About 10 minutes from Kuta,there is the most famous night life district in Bali, Legian, this is also the place boomed by the terroris that caused hundreds of people dead. (Horrible incident). Few years after the incident, Legian has revived it's past time glory. At night, the street is so packed with people due to many clubs & shops. I visited the monument of the victims, and been to a few pubs around. Frankly, the booming still haunting me. I couldn't relax myself and alerted myself the whole time. Not really a pleasant time for me.

In Bali, there is more than 1000 hotels & SPA. All of the SPA centers as luxuruios as the 5 star hotels, of course, it's pricy too. In Kuta, most of the SPA centers are just in the town. Hundreds of them can be easily spotted. There, i tried one of the famous SPA named Ratu Bali SPA. The masseurs are very skillful, their experience ranging from 4 years to 10 years, so you need not me to tell you how enjoyed i was being massaged by these professionals. On top of that, after applied with their natural herbs and remedies, you will have a instant refreshed feeling. But, I couldn't tell the different as it feels the same as Thai massage. The Balinese's signature massage search goes on....

Ratu Bali SPA

UBUD

Roughly 40 mins away from the beach toward the middle of the island, there lies one of the must visit places in Bali, Ubud. Temperature in Ubud is cooling, road leading to it is narrow too. However, I am so fascinated along the way. Firstly, the padi fields, the greenish trees, and then the sculpture workshops, culturistic shops & restaurants, the galleries, the temples & the antique houses, best thing is, it's not as crowded as Kuta. Ubud is the place to enjoy, to see and feel more about Bali. Ubud is sorrunded with natural beauty, mountains and padi fields is everywhere. The place is particularly quiet and peaceful at the night. To enchance the experience of staying in Ubud, take the Villa. Villa in Bali is exceptional spacious and unique. Each Villa is like a small mansion. Well equiped with bathroom, jacuzzi, swimming pool and of course the enormous greenish gardens and Balinese decoration.

Sceneries around the villa, the mountains, the jungles & the padi fields

The garden around my villa. An open shower in the garden too.

Enjoying my balinese food at the hotel's restaurant

Besides the Villa, another thing that make my jaw drops is the Karina SPA. To me, it is not just the most beautiful and expensive SPA in Bali, but I woud say it is surely one of the best of the Asia. Doing SPA in Ubud is so different compared else where. Imagine, lying under the open air surrounded with jungles, trees and padi fields, enjoying the massage while listening to the jungles whispering softly in your ears and the cool breeze. It feels like heaven! Here in Karina, each guest will have a chance to enjoy themselves in their private SPA villa. The Villa is 2 stories tall. Lower ground would be the washroom, shower room, steam room and changing room, while upper is another heaven. The Massage room, the swimming poor, the jacuzzi and the fantastic jungle & mountain views!

In Karina, I have finally found the Balinese's signature massage. The technique consists of punturing and stretching. And the unique part is the hand rolling, I thaught i was being rolled by some massage balls! What more can I say, is simply the best massage I ever had.

The garden around the Karina Spa

The individual spa villa, equipped with swimming pool, massage room,

and the jacuzzi that is facing the open view of mountain and the florest.

Enjoying my swimming, sun bathing and jacuzzi after massage....is like heaven!

Bali is such a different world. The people is so nice and simple, is such a pity it is living under the pressure of financial & politics problems and terrosists threathen. Anyway, from the good view, is it truly the best SPA destination in Asia, and to the world. It is a loss if you didn't come for the Heavenly SPA, Bali!