Hotel Hyatt Sanur – Bali: Welcome to Paradise!

Today, I will present another super hotel, also from Bali – Hotel Hyatt Sanur. Unfortunately it doesn’t cost 29 euros , but it is simply superb, so I didn’t resist the temptation of presenting it here. I stayed there twice – in 2004 and in 2009 and it seemed to me the closest place to how I imagine paradise to be …Not necessarily the hotel in such, but especially the gardens – they are an absolutely wonderful combination of orchids, frangipani, hibiscus and bougainvillea. Actually, the different building parts of the hotel are named after these gorgeous flowers.

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The Marbella Villa – “the most romantic accommodation in Goa”

No, these are not my words, it is a quote from the Mumbai’s “What’s On” magazine which considered the Marbella Villa in Candolim, Goa  as the most romantic place where you can rest your head on a pillow in Goa… I read the article only when I arrived in Goa, but I knew before I want to spend a couple of days here !  I already got a glimpse of Marbella Villa and had booked it a few weeks before arriving. We were at the end of an Indian tour and because we had 3 weeks of backpacking across Southern India, I thought of splurging in Goa. And I chose the Marbella Villa. 

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Imperator in jail!

Well, among the tens of luxurious hotels or cheap guest houses I sleped in across the world, at one moment I spent a few days …In, well, in jail…! Don’t you believe that they arrested me, caught me trespassing the borders without a visa, it’s simply that I chose to stay at a hotel in Lucerne, Switzerland which is opened in the former jail house of the city! read more…

Pleading for Laos – Episode 3

Today we finish the Mihai’s adventures through Laos. He returned mesmerized from this quiet, silent, unknown country. But with an evangelist of Laos travels like Mihai, soon Laos could be taken by assault by the tourists… Thank you very much, Mihai for the posts! read more…