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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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…

Pleading for Laos – episode 2

Let’s continue to follow Mihai’s paths throughout Laos… This time on water, on the great Mekong, the river around which several countries from South East Asia live. Not the richest, but perhaps, the most beautiful. read more…

Pleading for Laos – episode 1

This week is Laos week. I’ve been there earlier this year and I got mesmerized. The guy who influenced me to go to Laos is Mihai who visited Laos few years before me and told me so many things about this little known country… So, I asked him to contribute with a journal of his Lao trip… Enjoy ! read more…

Bali – Where Luxury only Costs a Few Euro

A friend of mine accused me jokingly that I trash the noble ideals of backpacking by writing about paradise like places, but also very expensive ones…He was having my post about the Anantara Hotel in the Maldives in mind. Don’t be afraid, I didn’t betray the cause…And I still continue to appreciate the hotels, hostels and guesthouses where you feel fine whether they are 5 stars or none. And I’ll still write about luxurious locations and not only.  But, today, let’s go to Bali, more specifically to Sehati Ubud Guesthouse. read more…