Friday, July 6, 2007
Day 2 – Sat 30 June 07 (Bali)
Ritz Carlton serves a wide spread of international buffet breakfast, including Chinese dim sum, Japanese tempura and sushi, western ham, bacon, sausages, cereals, and local nasi campur etc. Chefs were on stand by to cook your choice of eggs, pancakes or waffles. I was fascinated by the bowl-like wooden percolator that was used for filtering the tea leaves from the tea.
After a heavy breakfast at the outdoor pavilion, we went about exploring the hotel which has a 
huge compound and two private beaches. On the edge of the cliff is a glass Chapel on lush grassland overlooking the Indian Ocean. There’s also a two-tiered outdoor infinity pool, water slide, Fitness centre and Spa complex. Hotel staff were seen busy preparing for an outdoor function.
Later, we took the hotel shutter to the other secluded beach. The view from the top of the cliff was awesome. There were very few guests at the beach. We spent about 2 hours basking in the sun, listening to our phone mp3 and caught up with our reading and nap.We had earlier called to book a 3 pm slot with Anika Spa located at Tuban Area near Kuta beach. After a shower in our hotel room, we waited at the lobby for our free transfer to the Spa. We got a 50% off the list price with our boarding pass privileges. The Spa offers many different types of treatments, and we selected a 2 hrs 'Spa Treatment' at US$55 (before discount) consisting of:
- Foot Bath & Foot Massage
- Body Massage
- Face Massage
- Body Scrub
- Body Mask
- Luxury Bath with flowers
The massage was great, very relaxing and the ambiance was romantic. Our skin was well cleansed after the scrub. We would definitely return again, and hopefully the same offer would still be on...
After the Spa, we visited the tailor that offers 1 day tailoring service operated by the same company. However, the prices for the tailor was a little steep. We then took the transport to Kuta town for our evening shopping.
We went to the Kartika Discovery Mall, spotted Krispy Kremes and sat down for some donuts. We were quite amazed at the development in Kuta area since our last visit. As we walked down the streets, we saw Bubba Gump Shrimp Restuarant, a spinoff from the 'Forest Gump' movie. We had visited the restaurant in Hawaii the last time and the food was pretty good, and so we were rather excited to see it again.
For the rest of the evening, we walked around Kuta but felt that the shopping there was not as enjoyable. We returned to the hotel at around 10+ pm by cab. It was a great relaxing day.
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