The hotel gave me a special gift and I saw it all from the other side. It was an unforgettable hotel.
As the title suggests, I stayed at this hotel for two days during my trip to Bali. Since the duplex I wanted wasn't available on the first day, I opted for a standard pool room. We arrived in the evening, and it was a long walk up many stone steps to our room. 😓 It had just rained, and the lighting along the way was dim (even using my phone's flashlight didn't help much). It was like climbing a mountain and wading through water, which was quite dangerous.❗️
Entering the hotel room, even with all the lights on, it was still dim, making it inconvenient at night. And the pool had no lights! I was afraid to go down. None of the other villas I stayed in on this trip had private pools like this; at least they should have had some lights. 😢 I wasted my evening using the pool. If I had known, I would have stayed at a place without a pool!
Up in the room, the bed was untouched. A dead insect lay on the neatly made bed, right next to the frangipani flowers the hotel had given me. 😐😐 Was that a welcome gift from the hotel? I even saw frogs, moths, and even insects singing in unison on the canopy of the bed near daylight (I believe we were indoors, as the doors were securely closed).
In the morning, I finally got to use the pool. I changed into my swimsuit and took a photo with the floating breakfast. Suddenly, a man appeared from the opposite side, operating a drone. 😰 I was seen naked, and he even waved at me?! Totally no privacy!
The next night, we also checked in late at night, but this time, no staff member escorted us to our new room. They just told us how to get there. Honestly, with the hotel being so large, the lighting being dim, and the rain making the ground slippery, it felt a bit unreasonable to expect us to find a new room on our own!
The room cost over NT$2,000 per night, which isn't expensive, but the service was completely lacking. And considering all this, I wouldn't stay there again, even if I were offered a chance. This is the worst hotel I've ever stayed in, and it left a lasting impression on me.