Boeing to Bali for a Birthday Beach Break.

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Grab and Gojek are great in Indonesia and Grab much wider in south east Asia too. Like uber but a third of the price and fewer driver scams!

Try grab food if you need something small delivered. Bags of ice, bottles of drink etc etc. I use it regularly to have martabak delivered.

We were just talking about that @Scarlett !
Think it's going to be an in- room date night Saturday as the birthday boy wants to watch the 2 AFL games
It  is his trip though!

 

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and Thailand

And Thailand is the most comprehensive form to do @I love to travel
There is a Thailand medication thread

 

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Just on midnight and finally in our room. Initial thoughts were dark, "rustic" - no, make that old and outdated.

We had done a fair bit of YouTube and knew not to raise our expectations.
Exhaustion took over and fell straight to sleep.

Woke the next morning with the sun on the balcony, birds chirping and a beautiful garden view.

I can cope with that!
Room is in a good position. It is on the same level as the lobby (#2) and halfway between said lobby and the beach/pool.

Take ourselves off on a morning 4km stroll in a pleasant 26°.

Breakfast beckons, fairly pedestrian but it fills the gap. As always, aim to be there early before it gets crazy busy.
This is the start of our rinse and repeat holiday
Walk
Breakfast
Beach
Swim
Read
And repeat
Until dinner - head to Bali Collection

Day one

 

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These first 3 nights are pre paid with Qantas Hotels (to trigger TI spend) and we are settling in nicely.
The Staff are welcoming, aircon is good and the hotel is very clean, though dated having opened in 1983.

As mentioned in post # 6, I made separate bookings for the remaining nights via Accor ALL.
But, I still wanted to check out the Sofitel next door.

We took off in that direction for our next morning's walk.
Lovely pool, nice beach and, yes, Sofitel is newer but it lacks that Balinese charm we love.

We are very happy to stay put at Nusa Dua Beach Hotel.

 

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Our first 3 night Qantas Hotel booking has now completed and head to the Front Desk to check out and check in.
Took them awhile to get their head around it, but as I anticipated confusion at some stage, I had set it all out clearly in an email prior to arrival. Once they located the email, all good.
As Accor Gold, we have access to the Kintamani Lounge. A quiet space, well staffed and open from 8 am - 10pm.

Snacks appropriate to the time of day with coffee, tea and juice.


Seamless check-out then checked - in and have kept us in the same room. Staff were very apologetic that they could not accommodate an upgrade due to high occupancy but for the last 3 nights of our stay, we have been granted Palace Club Lounge Access.
I had originally booked the last 3 nights in a Palace Club Room but cancelled that, as we do enjoy going off site in the evenings - one of the compromises in post #6!
I have found all our stays in Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Hong Kong) Accor Gold has been acknowledged and we have been looked after well.