Hi! I'm in Bali now. Not for holiday though.....! Harus kerja bapak, ibu.... Arrived last Thursday with working colleagues and will be here for a week for the ASEAN Finance Ministers Meetings, ADB ASEAN Investment Day roadshow and the ADB annual meetings. The bosses are here too.... Staying at the Grand Hyatt Resort. A nice 5-star hotel, but service is bad. Maybe because of the meeting events, the hotel is full or almost full, that they seem unable to cope with all demands and needs.
It has been a busy, tight schedule for us, with meetings and work over weekends, while manning our booth at the same time. I am very glad that I did manage however, to visit my old place of work (in the late 90s)..... the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel on one of the evenings, with my colleague. To me, it's still the most beautiful hotel as it has all the balinese touch in it in everywhere. I met my old friend, Made Sunada. He used to be a butler during my time, and now he is the Palace Wing Manager (this wing is an equivalent to Grand Club in other international hotels).
And today, this afternoon, we had the chance of pampering ourself with traditional balinese massage and mandi lulur at the well known Spa. The Spa is one of it's strengths that can beat those at other hotels. It was supposed to be a 1 hour 45 minute - treatment but it ended up like almost 21/2 hours. That was awesome and so relaxing....
We will be leaving on Wednesday. Hopefully we get the chance to go around the exciting Kuta tomorrow. Oh yes, by the way, I had a nice ikan bakar meal at Ulam with colleagues for lunch, on the second day, and it was very nice!
