Bulgari Resort Bali (2)
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Promptly waking up the next morning, we found ourselves looking into the ocean over the luscious green.
Coming from a maga metropolitan, here, it was surreal.
Driven by our occupation, we survey the villa. The one-bedroom villa had a relatively small bedroom with a huge bathroom, which was twice the size of the bedroom, and a separated toilet room, powder area, and lots of closet space. Even the bathroom was enclosed and private, it felt as if you were in the wild. The moss-covered privacy wall next to the glass offered a shield but also a connection to nature. The open living area had a pool next to it, and the pool extended to the front of the bedroom. Besides the bedroom drywall, I bet the most building materials were local. The most interesting thing was the thick roof. It must have been made from hay by local workers in their traditional way. All aimed at giving you the luxury in the indigenous setting. The individual villas were so inconspicuously situated in the surrounding that it felt almost eerie.
We started venturing out for food.
The ten-minute walk to the food court was on grass filled stone path lined with exotic tropical vegetation as if they have been there for ages. The villas were built in the indigenous building method; the outdoor lighting was concealed in pots or cages of local materials. It was 30 degrees Celsius, 86 degrees Fahrenheit, warm and humid.
We arrived at the breakfast buffet.
This was the path we took to get to the food. Believe it or not, I feared to fall into the water every time I stepped on it. I AM NOT DRUNK. I think it was the moving water on each side that takes the stability out of you.
Sitting at the outdoor table, we had a panoramic view of the edge of the sea.
We were in the southern hemisphere, south of the Equator. That is half of the Earth with 80.9% water, compared with 60.7% water in the Northern Hemisphere, and it contains 32.7% of Earth’s land.
I had an audacious thought then and there. If we just swam south, we could reach the beach of Australia. LOL.
