Nyoman dropped me off at my hotel, the Puri Naga Seaside Cottages, at about 1:30, and rather than kicking off my whirlwind sightseeing bonanza right away, I decided to spend my first afternoon in Bali just chilling at the hotel, getting acquainted with the adjacent beach and maybe going for a massage.
My room at the Puri Naga was pretty barebones but not without character. It had a nice little porch, and the hotel gardens and pool were really nice. At US $25 per night, I got more than my money’s worth. Here are some pix of the hotel gardens and beach…
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The Lonely Planet Bali Book said some enticing things about the spa at the nearby Bali Mandira hotel, so I walked down the beach and made a walk-in appointment. The hotel was gorgeous but teeming with overweight, sunburnt aussies. Acres of rippling, sweaty, sunburnt flesh. The spa was a haven from this. For US $40, I got a delicious two-hour scrub and massage in an amazing stone-walled indoor-outdoor room…
