Resort Tulamben

THE RESORT

It sits at the foot of Mount Agung in the tiny village of Tulamben in the northeastern coast of Bali, right on the black lava-rock beach and some of Bali's most accessible coral reefs. The resort retains traditional ambience of a Balinese fishing compound with 13 terraced patio rooms, 12 thatched-roof cottages and 4 ocean view cottages. It is ideally set for a relaxing holiday whilst exploring some of Indonesia's most recognized underwater world.

the resort's site plan map

A. Ocean View Cottage B. Deluxe Cottage C. Patio Room D. Lobby & Gift Shop E. Dive Class F. Kitchen & Dive Centre G. Restaurant H. Swimming Pool I. Spa J. Parking

Patio Rooms

Sheltered under big trees, 13 Patio Rooms are set to landscape with lush tropical garden. A verandah is ideally set with cuisine in front of each room to provide gathering space whilst enjoying hours of chatting. The bedroom is spacious with simple natural details, cool marble floor and high wooden ceiling. The bathroom has an open-air shower with small garden inside.

Patio Room Site Plan

Bathroom

Bedroom

Deluxe Cottages

The 12 Balinese-style cottages with peaked thatched roofs, each has its own private garden compound and detached bale bengong verandah surrounded by a lava-rock moat full of carp. Bathrooms feature an open-air shower accessible through a door from the garden, built specifically so divers do not have to drip salt water and algae through their bedroom. Shower corner is uniquely walled with black lava-rock and bamboo fence.

Deluxe Cottage Site Plan

Gazebo	Bedroom
Bedroom	Garden View

Ocean View Cottages

4 cottages are set to directly view the sea of Tulamben bay preserving mood of ocean waves whilst enjoying relaxing hours from the private verandah. Bedroom is cool with marble floor and wooden furniture. Entrance to each cottage is uniquely designed through a wooden door gate.

Ocean View Cottages Site Plan

Gazebo	Room
Bedroom	Bathroom

Restaurant & Bar

The Tunkung Restaurant is set open-air close to the pool ground facing the ocean of Tulamben bay. It is uniquely constructed with combination of wood and bamboo structure nestled under swaying trees. The ambience is casually relaxing and menu presents a variety of selections from around the globe to suit every taste.

Dive Center

The resort has a fully-maintained PADI Dive Center offering safe and easy diving for both beginner and experienced divers. Safety through well-trained staffs, well-maintained equipments and standards are practiced to serve quality for fun. Diving arrangement is made easiest here as some of the best sites are located just a shore-walk away from the resort's beach. The Liberty Wreck lies just 50 meters away and the resort's front shore houses some of the best reefs and coral walls. All levels of PADI Scuba courses are also offered at several different languages to ensure quality of comprehension.

Spa

To end an active underwater day, the resort's spa offers four different treatments ranging from 60 to 120 minutes. Staffed by well-trained therapists, each treatment is traditionally practiced using natural ingredients to rejuvenate the body and soul and release stress.

Spa Therapy

Spa Menu & Rates

Aromatherapy Massage (90 minutes) - US$ 30.00
The relaxing massage that combine Swedish, Shiatsu, Indonesian and acupressure techniques and finished with a soothing mini face massage. This massage is developed to allow you to have total relaxation, and finished with lemon body wash.

Traditional Massage (60 minutes) - US$ 25.00
The relaxing Indonesian style of massage that combines stretching acupressure and palm pressure massage and finished with lemon body wash.

Traditional Facial (60 minutes) - US$ 25.00
Facial massage with light aromatic lavender and vitamin E oil, followed with traditional facial scrubs made of rice flour and cananga, followed with firming collagen-clay mask, finished with AHA green tea toner. This facial tradition has been practices through centuries to keep your face fresh and healthy.

Spa Combination (120 minutes) - US$ 35.00
A combination of traditional massage and traditional facial.

Prices are per person and subject to 11% government tax and 10% service charge and subject to change without prior notice.

Swimming Pool

The swimming pool is set right at the edge of the ocean sheltered by swaying trees and preserves best sunshine view at early morning.

Pool View

Pool View

Kuta Beach

Kuta Bali

Kuta in addition to being the Sunset Site Number One, with its daily spectacular sunsets, it is also the centre of night life activities in Southern Bali and a shopping mecca, with its lines of shops, boutiques, and galleries. Restaurants line up the streets as well as the Bachfront,Hotels, ranging from a small, inexpensive homestay to a luxurious resort, will ready accomodate you.

The beach of Kuta is one of the first favorite beaches discovered by tourist. On the south, the beach is fenced by the airport’s runway, which gives you a breathtaking landing experience. The beach stretches as far north as the eyes can see. As short walk away north, waves will invite you to test your surfing

Kuta is very short drive away from the airport, and transportation is readily available to take you from and to Kuta to and from anywhere else in Bali.

Sunsets of Bali

There is only one word to describe the sunsets in Bali: spectacular. In winter solstice in December, when the sun is close to its lowest point, a large, bright orange, red sun will approach the horizon of Kuta, descending ever so slowly. Brilliant shadows are cast everywhere, golden reflection on the water, and strips of clouds march as if to curtain another day. One light strip of cloud will probably march straight into the view, stealing the completeness of the sun, as if to accessorize it with a flowing silk scarf. Millions pairs of eyes are fixated, as the sun's bottom touches the horizon, and, in a matter of minutes, vanishes from the sight, as if it was never there.

Or, in Tanah Lot. A several hundred years old temple stands erect, solemnly guarding the land from the wilderness of the sea. Yet, as the sun begins its journey to its nightly resting place, the brilliance of an orange, red sun softly falls onto the side of the temple, raising its mystique even more. As waves break into the natural stone foundation of the temple, teasing the hundreds of little snakes in the cave in front of the temple, the sun marches down slowly. The millions of people it fascinates do not disturb it, for its ritual must flow. As it draws near the horizon, a magnified shadow of the temple is cast upon your eyes, as if to whisper good night. And in a couple of minutes, the sun rests, leaving traces of the day that has just passed.

Am I romanticizing it? Well, it is drop-dead romantic. Try it. If you don't melt, your next air kelapa muda (young coconut juice) in Tanah Lot will be on me.

Night Life in Bali

Contrary to popular beliefs spread by travel guidebooks, not all of night life activities in Bali are the result of foreign tourists. Two spectacular night time activities that are on the opposite end of a spectrum are distintly Balinese:

• The Kecak Dance
  Also dubbed by Westerners as the Monkey Dance, the Kecak Dance is a spectacular coreographic accomplishment that showcase another aspect of Balinese artistic excellence. One hundred or so bare-chested men sit down on the ground surrounding a bonfire or a fire made from coconut husks, led by a priest or a female dancer in the middle. The only music to accompany them are the beats of their palms clapping or hitting their chests, their thighs, or other parts of their bodies, rhythmically accompanied by shouting and chanting. The dancers move in unison, creating a spectacular sequence of hands stretched out, pulled in, rested on the shoulder of the next person, and waists gyrated left and right. All in a dizzying tempo.
• Wayang Kulit
  Or shadow puppet. Typically performed very late at night, a Wayang Kulit theatrical performance can last until morning. The night performance of wayang kulit is usually considered strictly entertainment, as opposed to a day performance which usually serves strict religious purpose. Temple festivals and other ceremonies can sometimes be a good place to find a wayang performance.

Balinese dances are sometimes performed at night; regularly scheduled performances are available throughout the year.

Besides those two activities, night life as commonly known in the West also exists in Bali, especially in Kuta. For you people-watchers, the cafes, pubs, and discotheques lining the streets of Kuta and Legian are definitely the place to be and to be seen. Pub crawls can require many nights, and the varieties beat even the wildest college town you would ever know. So, if your idea of fun consists of nightly pub crawls and daily sun bathing to cure the hangover, stop simply stay in Kuta, day and night. You won't be disappointed.

Up North near Singaraja, Lovina Beach also has its own collection of pubs, restaurants, and discotheques. The environment is nice, friendly, and relaxed, certainly not as hectic as Kuta. And midnight dipping into the tropical water is also something to experience up there...

Restaurants of Bali

Your visit to Bali is not complete unless you also partake in a delightful gastronomical tour of the food and fruit of Bali. In fact, the multitude of sensations titillating your taste buds and olfactory senses upon seeing, smelling, and eating Balinese food and fruit should be enough of a reason to visit Bali. Wouldn't you say so? Or, if you want to try Indonesian food before your trip or to relive your experience, in your own kitchen, here are some recipes to assist you.

And these restaurants or restaurants at the various hotels will gladly assist you in your gastronomical adventure.

• Paradise UN'S Restaurant: We serve a selection of European dishes. You will be treated to refined European cuisine and Indonesian specialties, and will spend an unforgettable evening in romantic candlelight.
• Arak Bali Restaurant & Pub: Fun dining with live entertainment in Nusa Dua. Print the homepage for DISCOUNTS!
  
• Bali Bamboo Restaurant and Guest House: Offering Balinese special gourmet dishes (like Balinese Smoked Duck) in a comfortable Ubud setting.
• Crusoes Restaurant :CRUSOES Grill, Restaurant & Bar is Beach Front Restaurant at jalan double six-Seminyak, which open for Dinner and Supper daily.
• Fabio's: The restaurant that serve original Italian food and dishes which is well know as "FABIO'S Ristorante Italiano Enoteca". The restaurant is located at Jl. Raya Seminyak No. 66 Kuta Bali.
• New Café Luna: Since 1986 New Café Luna has considered among Kuta & Legian Top Place to go, and have a great experience there is always something happening at New Café Luna.
• Santa Fe Bar and Grill: is the first café in Jl. Abimanyu No. 11A (former known as Jl. Dhyanapura) Seminyak, Kuta, Bali. It was established on October 2, 1993 and opens for 24 hours a day.
• Teba Cafe: There's nothing better than Teba Café, if you want to taste real Balinese seafood cuisine. Located on Jimbaran Beach, just before Four Season Resort, and just five minutes from International Airport. You can even see them take off.
• Uluwatu Cafe: Uluwatu cafe it is located at the beautiful sunset and white sand between four season resort and Denpasar airport. The cafe are not so far from kuta, sanur and nusa dua area. SO it's very easy to have lunch or dinner from your stay.
• Warung Mina: romantic evening atmosphere you will find at Warung Mina where you can enjoy the freshest seafood served by friendly staff and cooked traditionally, all grilled seafood is served with rice, Vegetables, Boiled Potatoes, Special Sauce and Slice Fresh Fruits Dessert.
• R.aja's Bar & Restaurants: Step forward to the hustle of Kuta, into a world of pleasure & exotic.Relax in the bar with an exclusive range of selected international and Indonesian cuisines, wines and cocktails.

surfing in bali

courtesy of Bali Echo

Surfing has really gained popularity in today's Bali. As the sun approaches the horizon, you can see line of young Balinese men approaching the beach on their surfboards, controlling them with the same gracefullness as in their traditional dances, mastering the waves and penetrating the tubes.

Kuta

Kuta is one of the most popular sites; you can now find basically any surfing equipment there. As the sun approaches the horizon, you can see lines of Balinese approaching the beach, controlling their surf-boards with the same gracefulness as their traditional dances, mastering the waves and penetrating the tubes. Even in Kuta Beach and the area around it alone there are places for difficult surfs. It's best to talk to the locals so you won't get into trouble.

Uluwatu

On the southern tip of Bali, Uluwatu is also high on a surfer's destination list. The road to the beach is pretty well-hidden, off the road to the temple of Uluwatu (which in itself is an amazing three-court temple on top of a few hundred feet cliff). You can't reach it by car - rent a motorcycle or walk for about two miles to get there. The site is very popular among serious surfers.

Nusa Dua.

On the south-eastern tip of the island, the Nusa Dua peninsula has some nice reef that provides good waves for surfing. You can stay on any of the most sumptuous hotels in the world spread around the area, and surfing is readily available within walking distance, from a beginner's level to a challenging one for the serious surfers.

THE BANYUWEDANG HOT SPRINGS

still in mimpi menjangan resort, a new place in there a famous with name THE BANYUWEDANG HOT SPRINGS

Water Quality

Partially located on the resort's ground, the hot springs of Banyuwedang supply the resort with high quality sodium-chloride-calcium-sulphate water, at a basic temperature of 46.4 C. According to a testified spa and mineral water analysis by the German company Hydroisotop, the water is to be classified as � aqua ex fonte thermale oligominerale � with a comparatively low content of solute gases and radioactivity (Radium and Radon). The water is comparable to other well-known thermal spring waters such as Achen, Neuenahr, Pyrmont and Baden-Baden of Germany, Evian and Vichy of France, Bath of UK and other mineral waters like Hirschquelle, Gerolsteiner, Nauheimer and Rosbacher Urquell.

Hot Spring Pool

Hot Spring Pool

Hot Spring Pool

Possible Forms of Application

Internal : The water fulfills the standards of the German Regulations on Mineral Waters and may be served for drinking for a specified length of time. Local inhabitants have been drinking this water all their life with good health effects and there are reports on comparatively better dental and dermal health of the people using it.

External : skin contact applications such as prolonged warm showering, cold and warm showering, warm baths, thermal changing baths (Kneipp's Wechselbad), warm/cold �Kneipp's Surprise� applications (Guss), and carbon dioxide or oxygen-added sprinkling spa applications. Soap need not be used extensively as a hardness of 6.5 classifies the water as rather �soft�. The slightly acid pH of 6.5 makes the water very friendly to the skin. A shooting effect is reported by persons suffering from chronic skin lesions of inflammations (dermatitis, etc.) due to its natural contents of low level H2S-gas and SO4-ions which are known to render specific dermal effects. As the water is rather alt-depleted, drying of the skin after bathing is not necessary.

Enteral : Enemas and Colonix Therapy are possible and world-wide regarded as safe.

Hot spring tub in villa

Hot Spring Source

Hot Spring Spa

Expected Health Benefits Several health conditions can be expected to benefit from the application of the Banyuwedang thermal water : psychosomatic conditions with therapeutic indications or change food, drink-intaking or smoke-inhaling habits, chronic heavy metal ion intoxication, multiple chemical sensitivity ; stress of all kinds including tinnitus ; rheumatoid pains ; arthropathic and orthopedic conditions ; post-traumatic and post-op residual pains ; body-weight associated pains in joints and muscles ; overweight ; intolerance of equatorial climate with increased sweating (hyperhidrosis) ; chronic heavy metal intoxication of all sorts ; chronic disturbances of metabolism

Mimpi Resort Menjangan (part II)

a few day ago i post about mimpi menjangan resort. an this one's of many thing in there. i put here for reference before go to there.

THE UNDERWATER

Menjangan Island

The island is part of the Bali Barat National Park, a protected reserve area that encompasses 780 square kilometers. The names menjangan means “deer”. Because the island is in a protected position, currents and wind-generate waves are rarely a bother. The water can be clear-a snorkeler, distinct, 50 meters above and the rest of the time the visibility seldom drops to less than 25 meters.

The coral walls around Menjangan are vertical down to 30-60 meters, and then slope outward. The reef surface is particularly rugged : caves, grottoes, crevasses and funnel-like splits break up the coral wall, and the surface is textured with little nooks and crannies. Gorgonians of many kinds reach large size here, and huge barrel sponges are abundant. Soft corals blanket the colorful wall all the way down.

The island offers fine diving to suit every taste with 7 recommended sites to explore - Menjangan Sites

1. Temple Point : a sandy site in the eastern tip of the island, a good point to see crocodile fish and nudibranchs.
2. POS II : a rich reef-wall site up to 50 meters deep with huge gorgonian fans, surgeonfish, jaclfish, batfish, angelfish, coral cod, nudibranchs, shrimps, trevally, lionfish, parrotfish, scorpionfish and shark.
3. Cave Point : several underwater caves with interesting rock structures to explore inside.
4. POS I : a sandy slope site from 2 down to 30 meters with lots of soft corals and gorgonians, lionfish, shrimp gobies, sea stars, mantis shrimp, small coral cod and royal dottybacks. Some divers have even witnessed whale shark here.
5. Garden Eel : a shallow sandy bottom area alive with garden eels which has terrific hard corals with large gorgonian fans, huge barrel sponges, coral cod, angelfish, lionfish, scorpionfish, basslets, anemone fish, cuttlefish, trumpet fish, frogfish, mandarin fish, napoleon fish and school of pelagics
6. Anker Wreck : believed to have laid there for over century, it is 25 meters long and sits 45 meters deep. Flat rectangular sheets lay in what had been the hold which also contains an assortment of ceramic and glass bottles. The wreck is communalized by soft corals, a good site to see turtle and shark.
7. Coral Garden : a tees sloping wall leading from 8 down to 4o meters with lots of soft corals, gorgonias and sponges, some large snappers, a few blue-spotted trevally, schools of fusiliers and a black-tip reef shark.

Eel Garden - Courtesy Pierfranco Dilenge

Secret Bay

Approximately 30 minutes drive from the resort, located on an adjacent bay to ferry harbor of Gilimanuk, the Secret Bay is a unique easy shore dive often considered as a site for new discoveries and best for macro photography. It is 25 C (77 F) on average, a chilly 5 C colder than most other dive sites around Bali. This is due to the nearby deep water cold currents which are directed into the bay by upwelling and the daily tidal changes. It is because of this cold water, along with the shallow sand and sea grass environment that makes this place so special. It has a unique blend of tropical, temperate, Indian and Pacific ocean species, all living in the same bay.

Among the many varieties like seahorses, nudibranchs, gobies and dragonets, it is the abundant and variety of anglerfish and scorpionfish that makes this dive site so exiting. There are at least 4 different species of anglerfish that have been found in Secret Bay including the Spotfin Anglerfish and Sargassum Anglerfish. But it is one species which has been producing great interest, locally known as Tono’s Anglerfish, about 30 cm in length and usually yellow coloration. It has an interesting esca (bait) that is unusual to any other species. This indicates it may be a new sub-species or even a new species all together.

Secret Bay has the most stunning variety and diversity of scorpionfish. One of the most common species found here is the Dwarf Lionfish (Dendrochirus branchypterus), which, due to its surrounding environment, has adapted its coloration to a dazzling rusty red body with vivid green eyes. The Blue-Finned Lionfish is apparently a first for Indonesian waters. With the eclectic blue pattern on its pectoral, it is very easy to see how it got its name.

Mimpi Channel

Only 5 minutes by boat, in the narrow entrance channel leading into the resort’s bay, is a site with delicate hard corals growing in tower-like structures. Colors were bright and vibrant in different shades of green and yellow. One area in particular has dozens of these two and three meter high coral towers, all closely packed together. Among the corals there are various gobies, blennies, lionfish, mandarin fish, nudibranchs and blue spotted trevally.

Courtesy by Yukiko Kato