Чудный остров wonderful island

I'll try to be as objective as possible. We stayed at this hotel at the end of January. The hotel itself is very good, the area is large and very beautiful. For those who like small chamber hotels, this one is not suitable. But, despite the large number of rooms, the residents are almost invisible. There are always free sunbeds on the beach and by the pool. The staff is very friendly, many speak Russian. And in general, the local population in the resort areas tries to speak Russian, which is very nice. Now about the cons: 1. low tides - the first three or four days of our vacation it was possible to swim, the last days the water did not rise above the knees. It was possible to go a kilometer from the coast, but the result is the same. 2. The hotel has three swimming pools, one is used by residents of the first floor of the main building (exit from the room directly to the pool), the second is for those living in villas, the third is public. The pool is beautiful, with bridges and islands, but shallow. 3. food. Breakfast all 11 days of our stay is exactly the same. For those who do not accept Asian cuisine, there is nothing but scrambled eggs. Dinners at the hotel are very expensive. . There are many restaurants in Bali Collection (shopping center 5 minutes walk from the hotel), but prices are not much different from hotel prices. Very expensive alcohol, because the local population does not drink. 4. The rainy season. It rained every day, mostly at night, but even daytime rains did not interfere. Excursions. There were three: 1. a temple on a rock (the name cannot be reproduced) - beautiful landscapes, monkeys (you need to be very careful with them, take off everything that glitters, keep glasses, cameras on straps), unusual national dances, but they are not allowed into the temple itself . The guide is local, does not speak Russian well, tried to tell a lot, but it is difficult to understand. 2. a walk along the seabed - very unusual, we haven’t seen anything like this anywhere, I’m just delighted with the walk itself, but it’s short in time, and after the walk - lunch in some eatery, agar-agar is dried nearby, the smell is terrible and waiting for 1.5 hours. They're just taking our money. I don’t know the guide’s nationality, he speaks Russian very well, but he didn’t say anything, he didn’t even describe the excursion program. 3. an excursion to the central part of the island, with a visit to an ancient temple (very beautiful!!! ), a volcano (we walked on frozen lava), a very good lunch overlooking the volcano, a visit to a wooden products factory. Good excursion. The overall impression of the holiday is very, very good. If it were not for the principle - do not travel twice to the same country - we would gladly go again.