Mercure Jakarta Batavia — Jakarta Java
/We’ll be here two nights May 18-20, 2024. More soon.
We visited Bali, Indonesia from April 21 - May 9, 2024 and Java, Indonesia from May 9 - 20, 2024. It’s a great time of year south of the Equator to enjoy Asia! This is our second visit to Bali, and a first time visit to Java, including the ancient and mysterious pyramid site near Jakarta of Gunung Padang. Most of the spots on Bali were clothing optional. All on Java were historical or spiritual. We started in Denpasar and exited from Jakarta. Affordable paradise! We’ll be back to Bali in mid-July 2024!
Below find the Indonesian hotels where we stayed, in reverse chronological order. In each location find a carousel of hotel pics and a carousel of activities pics.
We’ll be here two nights May 18-20, 2024. More soon.
We’ll be here one night May 17, 2024. We’ll be visiting Gunung Panang on May 17th. More details soon.
We’ll be here one night May 16, 2024. We’ll be visiting Gunung Panang on May 17th. More details soon.
We’ll be here May 13-16, 2024. More soon.
We were here May 6-9, 2024. We chose this hotel because it was only about a half hour’s drive from the ferry terminal to catch the boat to Java for our onward travel. It was the perfect third stop in the trio of hotels on our northern exploration of the island of Bali. It’s a sprawling resort with 55 rooms set up against the mangroves that make up West Bali National Park. We’d recently been in small, sometimes empty resorts so it was a little shock that the resort was about 70% full.
But we had complete privacy in our private villa with two pools, a cool pool and a hot natural springs mineral pool, with lush landscaping where we could continue our naturist ways with all the water and sun we wanted. We emerged from our room just for breakfast and dinner in the lovely waterfront restaurant. Actually we only had dinner at the shore one night and ordered room service the last two nights.
You can see from the pics below why we didn’t want to come out of our room. We did have massages one afternoon including Paul got the unique offering of the singing bowls vibrational medicine body therapy.
We were here May 1-6, 2024. Liked it so much we are planning to come back August 4-11. Total five-star treatment at this *amazing* small, family-run boutique naturist hotel. Just four rooms, dynamite pool, breakfast and dinner included! $92/night.
We were at this stunning, serene oceanfront gay naturist resort for a week from April 24 to May 1, 2024. We booked two additional stays before the end of August. We love it! Straight-friendly, stunningly beautiful, two pools with a terrific staff. There is an onsite restaurant that is lively with a menu we never got tired of in a week — plenty of variety and well done. Variety of rooms at different price points. 10% discount for 3-day stays, 20% for 7 day stays. Total nights can be combined with stays at Laki Uma Villa in Kuta (same owners). Total bliss.
We were at this men’s clothing-optional naturist house April 21-24, 2024. Relaxed, colorful gay guesthouse with private rooms and dormitory housing. For our first stay in April we booked a Deluxe room ($27/night without breakfast). For our second stay July 17-20, 2024 we booked the Master room ($40/night without breakfast). Rooms have great beds, good air conditioning, balconies, a refrigerator and shower bath. Colorful and artsy throughout. Only 30 minutes from Denpasar airport. Immediate services are limited and walking along road is doable but area is mostly bike/car-centric. Grab (like Uber) cars available for shopping and dining. Great for a couple days! Stay three days and receive 10% discount. Stay a total of seven days and recive 20% discount. Total days can be combined with sister property, Bali au Natural on the north coast. Management will arrange for affordable transportation between properties. A gem!
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