The Island of the Gods, it is truely a special place .....

We've settled in and showed everyone the resort and i can report that we are enjoying to its fullest.
I mentioned magical because,

1
A poolside conversation started when i just settled in with a book i bought at Singapore Changi Airport,
the theme was LKY 100,
To my surprise my brother's conquest mentioned exactly the correlation between LKY, dr. Sun Yat Sen and Chiang Kai Sek.
Wow,
Not just a pretty face this time, seems he finally found someone with brains and curviture and is for the first time in his life going serious.

2
All staff at Jimbaran Gardens / KO seem to be aware of the IHG member promo of enjoying 20% at F&B (except at special events / festivities)
I'll post it here
https://www.ihg.com/content/gb/en/de...ipating-hotels

Quote your roomnumber, IHG membership number and matching name to the server who will cross reference.
Makes a more manageble magical evening dining out under stars .... or with sweeping sea views


3
The present resort map shows an interesting feature
18 Camplung temple
19 Outdoor gym


Resort map




The outdoor gym is much appreciated by S/O and his son
How they can do this every early morning before breakfast is beyond me
AND do this in the midday for the second round ?!

Outdoor gym area







While myself and own son are more of the nature druid (wicca) kind of optimism
And enjoy using the outdoor gym as seats for our sunset meditations and enjoying the holy tree's mystical energies

The workout benches of the holy tree are next to the holy tree so perfect for meditation



And the spirit presence


Mystical aura tree
It stands quite proudly next to the outdoor gym area
We experienced the same idea as Zeus' holy oak oracle at Dodona Greece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodona
Pretty magical that this is all possible at a luxury hotel


4
Weatherwise i have been told that Bali should be avoided due to the rainy season,
The Dubai dessert, the KSA arid landscapes scapes, The Saharra countries providing 100% satisfaction of sun instead.

We've had only rain in the evenings ... mostly strong short tropical rain burst but we've had dry weather daytime

Jimbaran beach
On your usual 16 December 2023 kind of day


5 Laundry
Increasingly to be found around the hotel are laundry places
Our trusted magical -as i can get all sweat stains out ...-

Yes you did it !
Still my prefered choice


But my sister being the stuborn one vying for something that suits her tastes

Was actually quite surprised about the magical choice of washer fragrances that one can opt for


5 connectivity
You might think Hades is getting bored staying for a fortnight during rainy season
Pretty magical is that the TV suits all connectivities




Supports Youtube / Youtube cast / Chromecast / Miracast / Airplay
Comes with 2x USB A / HDMI


6 attention all smokers

Smokers are still welcome and are accomodated during breakfast at the outdoor alun alun square for those craving a niccotine macchiatto start
Just find one of the tables next to the bridge


7 Grab and delivery services

Are allowed to enter the hotel's front gates and to await presenting their deliveries at the hotel's main entrance walkway before the lobby



7 Barr
Did i get crosseyed, blurred by all the Midori,
Is the hotel owned by Ms, Barr née Rosanne?
Indeed it spelled Barr



Which is actually the space left of the lobby
(used to be group check in area)

Entrance to Barr is behind the 2 Elephant king statues
A new magical idea by the owner i guess to lift it to Park Hyatt standards?
Ahum, there is always the % chance that guests tend to put their feet up literally on the seats...
As IC Bali Jimbaran is frequented by the more leisure holidaymakers

And this is the space named "Barr"


This used to be the Saraswati lounge

But is now

The Barr for music entertainment





8 current promotions
For those taking it easy, these are the offers for this magical festive season





Good to know



9 demue you are also magical
To answer your questions....
- Seems like Restaurant Bella Cucina is going in good direction after a rocky start after its re-invation....
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...Kuta_Bali.html
- Name dropping as you know the Bapak & Ibu
Resort Manager - Christoph Pouls
General Manager - Bruno Cristol (1 JAN 2024) confirmed
- Hotel was courted to the dark side (as IC Bali Sanur came into existence to be the competition) to become affiliated with Hyatt but drew back in fear because of the dedication to all confirmable Globalist perks/awards that must be guaranteed by WOH rules (which the hotel cannot support and that Hyatt is less interested in Bapak and Ibu projecting their own vision. IHG was redeemed as being the better reliable partner. Thus hopefully the next 30 years
- hotel and also the Belmond Puri next door are experiencing dedicated volumes of Korean guests
- Coco supermarket has reopened and is back in business catering to all your daily sundries & grocery needs (right of hotel main driveway entrance)
- deity SFO777 has discovered our IC Bali Jimbaran clique restaurant getaway NOV 2023
fortunately for us all we knew it since prepandemic ...
.. so we can proudly admit we were the first influencing discoverers of
Cuca by Canadian chef Kevin
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35826504-post78.html
https://www.cucabali.com
on FT: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/35811285-post11.html
https://www.sfo777.com/content/lunch-and-dinner-bali

...... expect those that celebrate luxury travel coming in droves ....
except OMAAT because the Bali hotel scene is not aspirational enough....
and i spotted the sign VIP on his Cuca table .... let's see if it holds up visting as family
- about restaurant KO
please read next post as to present it the proper way