FlyerEC

You do get distant ocean views as Amanusa is set on a hill - a wide expanse beyond the golf course & above rooftops of those faraway hotels some of which weren't even there 3 years ago

rjhunjhu

I live in India, so I'm very used to the relatively tame house lizard: http://www.google.co.in/imgres?um=1&...7&tx=79&ty=102

This one was a monster though, the kind that you expect roaming about in gardens and forests, not on the roof of your room. A cross between a house lizard and a Komodo. 1.5 feet guys! This was not your average visitor. Scarred for life. Wish I had a picture.

BENLEE

Nice photos. But why does this place looks so deserted?

Musken

If OP is like me, he/she takes pictures in the morning when the light is good and before other guests come to use the pool/beach/restaurants. That's why my pictures look "deserted" at least. But of course, one often experience that Amanresorts feels very private with almost no other guests since they are very large and with few rooms, i.e. some days you might have the pool or something for yourself even if there are many other guests.

Or did you mean something else?

BENLEE

Deserted as it there seems to be no other guests around. Perhaps as you said, the OP avoided having anyone in the frame before taking the shot. My only Aman stay so far is Amankila and as I recalled, there are few guests but not so deserted.

SwissBelgiantravelers

You are both right. We do try to make pictures without too many people in the frame, but I must confess we cannot take too much credit for that as it is true what Musken says, you always feel like you are alone most of the time in these resorts. Surprisingly, of the resorts we visited in our last trip, Amanusa was actually the most `crowded`, relatively speaking of course

FlyerEC

Well, the one we had was thankfully outside & slightly smaller .
The noise it made kept us awake but we only saw it the next day - quite a shock then for us too .
Good thing not seen that first night - the fright would have put me off the Bali Amans for good.. So have not gone on the Aman Komodo trip yet.
As it is, we've returned numerous times to Amankila where our giant gecko introduction was.
Glad to have celebrated their 20 th & see veteran staff sharing in the occasion with special dress too.
Just have to remember that it's how it is in Indonesia & not get distressed from what is the ' normal ' occurrence for the region ( saw similar at the Datai too ).

The recent visit was the busiest I have seen Kila at breakfast - not surprising - but still ' deserted ' otherwise. Also saw guests at Nusa but mainly around the pool.