Ducks By The Paddy Fields

Ducks By The Paddy Fields. My friend, Rian Maelzer, booked a couple of hotel rooms in Ubud and Sanur, Bali through me, recently. I was happy not only for the bookings but I also know that as a seasoned international journalist with a great eye, he will return with beautiful pictures of Ubud.

Ubud is a center for traditional crafts and dance. The surrounding rainforest and terraced rice fields are dotted with Hindu temples and shrines. Ubud is one of Bali’s most famous landscapes. Bebek Tepi Sawah Restaurant & Villas is the hotel he chose and it has Balinese style rooms with marble floors and thatched roof gazebos.

True to its name, the hotel is in the middle of a paddy or rice field. The sounds you will hear are that from the cackling of the village geese and hypnotic gamelan percussion.

Rian is a very experienced, savvy and demanding traveler and his regular bookings are a testimony of the reliability and competitive rates at MyCen Hotels. Thank you for your support and for allowing me to share the pics, Rian.

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Let’s Pop!

Let’s Pop! A stay at legendary Bali is now more affordable than many may think. Like to introduce you to an affordable and stylish place with colours that pop. Haha. I got to know ethnic Indonesian Hokkien Treshia Lim (Lim E Cha) when she was working at the Swiss-Belhotel International in Bali. She went back to her hometown in Medan to work for Radisson Medan. Before I can visit her at the Kota Kuliner (culinary capital) in which the North Sumatra city is known for, she is back in Bali. Such a nomadic life for a hotelier. She is also a Catholic and a foodie.

She is now with the corporate office of the chain that runs the Pop! Group of hotels and they have a nice and affordable hotel in Bali. With information from her, I created a custom page for Pop! Hotel Kuta Beach Bali. It is also the first time I am implementing Agoda’s dynamic banners in which other hotel options in the same destination are displayed with scrolling views. Seeing the Google map may be dizzying as there are over 3000 hotels listed by Agoda on the island! Pop! Hotel Kuta Beach seems a logical choice because the rates are truly affordable and it is very near the beach and popular eating places. The hotel has all the modern amenities such as free wi-fi and pool. It is also a fairly new hotel, being only 3 years old.

For more info or to book, go to: http://www.mycen.my/pop-hotel-kuta-beach-bali/

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