Connectivity
Music: Hold On To Me - Courtney Love
I always find myself missing the food in Bali everytime I think about the island. So needless to say, I spent most meals digging into delicious spicy local flavours. It’s good to be in the sun, doing absolutely nothing but read magazines (and fend off mosquitoes; I fucking hate mosquitoes. I got bitten maybe about 3 times since I’ve been here so I guess that’s not too bad) and eat and visit the spa.
The Laguna; part of the Starwood Luxury Collection, is a gated resort and I realised how insular it is the other day when it dawned upon me that guests just chill by the compound in the day and then head to the various restaurants at night. There is no need to head out unless you want to do some sightseeing or visit the supermarket or have completely local cuisine. Speaking of the spa, I signed up for treatments the past 3 days and it really wasn’t anything that blew me away or anything I would speak fondly of. The messages weren’t all that relaxing and the facial didn’t give me results I couldn’t produce at home. So it was kinda disappointing.
It’s definitely a place where newlyweds embark on their honeymoon. There are not too many kids around (which is a great thing) and the walls are thick enough that you don’t hear your neighbours doing their deeds and sowing their seeds.
The lack of wireless connectivity here annoys me. The internet connection is slow and you need to be connected via the ethernet cable which makes no sense because you can still monitor the usage per room while providing wireless connectivity. Oh well.
I guess this place is great for people who rather have sex than surf the internet. As for me, I’d rather have both.
