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The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 05/24/2008 10:03 AM |
Those already familiar with
Set within 3.5
hectares of pristine tropical parklands and unspoiled national forest, the
lodge has plenty of luxury resorts beat with its extensive facilities. It
sports a gym, a Safari Wellness Spa, a swimming pool, and a bar and lounge
overlooking the expansive and picturesque park grounds.
In keeping with the elephant theme, all villas are decked out
with intricate touches like regal blue
and gold bed runners embroidered with elephant insignia, bedside lamps with
elephant motifs, and artworks created by the Park’s own artisans.
Cast an eye on the
lodge’s outdoor areas too. Master
craftsman and stonemason Richard North Lewis was commissioned to design several
stone carving wall reliefs depicting elephant stories from
Opening promotional rates for the Elephant Safari Park Lodge
start from US$270++/night and include complimentary airport transfers, park
entrance to The Elephant Safari Park,
Museum and Gallery, and Elephant Shows, breakfast, a four-course dinner
at the Elephant Safari Park Restaurant
,and a Bali Adventure Tours
activity of choice.
For bookings and more information, visit www.baliadventuretours.com
Travel guides make great gifts for your globetrotting pals,
but they’re just about as personal as a moist towelette. Not these beauties
from Love Travel Guides though. The India-centric series, which currently
features three cities, Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai with
six more on the way, is the creation of Fiona Caulfield, a self-professed
“luxury vagabond” and “citizen of the
world” with over 20 years of branding and marketing experience under her belt.
Just how much TLC has gone into the
series? Each book is like a secret notebook with destination tips and reviews
that a best pal might have painstakingly put together just for you. Printed on
handmade paper and crafted with care by local designers and crafts people, the
books also sport hand-woven silk covers and hand-stitched bookmarks. You won’t even
have to wrap them up —each comes in intricate
www.lovetravelguides.com
Mosquito repellents are a must-pack when holidaying in the
tropics. But if you’ve ever turned up your nose at the family size tubes or
sachets of strange-smelling salves that stock shelves here, you’ll love COMO
Shambala’s new anti-mozzie concoction.
REPEL, made from a blend of
lemon, citronella and geranium essential oils, is all natural and available as
a moisturizing lotion or blended essential oil. Other goodies in the mix
include ylang ylang, to slow down evaporation, lavender, a natural insect
repellent, and coconut and jojoba oils to soothe skin. Available at comoshambhala.bz/shop
or at
£22 for a 250ml bottle of
lotion and £19 for a 10ml bottle of blended oil
Ever wondered how luggage goes missing at the airport? An
annual baggage report by SITA, a leading IT provider which tracks passenger baggage worldwide for
the air transport industry, has the answers. According to the report, growing
pressures on baggage management linked to passenger volumes, tight aircraft
turnaround times, and heightened security measures all contributed to the air
transport industry losing US$3.8 billion worth of belongings in 2007.
A whopping 42.4 million bags out of the 2.25 billion pieces of checked
baggage handled by the industry every year were mishandled or delayed last year
and the single largest cause was transfer baggage mishandling (49%). Other
causes include ticketing error/ passenger bag switch/ security/ other (14%)
failure to load (16%) space-weight restriction (5%) loading/offloading error
(5%) tagging errors, (3%) and arrival station mishandling (8%).
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