'As Balinese religion and art is an amalgam of Indian, Chinese,
and other Asian influences,
Bali style is a unique combination of South East Asian construction materials,
the ornate decorative styles of Javanese royal courts,
and the conveniences of a Western suburban home...'
BALI STYLE
2011
Bart Speelman and Nico Kaandorp's incredible villa, surrounded by mountains, oceans and Javanese volcanos; situated in the unspoilt north of Bali, totally blew us away! We felt so privileged to stay in their home and we sooooo didn't want to leave this perfect, laid back (like the boys) piece of heaven on earth. I felt that it had to have its very own posting, to do it justice...
We stopped off in a picturesque mountain village for lunch,
in a misty cloud, on our way to our villa in the north of Bali.
The spectacular scenery was a mixture of hazy volcanic mountains,
lush, emerald-green rice terraces,
coffee and spice plantations and drifts of soft blue hydrangeas.
We arrive at the villa in the early evening. Jeda villa is rurally situated
just outside the small village of Pemuteran in the far north of Bali.
Its setting is absolutely spectacular...
A stunning open plan villa, our home, for a short while...
Spectacular traditional Indonesian architecture.
A beautifully designed interior...
With masses of space...
For us all to spread out...
Lots of comfy sofas...
Loads of chilling space...
Modern contemporary art...
Mixed with ancient traditional designs...
All modern conveniences...
Wonderful bathrooms...
And outdoor showers...
An amazing team of housekeepers and cooks...
Who produced from the villa kitchen...
The most delicious Balinese food...
Amazing freshly caught fish...
When you were indoors you were also outside...
Always at one with nature...
The hand-carved bale upholstered in the traditional Balinese 'poleng' fabric.
The spectacular tropical gardens that wrap around the villa...
The villa is eco-friendly with electricity being supplied by solar panels...
The villa's swimming pool with the mountains as a backdrop, so tranquil...
Another view of the amazing pool.
As the sun was setting in the evening, swallows would fly
over the pool skimming the surface of the water in their search for insects,
then as the evening darkened we watched tiny bats doing the same.
The serene lotus pond within the villa's manicured grounds.
The cute but noisy resident villa gecko...
A butterfly visiting the garden...
We enjoyed the visiting insect life too...
A purple vine flower...
Pale pink lotus buds in the garden pond...
One of the villa's banana trees in flower.
Bamboo in the garden...
Mulberries were in abundance...
A vivid orange African Tulip Tree flower.
A perfect white lotus flower in paradise...
Where there is beauty there is serenity,
whether it be the work of nature or man...
We had so many plans of what we were going to see and do while we were staying at the villa; but once we had arrived in our little piece of Balinese paradise, we didn't really need to venture further afield...
"No changing of places at a hundred miles an hour
will make us one wit stronger, happier or wiser.
They will see it no better for going fast.
The really precious things are thought and sight, not pace.
It does a bullet no good to go fast;
and a man, if he has truly a desire to be a man,
no harm there is to go slow;
for his glory is not at all in going, but in being."
JOHN RUSKIN
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