Ever wonder where the ten best hotel swimming pools in the world are? Well, someone named Gary Warner had the miserable newspaper assignment of working up a list. Here’s his take on a pool in Bali:
In the quiet hills far from the tourist routes sits one of the heartbreakingly lovely Amanresorts of Asia. The luxuriously cool and shady cottages are hard to leave. But I loved spending a couple of hours lolling in and around the hotel’s infinity pool, the tag put on pools that use a flat rim with a gutter just below to create the illusion that the water simply floats off into space.
The far wall dropped into a ravine with a green forest canopy sitting above some of Bali’s iconic terraced rice fields. Palms swayed in the warm, humid breeze and a small river rushed down the hill toward the sea. I folded my arms over the edge and watched as a Balinese woman with a large kayak balanced perfectly on her head walked by. A remarkable travel moment experienced without even getting out of the pool.
Gary, stop! You’re killing us…
Budapest Bathing: “Hmm, there’s supposed to be a cappucino bar around here somewhere…”
(Photo: CHAS METIVIER / KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS)
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