Sarah Van E.
Google
! Beware, bedbugs!
We were really looking forward to our stay at Blue Earth Village. Upon arrival, we were tired from the journey and decided to take a nap in bed before unpacking, and thank goodness we did! After relaxing a bit, I suddenly felt a tickle on my legs, similar to an ant. Itching started in other places as well. I looked, but didn't see anything at first, so I tried to get some more rest. My partner was also still awake, unable to sleep due to the noise from the busy road. The rooms are beautiful, but it's not exactly quiet.
We took a closer look at the bed and saw small, black bedbug droppings. We tried to reassure each other and decided to calm down by eating something at the restaurant. (The food, by the way, gave me food poisoning, which started with stomach pain and diarrhea over the next 12 hours.)
We decided to be honest and tell the reception that there were bedbugs in our bed and that we didn't want to stay in that room.
The woman checked her screen; we had expected a proposal for another room, but suddenly she asked if we wanted to cancel our booking. She also asked where we came from.
We told her we'd come from a hotel south of Ubud (it was very clean and luxurious). She laughed and said we'd brought the bedbugs from there! What bizarre reasoning. We've never had any problems in Ubud; we'd just lie on the bed here for a while, and then the itching started.
We felt disrespected, especially since we were asking for compensation for the expensive taxi ride from Ubud to here. We came specifically for the peace and quiet, and then suddenly, in the early evening, we had to find something else.
She called her owner (a lot of shouting on the phone) only to be told they couldn't do it. And then we'd have to pay for our meal?!
The most awful experience in Bali... Not quiet (it's on a busy road), misleading, and disappointing.