Dino L
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Our third 7-nights stay at this resort, after 7 years. It instantly felt like being back home in paradise, with a sense of belonging :) Everything stayed pretty much the same. All room facilities are functioning perfectly well. I forgot how special the open bathroom is - talking showers while looking at the moon or flying fruit bats or while it rains.||Excellent cooking and enough choices at both dinner and breakfast in my opinion, but from the staff constantly asking for feedback I suspect they are quite willing and, more importantly, prepared to accommodate the demands of harder-to-please customers. Overall, real customer-oriented stuff - for example, with all that blue surrounding us, we somehow forgot that breakfast starts at 8 and one day managed to pop up at the restaurant shortly after 7. One of the waiters was there and his reaction was to run and alert everyone needed so that we can have breakfast in just a few minutes (which we choose not to, just came back later).||It is here on our previous visits where we first snorkeled and while it was a great experience for us, we didn't spend so much time on it then & didn't have much to compare to. This time we left no stone unturned, so to speak. So much to see, more than we hoped for. Hawksbill turtles, eagle & sting rays, reef sharks, starfish, many species of healthy corals teeming with life: almost all the usual suspects, plus species we never spotted before elsewhere, ie. lots of snipefish and a big school of diamondfish and many beautifully colored sea slugs (Phyllidia coelestis, I think). Lots of fun everyday with a group of very friendly and curios spadefish, bigger than we've ever seen before. Bottom line, this reef is really good and big enough to not get bored of it in one week. ||Please make sure you don't miss the incredible views from the heliport up the hill. We ended up going there every day.||Pedal boats are not available anymore, but learned that kayaks are way easier to manipulate to circle the island and roam through the lagoon. ||Special thanks to Mr. Prakash and his colleague at the reception, as they are able to sort everything out in a very laid-back manner.||We'll be back! :)
