Thevilla, Pondok Ibu Anna is hidden behind a bamboo screen and tropical
foliage. A decorative path leads to the entrance across a fish pond
circling the house. The two storey hexagonal house is built of bamboo,
glass and tiles with a Balinese thatched roof.
A door leads into a spacious garden bathroom with a golden sandstone
bath surrounded by a wall of bamboo, river stones and orchids.
The wonderful balcony has panoramic views over the garden and
rice fields to volcanoes in the distance.
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You enter a light and beautiful space with a tiled floor, comfortable
bamboo and teak furniture, blue cushions and hand woven cream curtains
from Yogyakarta. Glass doors open out onto a wide verandah.
Bamboo steps, varnished to a deep golden colour lead up into a wonderfully
atmospheric bedroom under a soaring thatched roof dome. The floor is
dark wood, the huge bamboo bed is surrounded by romantic netting and
there is an ensuite.
Another door opens into a kitchen, its placement dictated by
Balinese Hindu custom to be situated at the furthest point away from
Gunung Agung the sacred mountain. It has white tiles and is very well
equipped with an electric fridge, gas stove and appliances.
Water is pumped up from a deep well into a tall water tower
and a gas heater provides hot water.
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