HAVING A BALL IN BALI 'Breakfast high above the gorge was one of the best meals I've ever had'; To see this south- east Asian island at its best , it's essential to choose the right resort. Tim Jepson selects his favourites

From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: October 2, 2005| Author: Tim Jepson | Copyright information

Bali's back. Three years after the bomb, and a year after the Foreign Office rescinded its advice to avoid the island, new hotels are opening and the number of visitors to this most exotic and culturally beguiling of south-east Asian destinations is increasing. But with so many luxury hotels, new and old, which are the best, and which are the best located for enjoying the island's many attractions: the emerald rice paddies, the temples, the soaring volcanoes, the beaches, the forests and, not...

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