Imagine a pearl-like island reunited with paradise by the wings of birds. Imagine a place in the world where the weather is nearly always warm. Imagine yourself lying on top of a rice barn, from which you can see the white wading birds surfing the sky. A land where, on looking down, you can see giant multicoloured butterflies playing with hummingbirds in a garden of blossomed trees..
Imagine a culture talking straight to your heart, where a smile is granted at first sight, where beauty is the most natural thing in the world.
Imagine a place where gifts are offered to good and bad feelings, where trees are ornamented, where the quest for harmony is the prime virtue.
That place exists; it is the place where the sun rises every day.
CIt is one of the Sonda Isles called Bali.
As I write these words, I can hear the flutes of a festival in a remote temple in the distance. I can hear the bamboo Gamelans and their music brought by the wind, birds talking melodically and kittens fighting for the pieces of an abandoned puzzle. I live in a tile-roofed house, in a place called Swasti. It has six beautiful rooms to welcome you to, as well as fountains, a swimming pool, dozens of fruit trees and, often, happiness.
In Bali a simple look, a rice field or the waves at sunset are often enough to show you the oasis of peace that prevails here. I can only invite you to come and visit us.
You will be moved by the tranquillity of Bali and our little hotel. Everyone who experiences it remembers it forever. Bali will offer you the colours; you will just have to paint them.
If your heart is set on it, SWASTI COTTAGE is a beautiful place to paint your life with colours.