{"id":1296,"date":"2009-02-01T01:51:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-01T06:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2009-02-01T01:51:56","modified_gmt":"2009-02-01T06:51:56","slug":"semi-private-vacation-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/02\/01\/semi-private-vacation-locations","title":{"rendered":"Semi-private vacation locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>A note to my future self&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I really like to have vacations in private spaces. I value my privacy, and enjoy not having to see screaming kids, et al during meals, or when I lounge on the beach. I also like top notch service.<\/p>\n<p>You can get that with the idea of a &#8220;private island&#8221;. For me, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikoi.com\/\">Nikoi Island<\/a>, off the coast of Bintan, in Indonesia, hits it spot on. It was recommended to me by <a href=\"http:\/\/popagandhi.com\/\">Adri<\/a>, and I can&#8217;t thank her enough.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, I definitely want to try out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.damai.com\/\">Damai<\/a>, in Bali, also in Indonesia. Sure, its not a private island, but its got luxury villas, and all&#8217;s expected to be well. Looks fun, I can even go dolphin watching!<\/p>\n<p>So, while it might not be a private island, it looks fun. More fun than the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-o-hotel.com\/eoh\/index.htm\">Eastern &#038; Oriental<\/a> Penang, might be I&#8217;m sure (which I should add, is another top notch hotel &#8211; staying in the Penaga Suite, their butler service was excellent, and the whole place, was exquisite).<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Semi-private%20vacation%20locations&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F01%2Fsemi-private-vacation-locations&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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