Following the reviews on the net about Siddhartha, we started to doubt our choice. Too many people reported the same 'not well run' experience. But okay, they just opened and it may improve .... ?
Than, during our stay on Filitheyo, we again started to doubt Siddhartha. The couple who is running Siddhartha used to run the dive operations in Filitheyo (both Werner Lau), so no doubts about the diving operations - fore sure that will be very well run. But .... the Siddhartha Resort is now RUN by a Dive Operations Manager. So a person who knows how to run a dive shop, but not how to run a Resort.
Lookin at all the reviews on our return our worry was, again, confirmed. Siddhartha is a beautiful place, but .... not run professionally by experienced people in the industry. And we know beauty is something, but service is everything!
Back to square one and look for an alternative: which we found quite fast. We cancelled Siddhartha (money back in the bank in a few days - as expected of a German/Swiss operation), and booked Villa Markisa.
Not only does this Resort receive excellent reviews only (not a surprise knowing that the couple running this place used to run the Pindito, the very high end liveaboard to Raja Ampat), but the also have an additional plus.
Villa Markisa is located in front a place called 'Seraya Secrets', a new discovered Much Diving Spot on Bali. And as we enjoyed Muck Diving so much in Lembeh, this was an easy choice retrospectively.
