Spending most of my time in hotels is something I wouldn’t change for the world, but I have to admit, it gets insanely repetitive. More and more hotels these days seem to be carbon copies of each other, lacking in any individuality. I’ve started to loathe staying in another ‘box’ of a room, just 4 walls and a bed. It’s the un-inspiring part of travel that I wish I could skip. And sometimes I get to! Once in a while a property worthy of the title ‘luxury hotel’ comes out of nowhere and leaves me completely spellbound . Tugu Malang was one of those hotels. I was craving a deeper experience from a hotel that would immerse me into more of the culture of a region, so I asked the experts at Secret Retreats to help me find something th...