Bali My Home Town

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the Indonesian country's provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island. About 93.2% of Bali's population adheres to Balinese Hinduism. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music.

The culture of Bali is unique. People say that the Balinese people have reached self-content. The Balinese people are proud of having preserved their unique Hindu culture. This is still reflected in days to day life and can be seen in the numerous ceremonies, Balinese festivals and magnificent temples and palaces.



Don't forget to visit Bali when you are in Indonesia, yes, Bali is one of thousands island in Indonesia. There is so many places that you must to visit when you in Bali, but there also many other places that so interesting to visit beside Bali. As an examples this is 10 thing that you may interesting for you when you are in Bali.

1. Barong Dance - A religious dance representing the eternal fight between the good - Barong and the evil symbolized by a horrible looking witch called Rangda.
2. Celuk (Gold & silver smith) - As you get into Celuk, all the gold and silver smith shops flank the roads, you can also drop by their factory to take a look at the production process. The same goes for the wood carving and stone carving/
3. Mount Batur (Kintamani) - There is a nice scenic crater lake there. You can do buffet lunch at one of the restaurant and admire the breath-taking view as you eat.
4. Trita Empul - The temple is beautiful temple and has holy water fountains for different purposes of purification and blessing.
5. Goa Gajah - Means "elephant cave" this cave was dug in the peaceful riverside valley in a hard sand stone. Entering the inside T-Shape cave, there are some niches used for meditation. The cave can be quite claustrophobic for some people but is well worth a quick look inside.
6. Sebatu Holy Spring Temple - Is named " Gunung Kawi " in Balinese. It is a very beautiful village temple located in a peaceful valley with its holy spring.
7. Taman Ayun - Is the largest Royal Family Temple Complex in the village of Mengwi, Badung Regency. The area of this temple is surrounded by moat with some water lilies and lotuses. The place is still used during prayer sessions and important ceremonial events.
8. Tanah Lot - One of the most famed temple in Bali. Tanah Lot means " the land of ocean" is a fascinating Hindu Temple built on a piece of cliff in Indian Ocean shore.During high tide, the cliff is surrounded by water and the temple looks like it is floating. In the bottom part of the cliff there is a fresh water holy spring while on the beach cave there are some holy snakes that guard the temple.
9. Uluwatu Temple - Uluwatu temple is also another magnificent temple built perched on a cliff. The whole temple stretches across a large area and it is flanked by the fabulous India Ocean. Here, you also see large numbers of monkeys.
10. Lake Beratan & Pura Ulun Danu - Beratan is a name of the Lake and Village. There is a spectacular floating temple called "Ulun Danu Temple" and is an absolutely interesting sight.