Monday 19 March 2012

BaLi, IndoNesiA

12. Bali, Indonesia


Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands lying between Jaya to the west and Lombok to the east. It is also the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. Bali, a tourist haven for decades, has seen a further surge in tourist numbers in recent years.
Balinese culture was strongly influenced by Indian, Chinese, and particularly Hindu culture, beginning around the 1st century AD. The name Bali dwipa ("Bali island") has been discovered from various inscriptions, including the Blanjong pillar inscription written by Sri Kesari Warmadewa in 914 AD and mentioning "Walidwipa".



Lagoon Pool

Temple

Temple
Bali is renowned for its diverse and sophisticated art forms, such as painting, sculpture, woodcarving, handcrafts, and performing arts. Balinese percussion orchestra music, known as gamelan is highly developed and varied. Balinese performing arts often portray stories from Hindu epics such as the Ramayana but with heavy Balinese influence. Famous Balinese dances include pendet, legong, baris, topeng, barong, gong keybar, and kecak (the monkey dance). Bali boasts one of the most diverse and innovative performing arts cultures in the world, with paid performances at thousands of temple festivals, private ceremonies, or public shows.


Villa











Pulau-Nusa

There is a lot of activities that we can do at Bali such as we can do watersporst like parasailing, jet skeiing, snorkeling and so on. besides that, we can go at Bali spa, doing underwater walk and many more. Underwater walking which is ideal for those who would love to explore life under the sea but are not confident swimmers or do not wish ti dive. Just relax and sink into the world of freedom as you walk along the ocean floor.

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