Indonesia, situated between Asia and Australia / Oceania, is the world's largest archipelagic nation which has 17,508 islands. Indonesia lies between 6 degrees north latitude to 11 degrees south latitude, and from 97 degrees to 141 degrees east longitude
Bali is a tourism center in Indonesia. Many say that you are not yet to Indonesia if it had never been to Bali. Bali Island is a favorite destination for travelers both from overseas and locally, this is because Bali's cultural diversity is also the natural attraction that is extraordinary. Broadly speaking, the province of Bali consists of several islands, the island of Bali as the largest island, the island of Nusa Penida, Pulau Nusa Ceningan, the island of Nusa Lembongan, and Menjangan Island Attack Island located on the western island of Bali. Bali Island itself is located between two large islands, namely the island of Java in the west and east of the island of Lombok in Bali island famous for its beautiful beaches such as Kuta and Sanur beach, Bali island but also has a beautiful mountainous area, located between the mountains on the island of Bali is Mount Batur (1717 meters) and Gunung Agung (3142 meters). While the mountains are not volcanoes include Mount Merbuk (1356 meters), Mount Patas (1414 meters) and Gunung Seraya (1,058 meters) as well as some other mountains. The existence of these mountains cause the area of Bali is geographically divided into two unequal parts, namely North Bali by a narrow low-lying and less sloping and the South of Bali with a broad lowland and sloping.In addition, Bali province also has four lakes, namely Lake Buyan, Lake Beratan, Lake Tamblingan, and Lake Batur. The combination of topography above make Bali a perfect landscape for tourism. Bali can be reached by land, sea and air. Since Bali is an island apart, if you use ground transportation, of course, you need a ship crossing / ferry. From Bandung / Jakarta air travel can be reached with a time of 2 hours, there are many airlines to choose from with a fairly competitive price. Whereas if you use the bus can be reached with a time of 26 hours, such as by using Bus Keramat Djati and Pahala Kencana (From the city of Bandung), at a rate of about Rp. 270 000 (in 2007). PT. Kereta Api Indonesia also sell travel packages from Jakarta to Bali.
Travelers Tips:
1. For tourists from the island of Java, Bali, Indonesia entered into time sharing the middle. For that
match your timepiece.
2. For those of you who go bali using ground transportation, should be careful when in the above
belabuhan ferry & ferry services. For those of you who use the bus, there lived a while in the bus to ferry to move forward. Then you should get off at the "gas station" before the terminal Ubung, Bali (ask the conductor), because here there are many Taxi with Argo. In the terminal there are many brokers Ubung quite disturbing.
