Holiday in Bali Island and Beyond

When visiting Bali should not only to Ubud or Kuta Beach, I suggest you visit a beach that is unique, namely Candi Dasa.   This beach is situated on steeply sloping hills, on the highway between the City Semarapura with Amlapura city, located about 50 km eastwards from Denpasar town is within approximately 45 minutes from Denpasar by vehicles through the streets Prof.Dr.Ida Bagus Mantra. In front of Candi Dasa there is a large pond and from there also we can enjoy beautiful coastal scenery, the sea of vast stretches of Lombok Strait and from the island of Nusa Penida here also clearly visible.  

Did you already watch the movie Eat Pray Love? The film tells about the life of a young woman, Elizabeth, or Liz Gilbert (played by Julia Roberts). Having experienced pregnancy failure and marriage problem, she decided to start a spiritual journey by traveling the world to Italy, and India.  Finally she arrived on the island of Bali and find balance and serenity of living on the Island of Love, Bali. Because the movie Eat Pray Love, Bali gets a new name as the island of love. Bali has many other names such as the last paradise, island of Gods, the island of thousand temples, and many others.

Discover and adventure in Bali before you get old, because Bali is a truly tropical paradise. Bali is a combination of exotic, beauty, and mystery. You can find this combination if you visit Tanah Lot Temple. You must visit this beautiful temple. Tanah Lot means “ Land in the Middle of the Sea” in Balinese language. Tanah Lot is one of famous places of interest in Bali, located on the coast of West Bali, at the village of Beraban in Tabanan Regency. Tanah Lot well-known as a Pura Tanah Lot or Tanah Lot Temple, simple in its construction, is dramatic in its ocean-front location and is one of the main temple’s in the worship of Balinese Gods. This Temple was built in the 15th century by the priest, Pedanda Bahu Rawuh or Danghyang Nirartha from Majapahit Kingdom, an ancient Hindu Kingdom in Java. Near this Temple there are several small and big shrines, the biggest one is Pekendungan Temple. There is a spring considered sacred not far from this temple. Tanah Lot, with its solitary b

Beautiful Hindu temple in Lake Beratan. Image: tripadvisor.com.au Bali is known as The Island of the Gods. Although small, Bali is surrounded by beautiful beaches, mountains, hills, lakes, valleys, rivers, terraces of rice fields, and many more.  The sun always shines all year round and there is two seasons, the rain season and the dry season. Not far from Pesaban, Karangasem Regency, you can see Mt. Agung, the highest peak in Bali, to the north. The weather in Mt. Agung is cool and calm.  Pura Besakih, the largest  Hindu temple in Bali. Image: inzumi.com You can also see the southern seas and the famous Nusa Penida Island. Bali is also known as the Island of A Thousand Temples. Every house has a temple, so does every village has their own temple.  Government and business offices also has a small temple.Since the reign of ancient Indonesian empires, Bali has already been full of festive religious and traditional ceremonies, with the traditional Balinese Gamelan that