August 27th, 2009 by travel

Bali is possibly one of the most enchanting island on earth. One of more than 13.000 islands in Indonesia, and Bali is revered as one of the world’s most popular and interesting tourist destination.

Some quick facts: Bali covers an area of 5620 km2, about 140 km from West to East and 80 km from the South to North. The South part consists of lime stone with beautiful soft white sand along the beach, while the East, West and North are mostly volcanic layers with black soft sand beach.

With the average temperature of about 30 degrees C (80 degrees F) all year,Bali has a tropical climate. It has only 2 seasons, dry season started from April to October and wet season from October to April. It is always nice and cool in the hillside while though hot around the coastal area but there are still nice breeze all the time. While the wet season is not too wet because there is still much sun to enjoy during the day time,the dry season is always sunny with great view of sunset and sunrise.

This is approx – Barong Dance. Barong and the evil symbolized by a horrible looking witch called Rangda – 1 hour long religious dance representing the eternal fight between the good. The costumes and set are elaborate and nice. The trick is to get there early, so that you get front seats and be close enough to see the facial expressions of the dancers Goa Gajah – Means “elephant cave”. This cave was dug in the peaceful riverside valley in a hard sand stone found in 11th century. There are some niches used by Buddhist Monks for meditation entering the inside T-Shape cave. Among the many historical remains found around this cave is the holy Ganesh Statue (a human body with elephant head) which is believed as the God of Purification and Evil Controller. The cave can be quite claustrophobic for some people but is well worth a quick look inside

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