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Bali is a place that dreams are made.
A volcanic island with emerald rice fields arranged in terraces, tropical forests fragrant with clove and cinnamon trees covered with flowers, a delicate and magical culture based on music, art, dance, rituals and exotic temples, all surrounded by a warm sea and silky.
Perhaps the greatest treasure of the island is its people, with charm, grace without end, and uncanny ability to balance the XXI century world of cyber-cafes and antique motorcycles with unique traditions and spirituality.
Bali is sometimes confused with the fictional island of James Michener in the South Pacific, Bali Hai (which would be thousands of miles to the east), but Bali is very Asian, never welcomed the American soldiers during World War II is most striking about all you can find in a novel.
Hundreds of islands forming the Republic of Indonesia, dividing the Indian Ocean, Pacific and Southeast Asia to Australia. Bali is one of the smaller islands in the Indonesian archipelago, but is the most important tourist destination in this vast region.
The Balinese are Hindu, a remnant of the Hindu kingdoms that once ruled Java and other parts of the region. It is the only place where the Muslim population of Indonesia, Bali is a world for itself and an island of tranquility despite the political instability that other areas of the country have experienced in recent years.
