From Java Island to Bali Island

If you want to travel overland from Java island to Bali island, from the Surabaya city - East Java, you can take overland trip with a time of about 7 hours. Your journey will pass through several towns in eastern Java, such as, Sidoarjo, Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Lumajang, Jember, Banyuwangi. You can use a private vehicle, bus, or train

Banyuwangi is the port ferry city from east java to the island of Bali. The existing port in Banyuwangi city is called the port of Ketapang. You will find a queue of vehicles that will cross over to the island of Bali by ferry, especially at the holidays. Time required for crossing about one hour, and you will arrive at the port of Gilimanuk in the island of Bali.

From Gilimanuk, you can travel overland to the city of Denpasar with the time about 4 hours. During the trip you can enjoy the natural beauty of the island of Bali, like the sea, forest, hills, rice paddies, Balinese traditional craftsmen, etc.

Along the way, you can see many of the restaurants with the beauty panoramic views of the ocean, that serving delicious cuisine. On the way to the city of Denpasar, you will pass through several other towns in the island of Bali, such as Jembrana and Tabanan.

If you want, before the city of Denpasar, you can visit one of the famous tourist spots in Bali namely "Tanah Lot".  when you reached the town of Tabanan, about 25 km before the city of Denpasar. You can enjoy the beauty of the temple in the middle of the sea, is also traditional market with a variety of handicrafts typical of the island of Bali.

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Balian Beach - beatiful beach for surfing at bali

Balian beach is a sandy beach black gray, that located at Linggah Lalang village, Tabanan, Bali. This is one of the beach resorts in Bali which has beautiful natural scenery with waves that are good and suitable for surfing. Balian beach is one of the best beaches for surfing in Bali.

This beach has big waves and high characteristics making it ideal to be used as a surfing location. This beach has a classic waves, suitable for different levels of surfers. Balian Beach also known as rocky-reef waves type, that moves from right to left.

Along the coast, lined coconut trees, so that the atmosphere in this area still looks very natural. Balian

beach visited by many tourists when they are on holiday on the island of Bali and is a paradise for surfers / surfing hobbyist. Balian beach is located at the south of the island of Bali, so the best time to visit is in the late afternoon before sunset.

Balian beach can be reached with a distance of approximately 60 km or about a 2 hour drive from the city of Denpasar, Kuta or the surrounding area, or about 84 km from the port of Gilimanuk. To visit balian beach you can be reach it using buses, taxis, and motorcycles or cars that can be rented on-site vehicle rental. For tourists who have never visited the beach Balian highly recommended to rent a vehicle with driver's for comfort, safety and to avoid astray on the road.

At around the balian coast, there are many places to stay or a comfortable villa,  with varying prices according to the accommodation facilities provided. Moreover, in coastal areas balian beach also there are many bars and restaurants that sell a variety of food and beverages. The food menu is generally is seafood, such as grilled fish, crabs and grilled squid, etc.



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Batur Lake - the beauty lake in Bali

Batur's lake is the largest lake of Bali. It lies down in the feet of mount Batur and Mount Abang. The surrounding of the lake is a favourite place for you to see the beautiful scenery and feel cool atmosphere. This place about 50 km from Denpasar town or about 2 hours by car. All roads are generally in good condition for you to access this place.

The lake is located at an altitude of 1.050m above sea level. The lake water is very natural because it comes from rain water and seepage of water from the forests in the mountains. The surface area of the lake is about 16 square kilometers with varying depths, with an average depth of 50.8 meters.

The Batur lake has stunning natural beauty. This lake is sorrounded by mountains covered with mature trees provide plenty of coolness. You can see the whole Batur lake through Panelokan village wich is located higher than the lake.  

There are many restaurants and hotels around the lake which offers a menu of tasty cuisine while enjoying the beauty of the lake. You can spend the night in the hotel around the lake which can provide comfort naturally.




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Denpasar - The Capital City of Bali

Denpasar city is also known as "Kota Denpasar", the capital city of Bali, Indonesia. The name of Denpasar is comes from the Balinese word "den" which means the north and "pasar" means the market. This name was taken because it’s located just in the north of Kumbasari market.

Denpasar city was originally a center of Badung kingdom, and was conquered by the Dutch during the Dutch intervention in Bali (1906), it also remains the administrative center of the Regency of Badung and starting in 1958 it's become the seat of government for the province of Bali. Bali experienced unprecedented growth both in terms of physical, economic, social and cultural after Denpasar used as the center of government. 

Denpasar is the seat of government, center of commerce, education centers,
industrial centers and tourist center that consists of 4 districts, namely West Denpasar, East Denpasar, South Denpasar, and North Denpasar.

Denpasar has various attraction for holiday. The white sandy beaches are well-known all over the island. Sanur beach has calmer waters and is excellent for sunbathing and other water sports activities. And also in the center of Denpasar city has several tourist attractions and places of interest such as Bali Museum, Bajra Sandhi Monument (Renon), Puputan Badung Monument and Denpasar square, Taman Budaya Ardha Chandra (Bali Art Centre).

Ten minutes from the Ngurah Rai International Airport lies the town of Kuta. Kuta is where the most of accommodation such as hotels, restaurants, malls, cafes, marketplaces, shopping center and spas that cater to tourists are located. In the Denpasar area, all kinds of Balinese handicrafts are represented in local shops. These include artwork, pottery, textiles, and silver

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I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport

Ngurah Rai Airport was built since 1930 with a runway just along 700m. But this time has developed rapidly into an international-class airport.

International Terminal has an area of ​​120,000 m2. The building consists of three floors is able to accommodate 16 million passengers per year. The following passenger service facilities:
- Check-in counter: 96 units
- Aviobridge: 24 units
- Immigration counters, Arrival: 36 unit, Departures: 36 units
- Visa on Arrival counter: 32 units
- Baggage Handling System with Hold Baggage Screening
- Conveyor baggage handling, Arrival: 7 units, Departure: 4 units
- Elevator: 11 units
- Sidewalk: 14 units
- Escalator: 29 units
- Promanade: 48.000M2

WHEEL PARKING 2 (Two)Located on the north side of the airport landside area. Parking area.
Parking buildings (3 buildings @ 2nd floor)
Open areas

PARKING WHEELS 4 (Four)A MLCP (Multi level car park)
    Located north side of the international arrivals terminal
    Parking area with 5 floors
    Can accommodate as many as 730 units of parking vehicles
    Premium parking area
        Located next domestic departure terminal

        Open parking lot
        Can accommodate as many as 300 units of parking vehicles
    Parking Ordinary
        Located on the north side of the domestic terminal
        Open parking lot
        Can accommodate as many as 545 units of parking vehicles (sedans and cars) and parking 50 BUS / Truck

PARKING CARGO TERMINAL 
Each terminal there is a parking area for motorbikes 2 (two) and 4-wheel vehicles (four) around the cargo terminal landside area.

TRANSPORT OPTIONSTransport, travel agents and hotel (Golden Bird, Wirasana and Bali Infrastructure Fortuna). Reception counter services can be found in the international and domestic arrival area. Ngurah Rai Airport Taxi. Reception counter services can be found in the international and domestic arrival area



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Bali's Traditional Dance

Pendet included in this type of dance trustee, namely Balinese dances are staged specifically for the purposes of religious ceremonies. This dance was created by Balinese dance artist, I Nyoman Kaler, in the 1970s that tells the story of the decline Goddesses heaven to earth. Although dance is classified into different types of dances guardian but with another ceremonial dance that typically requires specialized and trained dancers, anyone can dance Pendet, either already trained or still lay, male and female stakeholders, village women and girls. Basically in this dance young girls just follow the movements of senior female dancers in front of them, who understand the responsibility in providing a good example. Not require intensive training.

Pendet initially a worship dance that many exhibited in the temple, which describes the descent reception to nature deities marcapada, an offering statement in the form of ceremonial dances. Gradually, over the times, the artists transform Pendet Balinese dance to dance "Welcome Speech", done while laying flowers in front of the guests who come, like Aloha in Hawaii. Nevertheless it does not mean Pendet so lost sacredness. Pendet still contain sacred-religious elements to include religious heavies thick. And agreed Pendet born in 1950.

Janger dance, social dance performed by youths some pairs. Who does not know Janger Dance? Once the word was revealed, people would have been associated with Bali. Janger is one of the dances of Indonesia in general and Bali in particular is already very well known in their own country or in foreign countries. When and where exactly this Janger appears no one knows exactly as predicted hundreds of years old and groups who do this show scattered in several areas of South Bali.

Janger alone exhibited by some people in pairs. The women and men will be dancing and singing alternately. This dance shows the story over a couple who are in love with each other and seek each other sulk. Janger dances including social dance which exhibited a certain moment as an entertainment. Dance movements are the basic movements in the dance performance itself is not that difficult or most difficult. Music that accompanies the tetamburan that comes with gender wayang.

Gambuh dance is a dance drama of Bali which is considered the highest quality, a classical dance drama of Bali's most rich with dance movement and is considered the source of all kinds of classical Balinese dance, Gambuh form of total theater in which there are elements of dance (the most dominant), sound art , literary arts, drama and other arts-lainnya.Di Bali gambuh allegedly began in pentaskan xv th century which is based on the Panji stories.

Staging gambuh made ​​in connection with major ceremonies like the temple ceremony conducted on a large scale (temple ceremonies are accompanied Madana), child marriage ceremony nobility, ceremony pelebon (cremation) and so forth. Gambuh accompanied by gambelan Pagambuhan that barreled Pelog Saih pitu, the usual figures shown are: Lean-ballooning ballooning, Princess, Arja, Panji (Patih Sweet), Patih Hard (Perabangsa), Demat Tomonggong, Turas, Panasar and King. Gambuh are still active can now be found in Batuan village (Gianyar), Padang Aji (Karangasem) Apit Yeh (Tabanan) and Singapadu (Gianyar). (by balivillarupiah)



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