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Bali Island covers an area of 5,632 km². Mountainous area stretches from East to West parts of the island, and valleys are found at the Southern part. The majority of the Balinese society are farmers, producing coconut, vanilla, clog, corn, tropical fruits like mandarin oranges, banana, grapes, snake fruit. Tourism sector, home industries and small scale industries such as handicraft also provides job opportunities for the Balinese community. Bali Map  Download Bali Map (Large-jpg) Download Bali Map (BW-jpg) Another Bali Map Resource http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/bali/map/index.html For further information about Bali, you can visit the following websites:
Sanur, Bali – Indonesia Sanur is one of the main beach resort areas at the Southern coast of
Bali. Sanur’s history goes back a long way, with some of the oldest recorded
writing on the island still preserved in the small temple of Prasasti Blanjong at
Jl. Danau Poso. The ancient text, dating back to the 10th Century, is inscribed
on stone pillar locked in a glass cabinet only about 10 meters from the street.
Wrapped in cloth, you can just manage to see a bit of the writing sticking out.
The inscriptions detail the arrival of a Javanese king in Bali of the Mahayana
Buddhist kingdom, another cultural / religious influence. Located 18km from the airport, Sanur is a handy place for new arrivals.
Airport taxis may charge around Rp. 70.000,- to Sanur and the journey is around
20-25 minutes. For people choosing Sanur over Kuta or Nusa Dua, the advantages
are a less intense atmosphere than Kuta and a more genuine one than Nusa Dua.
Sanur is the location of Bali’s first large scale hotel, the Grand Bali Beach,
but so far that is the only one of its size. The hotel suffered a fire in 1992
destroying much of the hotel. One room was totally untouched and the Balinese
dedicate that room as a shrine, never to be occupied. Being a fishing village
traditionally, Sanur retains its local flavor even though the busy Ngurah Rai
Bypass passes through and the main street, Jl. Danau Tamblingan is wall to wall
shops and restaurants. Sanur has a reef, making it ideal for surfers and also people with young
kids. Sanur does not have a strong beach break like Kuta / Seminyak. Swimming
is only possible at high tide as low tide exposes the reef. Swimming outside
the reef is not recommended. Sanur’s nightlife is basically the local bar and
restaurant scene, with the odd place such as the Cat & Fiddle pub providing
live music. There are no real nightclubs in Sanur and the younger party crowd do
not frequent the area as much. One of the most pleasant aspects of Sanur is its
large expanse of beach front. A footpath covers the entire 5kms allowing
visitors to stroll along and explore, stopping when they feel like it for a
drink or snack at a beach side restaurant. The sand quality is good in Sanur,
yellowish in color and fairly clean. The best spots of beach are outside the
Inna Grand Bali Beach hotel in the North and outside the Gazebo hotel in the South. Looking back to the 20th century, Bali
attracted a number of famous expatriats including Australian artist Donald
Friend, Belgian artist Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merpes and author Vicki Baum
who wrote ‘A Tale of Bali’. Sanur Map  Download Sanur Map (Large-jpg)
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