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Bali is one of the 27 Provinces which make up the republic Indonesia. Situated between Java to the west and Lombok to the
east, bali has always been a bridge between Asia and Australia.This has weighed heavily on the island's historical vicissitudes
and cultural identity.The island is home to the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority. It is also the largest
tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including dance, sculpture, painting, leather,
metalworking and music.
The island is surrounded by coral reefs. Beaches in the south tend to have white sand while those in the north and west
black sand. The beach town of Padangbai in the south east has both: the main beach and the secret beach have white sand and
the south beach and the blue lagoon have much darker sand. Pasut Beach, near Ho River and Pura Segara, is a quiet beach 14
km southwest of Tabanan. The Ho River is navigable by small sampan. Black sand beaches between Pasut and Klatingdukuh are
being developed for tourism, but apart from the seaside temple of Tanah Lot, this is not yet a tourist area.
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