Site-Seeing in Bali

Touristy places in or around Bali are Lombok, Kuta Bali, Denpasar Bali, & Ubud Bali.

The peak tourist season is between mid-June and mid-September and again over the Christmas and New Year season.

Bali is the place for everyone, Families, Party go-ers, Culture lovers, Surfing, Sailing, Diving, Fishing, Rafting, Camel Rides, Horse Riding, Massage and Relaxation - facials, nail painting, hair braiding, and the most popular one.. Shopping!

Denpasar is where you'll find the Airport.
It is the busiest city, contains a lot of courses and museums.
Denpasar: Museum Negeri Promisni Bali, prehistoric artefacts, tools, masks, costumes
The road between Denpasar & Ubud is lined with places making and selling handicrafts.
The capital Denpasar is a lively town after dark, when locals visit Pasar Badung, the biggest and busiest market on the island. The word Denpasar means "Next to the Market"

You can get dressed in traditional Balinese costumes and have your picture taken in front of a kitsch backdrop. It's a one hour service and costs $10. For the best backdrops in Denpasar go to Diamond Foto on JI. Thamrin 5, or JI. Diponegoro 100, Blok A-2.
Source: http://www.batukaru.info/travel/photo1.php

Kuta Beach (South Bali) - widest beach, easiest surfing, famous sunset

Kuta is the only place in Bali where surf breaks over sand instead of coral.

• Party
• Rafting
• Bali Phone Shop - pick up simcard for mobile here (I paid 75,000Rp (AUD$12) with 50,000Rp credit

Kuta & Legian come alive at night with shops and market stalls (handicrafts) & bars, nightclubs and pubs, as well as various cultural performances.

Surfing, Sailing, Diving, Fishing, Rafting, Camel Rides, Horse Riding
Massage (bargain down to 10,000 Rp 1/2 hr, 20,000 Rp - 1 hr) if backyard dodgy rather than proper salon.

Villages:
Celuk - noted for silver and goldsmithing
Mas - woodcarving

The Bali Barrat National Park = flora & fauna, hot springs, guided jungle treks, animals (monkeys, deer, reptiles, birds).

The biggest resorts are the party towns of Kuta and adjacent Legian, with the more subdued beaches at Lovina and Candi Dasa appealing to travellers not hell-bent on raging nightlife.

Most visitors also spend time in Bali's cultural centre of Ubud, whose lifeblood continues to be painting, carving, dancing and music-making.

The islands east of Bali – collectively known as Nusa Tenggara – are now attracting bigger crowds, particularly neighbouring Lombok, with its beautiful beaches and temples.

East again, the chance of seeing the world's largest lizards, the Komodo dragons, draws travellers to Komodo and then it's an easy hop across to Flores which has great surfing, and the unforgettable coloured crater lakes of Keli Mutu.

South of Flores, Sumba is famous for its intricate fabrics, grand funeral ceremonies and extraordinary annual ritual war, the pasola.

Lombok - Music & Dance
(has dances not found elsewhere in Indonesia, but not marketed, exclusive to luxury hotels and village of Lenek)
Religion 90% Islam/Muslims