| Bali island in Indonesia is renowned for its natural | | | | mile wide. Mount Batur is actually a very active |
| beauty and as a fabulous tourist attraction. However, | | | | volcano and can erupt moment as it erupted with |
| the island is also known for its terrorist attacks in | | | | great frequency but the eruptions are less violent |
| recent years. Since then, the people of Bali have | | | | these days except in a giant eruption in 1917 which |
| recovered and the island is now a hotspot for | | | | claimed thousands of lives and destroyed hundreds |
| tourists from all over the world once again, especially | | | | of temples and villages. |
| for its beach resorts and volcano helicopter tours. | | | | Hiking up Mount Batur in the wee small hours of the |
| The island's ecology and geography are greatly | | | | the morning has become something of a "must do" |
| influenced by the towering mountain range of | | | | thing for many tourists in Bali. You will need to bring |
| volcanoes that dominate the island. These majestic | | | | along a sweater as it can get a little chilly at the |
| volcanoes created Bali's stunning mountainous | | | | volcano summit. |
| landscape and they occasionally regenerate its soils | | | | There is also a little coffee shop at the rim selling |
| and help produce heavy rains that provide this resort | | | | drinks for thirsty hikers and many children and |
| island with precious fresh water. | | | | women in flip flops balancing buckets of soft drinks |
| The Balinese considered the island's many volcanoes, | | | | on their heads scampering around trying to earn your |
| lakes and spring as sacred and treat them with | | | | tourist dollar. As the sun rises, you will get a |
| respect and awe. If you are a tourist traveling to Bali | | | | picturesque view of Lombok and other surrounding |
| for your holiday vacation, you will be awestruck with | | | | islands. |
| the sheer majesty of the volcanoes. These natural | | | | One very interesting hike on Mt Batur is the climb |
| landscapes are major tourist attractions and many | | | | down the inside of the crater from Penelokan to |
| tourist go sightseeing the volcanoes on helicopter | | | | Kedisan. There are boats at Toya Bungkah Lake to |
| tours so that they can view the volcanoes in all its | | | | take you across the lake to a village called Trunyan. |
| splendor and take awesome pictures. The island is still | | | | This village is notorious for its mortuary traditions |
| continually being formed by volcanic activities. | | | | because instead of cremating or burying their |
| Bali is located over a major fault zone where the | | | | deceased, the Trunyan villagers leave dead human |
| Indo-Australian plate collides with the Sunda plate. In | | | | bodies to decompose naturally in a designated |
| 1963, a violent eruption on Mount Agung killed | | | | cemetery. |
| thousands of people and utterly destroyed many rice | | | | Although Bali is known for rice cultivation, its volcanic |
| fields and irrigation network. | | | | soil is actually not well suited for such activities. The |
| The dramatic lava flows on the north eastern faces | | | | soil is finely textured and well drained, so water |
| of Mt Agung is the newest landforms, showing what | | | | soaks through the soil rapidly and thus precious water |
| the island may look like in ancient pre-historic time. It | | | | is wasted. The solution therefore lies in repeated and |
| is a fascinating sightseeing experience, almost like a | | | | vigorous ploughing which make the soil less |
| scene out of Jurassic Park. | | | | permeable. |
| Perhaps, the most popular volcano for tourists to | | | | So if you are visiting Bali for your holiday vacations, |
| visit and go sightseeing is Mount Batur. This grand old | | | | do not miss out a sightseeing trip to view Bali's |
| dame of a volcano sits in a giant caldera that | | | | majestic volcanoes, better yet, take a helicopter tour |
| contains a lake that is a few miles long and over a | | | | of this spectacular tourist attraction. |