Bali is an Indonesian island located just east of Java.  It is approximately 7 degrees south of the Equator.  If you look at a map, find the western coast of Australia and look north; you will run right into it!

Bali is a unique island in Indonesia.  Over 90% of Indonesians are Islamic, while over 90% of Balinese people adhere to an animistic Hindu religion.  Bali also sees the most tourist traffic of the Indonesian islands.  

It is tightly populated - there are over three million people living on the small island.  Most of the population is in the southern part of the island.  This is where jobs are most likely to arise for the Balinese.  The south contains Denpasar - the capital- into which most tourist fly, and the Kuta area, which houses famous surfing beaches and other tourist attractions, and is a huge recipient of Australian tourists. 

Those who live in the northern part of the island are usually farmers.  Bali's main farm product is rice, but they also grow tea, coffee, fruits, and cacao.  It is quite rural in most areas, and unspeakably beautiful.  With it's beauty, however, comes great poverty.  Farming in Bali is far from a lucrative profession.