Some typical Bali sights and smells... well, I guess I can include the not-so-typical as well. 

1) One major sight is the development going on in Bali.  I was dismayed to see the number of very western institutions that had popped up in many places.  One of our first sights in Denpasar as we were first leaving the airport was a McDonalds.  We also encountered a Hard Rock Cafe in Kuta Beach. 

2) An incredibly welcomed smell was that of the fruit.  Every morning at breakfast, our hostess Bu Wayan made a crepe or sandwich of some sort and two kinds of fruit.  My favorite breakfast was when she made banana crepes with coconut on top, with papayas on the side.  Yum!!!  Also, whenever we had fruit or were around fruit trees, the fragrance was very sweet and tropical. 

3) One of my favorite sights was the evening we went to the Jimbaran Beach.  It was within our first week there.  We had spent the day at Kuta Beach, and came to Jimbaran for dinner.  The beautiful sunset over the Indian Ocean... wow.

4) Another common smell is incense.  Offerings are made several times a day in many places.  Wherever there is life (such as by a river, where fire is made, where people walk, etc.), the Hindu Balinese give offerings.  I bought some incense before I left to remember that smell and the memories and thoughts it conjurs up.

5) Everywhere we went in Ubud had a large population of dogs.  The dogs, in many cases, don't have a particular home or owner, they just kind of roam around and fight each other.  Sometimes it was sad to see them.  They barked a lot if a person was coming near to them, but as soon as one told them to "shoo", they went away.  (Some of the more affluent people keep a dog or two as pets.)

6) Everywhere we went (outside) had a muggy smell.  It was constantly humid, and the heat rather hung on our bodies.  I remember walking out of the Denpasar airport and feeling as though I had walked into a wall of heat.  It got better after a while when we had gotten more used to the heat, but it always had that smell.

7) We saw so many people dressed up in their traditional temple clothing, or pakian adat.  We attended a few temple ceremonies and a cremation procession, and we saw some women (carrying huge amounts of stuff in baskets on their heads!) walking to a wedding.  Women's pakian adat consists of a corset-like strap that accentuates tiny waists and large hips, a long sarong or kein made of very good quality material, a lace shirt, and a sash that goes around the waist, covering the liver (where the Balinese believe anger is stored).  Men wear a long kein or sarong, a shorter kein or sarong over that, a buttoned up thick light colored shirt with a short collar, and a sash to cover their liver. 

There are so many more sights and smells, but I want you to have time to read my other pages on Bali as well!