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Travel warnings for Bali

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AndeeTW:
What is the connection between Bali and the killing of Bin Laden? I could understand a warning for the Middle East, Pakistan and India but Indonesia seems odd. Are there terrorist groups in the area or is security not as great as other parts of the world?

fisheye:
Athough the Balinese are generally Hindu, Indonesia is an Islamic Nation. There have been a couple of well publicised attacks on tourists in the past 15 years so its a warning hotspot. Anyways, we went and were safe and loved the place and its people as usual  :P

LadyRodgers:
Hi Fisheye,
I'm thinking about going to Bali and was wondering how your last trip went?  Didn't you mention a September trip?

thanks.

fisheye:
Hi LadyRodgers,
Yes, we did go to Bali for all 3 trips last year. As usual we had a wonderful time, met great people both local and foreign and made it home safely. We are now booked in again for March this year.
My concern of course is the seismic activity in Indonesia. But you know what, who knows what will happen and when. I live in a part of Australia that sees very extreme weather patterns and we are very aware of cyclonic activity here.
I want to keep travelling while we still can because it is a part of my learning and experiencing in this life.
Have a great trip if you go, and stay safe.. where ever you are  ;)

Akar:
I lived in banda aceh, sumatra, for almost a year in 2007. Travelled to Bali and jakarta several times and the only advice i had was to behave properly, not as a foolish western tourist, dress properly, remenber indonesia is muslim and bali is hindu and budist mainly, and be careful jist not to be scammed. Besides that, avoid being where all tourist are, just because kuta is the same as ibiza.
Ubud is great and has a large artist community, and if you move north of sumatra for diving join there the expat community for advice, there are wonderful spots and in general indonesians are wonderful people.
Leave out the fear at home, be prudent and i am sure

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