It is such a personal decision I believe. I have been to Bali 8 times, twice this year with my last trip being in June. Having suffered Bali-itis since my first trip, I have had many friends, workmates, family, etc say "you're not going to go back to Bali now are you, you'd have to be mad, etc etc" Well, I must say that if I were a cat I think I have probably used up most of my nine lives by now. I was brought up in a very anal family and spent the first 30 years of my life too scared to do anything in case something "bad" happened to me, as this was how I was brought up. Then I decided I was sick of living my life like that. I have in the last 10 years travelled the world on my own, through most of Asia, Europe, USA and even the middle east. I have met some amazing people from all over the world many of whom I still keep in contact with. I have seen some amazing places, such as Borobodur in Java, Masada in Israel and many other places. I sometimes look at my phots and think what I would have missed if I had listened to people when they told me not to go to Israel or Java, etc etc, because it is too dangerous, btw there were a couple of suicide bombings when I was in Israel and my family was convinced I was going to die over there. While I am not advocating that we should all flit off to Iraq or Afghanistan, we must keep things in perspective. Life is a gamble. When I booked my trip to Israel, there was a bombing the day before I was leaving. I rang my friend who lives there and asked if I should cancel my trip, this was his reply "I have lived in Israel for 45 years and have not run into a suicide bomber yet" He lives and works in Tel Aviv. In my 40 years on earth I have survived a car roll over, a head on accident with a bus, I have been kidnapped at knife point, pulled from a river after almost drowning ( I can't swim and got caught in a rip) suffered carbon monoxide poisoning in a car and had twice the lethal dose of carbon monoxide in my blood so spent a week in and out of a hyperbaric chamber, over dosed on drugs ( in my younger days) and spent 2 days on life support, was strangled by my ex to within an inch of my life, but I believe that when my number is up it's up, and obviously I have had lots of close calls but it wasn't my time. Of all the places I have been to Bali is my favourite and I will keep going there but I don't judge others who decide not too, it is a choice that only you can make. I saw "the light" on one occassion when I was clinically dead and had to be revived and it changed my life forever. I make the most of each day now and appreciate every single day I have left, however long or short that may be. My hubby thinks I am crazy, but when he leaves for work in the morning I make him wake me up so we can tell each other how much we love each other because you never know what life holds.