In Reply to: On the whole I feel very safe. posted by Fiona on Tuesday, 13. December 2005 at 12:39 Bali Time:
Yes, I liked the security at the Discovery Mall, until I realised that you could enter via a burger shop or a couple of Cafes with outside and inside entrances with no security!!! Is that still so?
The Christmassy thing doesn't bother me so much. I think the Balinese tourist industry seems happy to wish anyone joy in their festivals whatever religion they follow. I mean Bali is Hindu predominantly but every hotel and the shopping centres had big banners wishing their guests "Selamat Idul Fitri" and tinsel signs to the same effect abounded. These went up when they took the "Selamat Hari Kuningan" down and they of course had replaced the Galungan signs. My guess the happy Christman things went up when the Idul Fitri ones came down.