In Reply to: taking your board over posted by dordor on Saturday, 7. January 2006 at 14:07 Bali Time:
and you actually sound like you are extremely mature and sensible but maybe for other young readers.
I saw a doco, on TV the other day warning about HIV and hep C in Indonesia but especially in tourist areas Bali being mentioned as one. Its been kept under wraps a lot officially although various people on here have drawn attention to it in the past, but the HIV problem in Indonesia is still escalating. They (a HIV clinic in Jakarta) estimate that 20% of sex workers in Bali are HIV positive. So bluntly, if it aint on it aint on!!!
It's very sad for that 20% of sex workers though isn't it? The availability and affordability of anti retro viral drugs (is that correct) in developing nations is of course notoriously bad, so it is quite possibly a death sentence for them.
Apologies for being down beat on such a happy thread.