hi everyone, first timer to the site which i read religously every day and every night. i love reading about everyones love of bali. i would like to share with you all my story of bali. in october 2002 while holidaying in bali with my children, husband, parents and brother we experienced the unthinkable. on the evening of 12th of october my whole family had dinner at impala, (not sure if its still there) after dinner my brother said good night to us all. who was to know that would be the last time we ever saw him. my darling beautiful brother was killed in the bali bombing. we have been back every year since it happened, and we were there again in 2005 when the other explosions went off. we will continue to return to bali and no bastards will scare us away from the place i call heaven on earth. it is nearing 5 years now since that terrible day, and every day is still like a dream. i have been wanting to reach out to you wonderful people just to say hello and say that our love of bali will never die regardless of what happened. one consilation i hold close to my heart is that my brother died in a place he really loved. BALI. we will be arriving in bali on the 14th of september and staying at the padma, as we do every year and would love to catch up with any forumites for a chat. maybe someone knew of my brother, one question no-one can answer for me is where was my brother that night? where was he found? the authorities weren't able to help. i know its a really long shot but you never know maybe someone saw him. i don't know. sorry if i have depressed anyone, but i just wanted to talk to people that understand what i'm talking about. thanx for reading, understanding and for a great site.