In Reply to: DFAT posted by laflafs on Saturday, 28. April 2007 at 17:20 Bali Time:
Bali has been proven in recent times to be an unsafe travel destination for Australian tourists and we all know that its not muggings or robberies that the warnings are about. To hear people flippantly telling others how safe they felt and comparing a potential bombing to being run over by a bus is to be uninformed and naive. Definitely make your own mind up about travelling to Bali taking into account the risks and the warnings and your own values around life, death and injury but dont pretend that it will never happen and, in particular, will never happen to you or your family.
I heard a quote from one of the survivors of the 2002 bombings who said that she gets angry every time she hears people say how safe they feel in Bali. Here comment was, "well dont you think we felt safe at the time?"