In Reply to: Just returned posted by Julie on Friday, 10. February 2006 at 08:27 Bali Time:
not nice and can be scary, report it to the department of foreign affairs.
I had an incident last year and after a bit of thought decided to report it. The only other previous time I have reported to the dept was re a scam we discovered. The scam was well documented in Thailand and it was the first they had heard of in Bali so I was glad I did.
BTW the so called tourist police in Bali hang round in a box at Bemo corner, or they did in July. It is my experience that reporting anything to the police in Bali is a total waste of time and energy unless you need the report for an insurance claim.
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