In Reply to: tourist confidence in Bali posted by Angela on Wednesday, 22. February 2006 at 08:41 Bali Time:
security that more attacks can be prevented.
I have written the Police number into my Bali phone diary. Hope I never need to use it.
With less tourists, and more deperate locals, its only to be expected that minor crime, eg pick pockets would be on the increase. We have to be more aware of looking after ourselves like we would in in other area of the world. Bali is not alone in this respect.
(When you think about it, a couple of hundred years ago, if you were caught stealing a loaf of bread or pick a little pocket, you were sent from your home land to wild and woolly Australia)