In Reply to: tourist confidence in Bali posted by Angela on Wednesday, 22. February 2006 at 08:41 Bali Time:
Just spent 10 days in Bali and my son got pulled up everynight sometimes two and three times.
He said to the cops simply book me, take me away and he never once was taken away. He was given his licence back and went on his way.
Except once when the cop was giving him a hard time he just keep saying yes take me to Kuta Police station but would not budge till the policeman gave him his licence and others papers back. That would be breaking the law by riding without his licence.
He ended up sitting with the copy for a couple of hours and having a few smokes and a beer supplied by the cop.
He told my son about the time he pulled up a Swedish guy who had just come from Australia and when he pulled him up he was confused (and a little scared) and he gave the copy $50 Aus. The cop was laughing and saying the he feed three families for a month.