In Reply to: Bali Travel Warning posted by ddaus on Monday, 9. July 2007 at 15:49 Bali Time:
and damned if you don't! I lived in Bali before, during and after the first bombing. The government had suggested information that there may be an attack on tourist interests, possibly, somewhere in Indonesia, but nothing concrete. So no warnings were made - then the bomb and they were blamed.
Now that they have warned because of increased activity on the airwaves, they are blamed.
I don't like the government particularly, but I can understand that they need to warn their people to be careful.
People thinking of going anywhere in the world should just do what we should be doing anyway: listen to the advice and make your own informed decision. And if you decide to travel anywhere, make sure that friends or loved ones have detailed itineraries of where you'll be.