In Reply to: Traveling as American posted by ackmra on Wednesday, 26. November 2008 at 21:12 Bali Time:
from traffic accidents. 250,000,000 guns in private ownership - that's right 250 million! Drug use, muggings, and other violent crime many times more than in Indonesia.
Look up globalincidentmap on the web and see how boringly quiet Indonesia is when compared with the USA.
Point out to your parents that the place you are travelling to is infinitely safer than the US. Americans are welcome everywhere now that for once you have voted sensibly for President so suggest to your parents they get out of the dangerous place they live and join you in Bali..