In Reply to: That's the spirit posted by Frank in Perth on Tuesday, 30. June 2009 at 14:17 Bali Time:
From what I could read 'Lawnman' didn't SAY that he wanted their 16 year old to drink alcohol (well that is not how I read it anyway). It was more a case of; if they sneakily tried to get a drink at a bar or restaurant, would they get served? The simple answer is "yes". Better to know if you need to keep an extra special eye out for them than presume it wont be offered to them. My 15 year old is 6ft 4 and has had 'marriage proposals' in Bali (much to his embarrassment/delight). Simply because of his size, it would be very likely that people would assume that he was well and truly over the 'legal' age limit and offer drinks. They would just have to get passed his Mum first though!!! :-)