Why risk your life in Bali?

Nine years of death and despair

Why risk your life in Bali?

October 12, 2002: Terrorist attack on the Sari Club in Kuta kills 202 people including 88 Australians and 38 Indonesians.

October 8, 2004: Schapelle Corby arrested at Denpasar airport with 4.2kg of cannabis in her unlocked boogie board bag.

April 17, 2005: Bali Nine arrested in Denpasar and charged with planning to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin from Indonesia to Australia.

August 21, 2005: Fashion model Michelle Leslie arrested after police find two ecstasy tablets in her handbag at an open-air party.

October 1, 2005: Three bombs explode at Jimbaran Beach killing 20 people. Another bomb detonates in Kuta.

February 10, 2008: Australian fashion designer Heidi Murphy murdered in her flat in Canggu.

November 9, 2008: Three of the Bali bombers executed by firing squad in western Java.

June 2, 2009: Four Westerners are among 25 people who die from drinking methanol-laced palm wine at a bar in Kuta.

June 9, 2009: Australians urged to have rabies vaccinations before heading to Bali because of a shortage of antidote for treatment of the disease.

June 30, 2010: Angus McCaskill from Melbourne arrested in a Bali supermarket after police seize six packets of cocaine weighing a total of 3.58g.

October 1, 2010: Sydney man Michael Sacatides arrested after police at Denpasar airport find 1.7kg of ice in his suitcase.

December 27, 2010: Australian Robert McJannett arrested at Denpasar airport allegedly carrying 1.7g of marijuana.

May 21, 2011: Ricky Shane Rawson of Melbourne arrested for possession of two ecstasy pills and 0.06g of methamphetamine.

September 20, 2011: Newcastle nurse Jamie Johnson suffers brain damage and kidney failure after drinking a cocktail laced with methanol in Lombok.

October 4, 2011: 14-year-old NSW boy arrested in Kuta for possession of 3.6g of marijuana.

October 7, 2011: West Coast Eagles star Dean Laidley and several of his relatives injured during fight at a Kuta nightclub.

October 11, 2011: On the eve of the ninth anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings, video emerges showing alleged bombmaker Umar Patek laughing with police.Murray

Why risk your life in Bali as there are many safer places to visit. Go somewhere else or visit North Qld.