The recent earthquake at Bali is making a friend who is making her way there in the next few months, very worried.
When we went for our Bali trip in March, Sumatera had 3 earthquakes in the range of 7 on Richter scale last year. Then of course, a few weeks before our trip, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan happened.
You can imagine our worry too.
I debated thousands of times about staying in Sanur (beachside) and finally decided that being next to the beach or 200m away from the beach would not be much of a difference if (God forbids) tsunami happens. I have no issue about subjecting myself (as some would call it) to known danger but it is irresponsible and asking for trouble to go to disaster-prone areas with kids.
But in the end, we went ahead and were blessed with a safe and enjoyable trip.
And as I told my worried friend, unless an earthquake happens days before she arrives, there is nothing to worry about.
Besides, personally, visitors are more likely to get hurt in Bali by the swarms of riders on scooters and the likes, with no such thing as motorcycle navigators - swerving left and right and all over their narrow out of town roads!
