We arrived in Bali with a little trepidation. After weeks of the modern-world safety net of New Zealand and Australia, we were beginning to hear questions being posed to us: "You're going to Indonesia?" "Oh, you're just going to Bali. But is that safe now?" "You know, they have bombings." "Someone just got sentenced to 20 years for smuggling drugs, and the drugs may have been planted by the airport security." Fair enough. No place is completely safe. Travel is frought with horror stories. It is much easier to stay at home. Do we change plans? The Bali we were intent on visiting existed in the book "Eat, Pray, Love," where peaceful balance is found in the lush tropics, calm surf and beautiful, spiritual people of Bali. Which one would greet us? Fortunately, we were greeted
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