Australia, Britain and the United States embassies have gone ahead and issued travel warnings advising people to reconsider traveling to Indonesia.
You can read the warnings yourself by going to:
It seems the warnings are a response to the somewhat confusing messages coming out of Bali before New Year’s Eve — first there was a warning of a possible threat on New Year’s Eve sent out by the US Embassy in Bali in which the Governor of Bali, Mangku Pastika, warned of a possible New Year’s Eve attack. The confusing part came later when a spokesman for the Governor’s office yesterday denied Mr Pastika had made such a statement.
You can read that story in detail at: The Herald Sun (Australian Online News).
Despite the confusion and that I’m mostly sure (99%) that nothing will happen, please read the warnings if you’re planning a trip out here any day soon.
Sean