Tips for Safety Travel in Bali or Other Area in Indonesia

Tips for Safety Travel in Bali or Other Area in Indonesia

Indonesia and Bali especially are very safe. Criminality is low and most of the people are very friendly. But, whenever we go, we still have to be careful with our safety. So, I list down important point to be remember if you go to Indonesia, such as :

1. Indonesia is tropical island with special disease and condition. You have to prepare yourself with :

• Antibiotic ointment
• Antiseptic
• Antihistamine.
• Aspirin
• Cough and flu medicine.
• Anti diarrhea. If diarrhea is happened to you, don't drink milk. Drink as much as water with sugar and salt or you can buy isotonic water. If the symptom getting worse, go to the hospital.
• Anti mosquito lotion, or use eucalyptus oil as natural medicine to prevent mosquito.
• Vitamin C, eat everyday to enhance your body immunities to the disease
• Mineral water. Sometime the humanity is very high. Get use to drink 8 glasses per-day.
• Sun block and hat.

2. Don't change the money in the airport. You will attract criminal. Put your money in two place, with the biggest amount of your money in special belt design to hide money. Put the rest of them in a wallet. For extra safety, you can use two wallet. Just in case if you meet felon who ask your money, you can give wallet with smaller amount.

3. When you take a cab, check the photograph of the driver that be put in dashboard, before entering it. If the photograph different with the driver, take another cab.

4. If you left hotel room at night, hang the ‘Don't Disturb' sign on the door, it will give wrong impression that the room isn't empty.

Although you have to be careful, don't feel hesitate to ask help or ask any information. Most Indonesian people are very helpful. They will help you gladly even though they do not understand your language. So, if you have plan to stay quite longer in Indonesia, its going to be very useful for you to learn simple words of Indonesian language.