i want to thank you guys for all of the helpful replies. i haven't been especially active on ft recently because my access is really slow, but i have been watching this thread closely. some of my friends around here have given me negative bali comments (dirtier and less fun than ko samui, they say), but i trust you guys more than them. i still have my ticket on hold. all that's keeping me from pressing the "go" button, is that i'm awaiting confirmation from my boss about our sin meetings (i will not go to sin if those meetings don't happen and dps-sin doesn't seem to be all that cheap)