After Markit asked the original question ,, I had a conversation with my wife about what happened back in the later 90`s when the Rp hit rock bottom,
She remembers it clearly,although she is from Surabaya at that time she was visiting her Grandma in Surakarta and ended up being stuck there for several weeks,
She clearly remembers troops fully armed in big numbers patrolling the streets as the police went into hiding,this only happened after gangs of people went on a rampage of looting businesses and in many cases they actually burned down several stores after they had emptied the stores of all of the inventory first,tv and electronics stores,motor cycle stores,jewelry stores to mention just a few,,
The military enforced a curfew between certain hours and this remained in place I guess for a couple of weeks until things settled down,,
She said that all transportation between cities wasn't allowed ,not sure if that included air travel,
She was amazed that on her return to Surabaya that her family didn't know anything about what was going on in other parts of the country,because the media was also blocked from reporting such things,Surabaya had no such problems so to them everything was pretty normal,
Eventually it did become public that similar lootings and burnings of businesses occurred in some areas of Jakarta also as well as in some other parts of the country,
She has no idea if anything happened in Bali,
She did say that most of the lootings and burnings seemed to be focused on Chinese owned businesses,
I doubt that the number of foreigners living in Bali back then would be anything like the numbers of today or if anything happened to them,
Its impossible to say what would or could happen if the Rp keeps sinking and prices keep rising ,as for myself as a foreigner I am always aware that although im just a regular guy there are those who think because im a white westerner in their eyes im a rich guy,no matter what I say or do that is their belief,and nothing will change what they believe,
Sure its great for us guys getting the big amounts of Rp for our $$,,but it could be a bad thing for us in the long run,,bad in what ways I don't know,but lets hope we don't ever have to experience anything,
Just my thoughts,,