In winter I like to dream about the perfect Bali escape. But it seems my dreams are stubbornly rooted in the fantasy realm. Maybe you read an earlier blog about a family holiday come undone when the airline grounded two of my immediate family for passport irregularities.

 

http://www.happychild.com.au/blogs/sophielee/2010/12/10/sorry-your-son-wont-be-travelling-with-us-today

 

Actually, now I think about it, there are a few Bali holiday realities I’d prefer to permanently shunt back into my dreamworld. Like the time my four-year-old was scratched on the chest by a wild monkey. Or the time we were in a car lurching along the winding road from Seminyak to Ubud when came first reports of the Global Financial Collapse, giving my motion sickness a whole other dimension.

 

You know what? This year we did actually make it and spent the first few days casting off stress in the familiar ambience:  heavy skies and luscious […]