The journey took longer than we planned, but we finally made it to Bali. From a purely logistical standpoint, the credit (and the blame) goes to Philippine Airlines, which rebuffed my hostile takeover bid by serving me a dodgy chicken satay. My lawyers are looking into the matter, but based on my limited knowledge of aviation law, doing someone dirty isn’t actionable.
No matter.
We are in Bali!
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On our first morning in Bali, Christina and I tried to remember the last time we went abroad. I thought it was Amsterdam. Christina thought it was our trip to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
“It was definitely before the pandemic,” I said.
“Technically, we were in Canadian waters on our Alaskan cruise,” Christina said.
That was true. When we went to Alaska in June, we also went to Canada. But what we were actually trying to recall was the last time we felt that feeling you get when you leave it all behind. For some reason, Mexico counts on that score, but Canada doesn’t. Don’t a…
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