#1439 Sunday 25 December

Happy Christmas everyone! Selamat Hari Natal!   Our plan for the day is to drive to Ubud and find a restaurant that we remember from other times .... hopefully we will be able to get in for a Christmas lunch.

During the night, Joe and Ellie had a visitor... a small python.  It's about a metre long.  I took it outside and released it away from the villa. I think these reptiles are great ...... but others don't share my enthusiasm. Are you reading Chris?  You would be very excited by this.

11am. We're now at a restaurant in Mas .... to the south of Ubud. This will be our Christmas lunch.  It was a nice quiet spot ... we were the only guests. 

Of the six of us, four had nasi campur ......

..... and just near our table we spied a mass of   caterpillars .... the restaurant staff were not impressed and removed them very quickly!

Then it was a drive round Ubud area .... and by that time Kaylia had reached her limit and we had to head back to home.

Night time:   Well ..... the day turned out badly ... Kaylia was overtired by 3pm and the rest of the day was a torrid session of managing her repetitive nagging.  She took hersef off to bed by 5:30pm and by 7pm she was asleep. 

At this point both Naomi and I are very despondent about being in Bali and we are seriously considering aborting and flying home.  Kaylia would be easier to manage if we were at home.  Her behaviour means that this time in Bali is not a holiday at all.

I went and had a good massage and then stayed awake till the 10pm wee run.  At 11 Kaylia woke and went for another loo run ... and then she was awake ..... and stayed awake. Naomi took her to the spare room to let me sleep.