A three-week trip with two kids from Bali to Flores by ferry, bus, foot, motorbike and shared taxi while enduring lumpy beds, stained sheets, tiny dark rooms, dripping faucets and freezing mandi may not be everyone's idea of a fun-filled holiday, but it was the school break and the opportunity was just too good to pass up. Like an aging former high school football star racing a train to the crossing, I also wanted to see if this old hippie could s