Packing grrrr. A horrible job at the best of times and made worse when you are someone who takes pride in traveling as light as possible (one year trip with only a 20 liter back pack anyone?!), but now have...
Packing grrrr. A horrible job at the best of times and made worse when you are someone who takes pride in traveling as light as possible (one year trip with only a 20 liter back pack anyone?!), but now have...
We just had our first family of four trip interstate. It felt a bit like a practice run for our upcoming Asia trip. It is the first time the four of us have flown somewhere together. When I booked...
I have been surprised by some of the reactions we have received to news of our trip. Quite a few people have made it clear that they think that we are wrong to travel with young kids. On one level, I am surprised...
So we’ve decided to extend our trip by another 4 – 5 weeks!! What’s changed? Since I wrote the last post, Josh’s employer went into administration right before Christmas! It was stressful...
We are counting down again until our next overseas trip! In just under three months, the four of us will be heading to Malaysia and Thailand! Working out these destinations took a ridiculous amount...
We just went overseas for the first time as a family. We spent 6 nights in Phuket, Thailand and 2 nights in Penang, Malaysia with our 17 month old. It was great! I was quite nervous beforehand. I worried...
We were up at 6:30 to get to Penang airport for our first flight of the day. It all went smoothly until a bit of frustration checking in for our Air Asia flight to Kuala Lumpar. The lines were all a mess...
Penang airport was easy to navigate and we were soon in a taxi on our way into Georgetown. It felt good to be somewhere a bit more populated. I was ready for a city after beach places. We checked...
Our final day and a half in Phuket was as awesome as the first four days. Thursday didn’t start out quite as great as we weren’t able to sleep as well in our new room as it was louder (and there seemed...
The taxi ride to our next hotel, the Orchid Hotel and Spa in Kalim beach was a nice trip. It went via Karon and Patong so we got to see some other popular parts of the island as well as popular beaches. ...