A reader asked me to write a Thailand itinerary for her 3 week vacation, I think it's best to start with 2 weeks, because that's how long most holiday makers have, and add on some optional extras as trip time allows. A Thailand itinerary is something unique to each person, one man's dream tour is another's trip from hell and Thailand caters to … [Read Blog...]
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Sri Lanka Travel Blog & Guide
Sri Lanka travel blog, for single, couple and family travellers. All our Sri Lanka blog posts, tips, advice, essentials and recommendations in one blog page. This page ties information together, easier for you to find for your … read the blog...
Featured: Vietnam Travel
Vietnam Travel Blog and Guide 2018
Vietnam is one of our favourite countries, packed with history, stunning landscapes, cultural highlights and amazing food. It's one of the most exciting destinations in South East Asia. We visited back in 1999 on our first RTW and in 2017 and 2018 we headed back there to create this Vietnam Travel Blog section for you. We had the luxury of time … [Read Blog...]
Travel Gear Recommendations for Family Travellers
How to Use Less Plastic When You Travel
One of the things that really bugs me about travelling, which has been particularly noticeable in South East Asia and Egypt, is the vast amount of plastic trash the population generates. We, as travellers, are in danger of making the plastic problem even worse. That is not OK. I think by modelling better behaviours maybe we can get others thinking … More travel gear..
SunGod Sunglasses Review. PaceBreakers Tested
SunGod Sunglasses offer high performance, high quality, customisable sunglasses that you can order online and have in your hands the next day. Their glasses are extremely good looking, outstandingly so, they are perfect for adventure use and they come with a lifetime guarantee. What other sunglasses company offers that? We've been trying out the … More travel gear..
Long Term Family Travel Realities
How World Travel Family Blog Works
Guys, I'm reading so much nonsense right now about dishonest blogging and people being paid to say nice things that I thought I should spell it out to you. How World Travel Family works, how we go about things, why we go about things, what you, our … [Read Blog...]
One Year Around The World 2017
Another full year of travel completed. Where did we go? What were our milestones, highlights and low points? How did we do it and how did we keep it affordable? What goes into our planning process and how do we cope as a family with full time travel … [Read Blog...]
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Favourite and Recommended Hotels, Hostels and Guest Houses in Southeast Asia
It's time for us to write a post on our favourite and recommended hotels, hostels and guest houses in Southeast Asia. We've been travelling the world for 5 years now and a lot of that time has been spent in Southeast Asia, some of these places we've used multiple times, others we've used once and really loved them. All are at the lower cost end of the price spectrum but not necessarily ultra budget. They do however, we think, offer good value. We're about to visit Thailand for the 24 th time and will probably pick one of the 2 properties listed below. We return to the same hotels or hostels time and time again. They are 2nd homes to us with good wifi, good food and comfortable accommodation …
Anti Theft Travel Bags & Devices 2018. Some of the Best
When choosing a bag ( a handbag, purse, daypack or backpack) for travel most people will give some thought to security. It makes sense to buy a bag that makes a bag snatcher's or pickpocket's life as hard as possible. We've taken a look at the best anti theft travel bags for travellers, the ones designed to keep your passport, cash and other small valuables attached to you. In my personal experience as a global traveller of many years, a small cross-body handbag or purse is extremely useful, you don't always want to carry your day-pack, backpack or suitcase. I have a couple of cross-body fabric bags that I pack for this purpose, both have internal pockets and I can easily add extra …
Best Family Hotels in Bangkok. Reviews and Recommendations
It's hard to know where to stay in Bangkok and finding family accommodation in Thailand's vibrant capital is harder still. We're hunting for the best family hotels in Bangkok at every price point, budget guest house, hostel, mid range hotel and luxury resort because we travel all ways. Many hotels cater for singles and couples, but we've searched for the best hotels with family rooms or suites, tried many and can share our reviews and recommendations here with you. We've found the hotels with the family facilities and the family-friendly establishments from budget to luxury. We list family-friendly hostels that have private family rooms here too, they are often a good choice and there are a …
How to Travel With Carry On Only
If you've been following us right from the start, you'll know that I always said I'd never travel with carry on only. I even wrote a post about why we'd never travel light, we just had too much stuff as long-term travellers and the children were too small for their own, decent sized, packs. Well that was then, this is now and lately we've turned to carry on only travel and become quite proficient as our circumstances have changed. These days we're more like you, we're taking shorter trips and we have our home base in beautiful Romania to stash the toys and school books along with the all-weather travel gear. Travel is more of a holiday or vacation for us now, rather than our lifestyle so the …
Travel Gifts for Kids and Families 2018
If you are keen world travellers or you know a travelling family, you'll like our ideas for travel gifts for kids and families. In this post we include travel related gifts, often educational, as well as small gifts to pack in a suitcase or backpack for children and families on the road. We have practical, fun and useful gifts for kids who travel or love to travel. Buying travel gifts for kids on the move is tricky, will they take their gift with them, or leave it at home through lack of space? We know what gifts have worked for our kids and which we've gladly received as a family, from expensive main presents to stocking fillers, from toddlers to tweens and teens. We've been given some …
Trekking K2 with Kids
In the trekking season of 2019, we will be trekking K2 with kids. We're teaming with another family, the Jones family of Where the Jones and it's going to be epic. We have kids (all boys) between 10 and 15 years old and adults up to 51 years old. We're going to K2 in Pakistan. Do you want to come with us? We are Looking for a 3rd Group or Family to Trek K2 with Us Previous Trekking Experience Requirements The trek is around 3 weeks and is a step up from the Everest Base Camp Trek. There will be tents, no cosy tea houses, just porters, expert guides and outdoor cooking. It will be in the Himalayan trekking season of 2019 , so May - August would be great . The Jones family reached …
Hoi An Photo Tour With Pieter of Hoi An Photo Walks
One of the best things I did during our 6 months in Hoi An Vietnam, was find a morning for myself to take a Hoi An photo tour with Pieter. Pieter runs Hoi An Photo Walks and we already knew him socially through our running in Hoi An, he is behind Hoi An Hash House Harriers. I tagged along for a morning of photography in Hoi An Old Town. There are loads of things to do in Hoi An with kids, but this was for me, mum time. So what is taking a photo tour like, what camera of phone do you need and is it for experts or beginners? My Hoi An Photo Tour When I arrived in Hoi An I was the proud owner of a DSLR. I could use it off-auto but only just. It was a slow, painful process for me to get my …
Scotland Road Trip Accommodation and Costs
We just got back from a 10 day UK road trip, mostly in Scotland, but we flew into the UK in London and so started from and returned to Luton airport. We hired a car at around 11 UK Pounds per day ( we have separate annual excess insurance) and had a really lovely time exploring the Scottish Highlands ( with kids). I'll be writing a full post on our Scottish road trip soon. It was an awesome tour of Scotland's highlights, but in this post I'm going to show you everywhere we stayed in the UK and Scotland to give you an idea of how much this trip to Scotland cost us. It was expensive. Scotland is one of our most expensive trips yet outside of Singapore. Here is what we got for our money in …
Things to Do in Brasov Romania & Around Brasov.
Chef, after 2 cans of good Romanian beer, decided last weekend to enter the Brasov Marathon ( Braşov ). Normal people give themselves a year or so to train for these things, he gave himself a week. So not only did we have to organise a long weekend in Brasov Romania, he also had to be marathon ready by Sunday morning. OK, so that part was easy, he's super fit. But what about Brasov? Is it a good place to visit? What is there to see and how about things to do in Brasov? Where to stay in Brasov Romania, that's easy there are some great, affordable hotels and apartments. Let's take a look at Brasov and our trip with kids. We've been many times, but this time the sun shone, we had plenty of …
Elephants World Kanchanaburi ( A Day Trip From Bangkok!)
Ethical elephant attractions in Thailand are a bit of a hot potato so over the years we've decided to just not get involved. We haven't done anything involving elephants since back in the days when we were all OK to ride them. Then suddenly it wasn't OK and a huge publicity campaign made elephants something I just didn't want to touch on this blog. We finally decided to break our ban this year and take our kids to Elephants World in Kanchanaburi. You can get to this elephant attraction from Bangkok as a day trip, or, do as we did, and spend a few days on the River Kwai. Kanchanaburi is a lovely little town and one we've been to several times. ( Read all about Kanchanaburi, things to do and …
Dinner at the Sheep Station. Sheep Farming and Romanian Shepherds in Maramures
Before approaching the sheep station we had to take precautions, the Romanian sheepdogs (AKA Romanian Shepherds) would be loose so we had to call the shepherd ( human) to meet us and make sure the dogs didn't see us as a threat to their family or flock. Experiences of visiting a typical Maramures sheep station with Penny of The Village Hotel Breb. Life in Romania. He wandered down the field, a huge furry mop of a dog bounding ahead of him. But this was OK, the dog was calm and knew we were friends. I wouldn't want to be around if the situation was otherwise. Still out of site of the sheep we passed 4 or 5 more dogs, in every shade and every size above medium, all thickly coated and …
Getting to Abu Simbel from Aswan ( or Cairo). It’s So Worth It!
Abu Simbel is one of the greatest, most spectacular monuments or temples in Egypt. Unfortunately it's difficult to get to. It's possible to fly directly to Abu Simbel from Aswan (or Cairo & Luxor), but we chose to get there slowly, following the Nile south from Cairo to Luxor to Aswan by train. The trip from Aswan to Abu Simbel, a distance of about 280 Km, is the tricky bit. We took a 4am mini bus to be at the greatest monument to Rameses for 8am when crowds and temperatures were manageable. On a previous trip we got their by air from Aswan. Choices in getting to Abu Simbel include mini bus, coach, private vehicle and plane. Whichever way you choose to do it, it will be worth it, Abu …
