If you’re heading to Australia, the late, great Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo is a must-visit. Taronga Zoo is very good, if you’re only visiting Sydney, but we think Australia Zoo is a better experience, after visiting both, several times with kids from toddlers to teens. Australia Zoo is a fair way out of Brisbane and …
Cairns Australia, is a popular holiday destination in Far North Queensland. It’s a great place to stay for visiting the Great Barrier Reef, Kuranda, the Atherton Tablelands and even the Daintree Rainforest. Are you planning a trip to Cairns? Here’s what you should look out for when planning a trip or visiting Cairns. There are …
This post was first published when we were living in Romania over winter, a pause between travels back in 2017. I unpublished it, and republished in 2025 because I noticed people serching for “routine”. Maybe they’re curious about the kids’ routines while travelling full-time for almost 7 full years? This post, I think, explains how …
Bangkok is a huge flight hub in Southeast Asia with good connections to Europe, The Middle East, and London. You can also fly to Bangkok cheaply and easily from just about anywhere in Asia on the budget airlines. It’s the perfect place to start your explorations of Southeast Asia. Here we’ll give you a three-week …
Southeast Asia is made up of 11 countries, it’s a big region. In this post we’ll give you a general overview of the best time to visit if you plan to travel around the region, plus give you the best and worst times to visit individual countries within Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is almost entirely …
Southeast Asia is incredibly rich in UNESCO listed places, so many that I can’t possibly go into detail about all 47, so in this post we’ll go into the main ones, the most interesting ones, and the popular sites that tourists visit. Of the 11 countries in Southeast Asia, only Brunei and Timor-Leste do not …
The correct answer to this question is “it depends.” A lot of street food in Southeast Asia is delicious, cheap, and perfectly safe to eat, but a lot depends on you, your existing immunity, and where and what you choose to eat. There are a few rules to follow, and we’ll try to walk you …
Nepal is one of the best places for shopping and browsing shops and markets, in the whole world. We focus on Kathmandu’s makets and shops on this page, but some of the photos are from other parts of Nepal, we’ll tell you where. You can buy fake designer trekking gear (which is often very good), …
Hanoi is an absolute jewel of Vietnam and definately worth visiting because it has so many unique and historic things to see and do. Hanoi is in North Vietnam and has a major international airport. It’s close to many tourist destinations in the north, such as Ha Long Bay, Sapa and Ninh Bin. The city …
Cardiff is the capital city of my home country, Wales. And yes, Wales is a country, but also part of the UK. This post is full of ideas on what to see and do in Cardiff and which places of interest to include on your Cardiff tour or itinerary. You could string together a self-guided …
Australia is a pretty amazing place. There are so many things that are unique to Australia that may take our international tourists by surprise. If you’re visiting from the US, or Europe, or anywhere else, you probably need to read this post because some things about Australia, people don’t tell you. I’m a British expat …
Singapore is a great choice for a family vacation or layover between flights. But where are the best places to stay in Singapore with family and kids? We give you some of the best places, hotels, apartments, and family accommodations in Singapore. It’s very easy and quick to get to your Singapore Hotel from Changi …
If I told you that travelling in Nepal with kids was easy, I’d be lying. Nepal has been the most challenging place we’ve ever taken the children, and that includes India, but it’s been worth it many times over. They got sick less in India and didn’t have to hike up any mountains. So whether you’d like …
Sera Monastery, near Lhasa Tibet, is the place you need to visit to see Tibetan monks debate in the traditional way. In this post we share photos of Sera Monastery, plus video of the monks debating. One of the massive bucket list highlights of our tour of Tibet was visiting the Sera Monastery. This Buddhist …
Eating at Jay Fai’s Michelin Guide restaurant is something we really wanted to do in Bangkok. We’d seen this celebrity chef working the woks in her trademark goggles on our last trip, but we hadn’t had the chance to eat there. Her shop is easy to find and it’s not far from most of the …
Food tours are a great way to get acquainted with the cuisine of a new destination and lately, we’ve been taking a few Michelin Guide food tours. In 2025 we took a Michelin Guide food tour in Hanoi Vietnam. It was worth doing, we found some hidden gems that we would never have found alone, …
This post is about Vietnam travel tips for the seasoned traveller, first-timers or 2-week holiday-makers. Vietnam is a very popular travel destination in Southeast Asia, for tourists, and rightly so, it’s a great destination and very affordable, even for families with kids. Whether you’ll be travelling the full length of Vietnam, or spending 2 weeks …
Hanoi and Hoi An are our two favourite places to visit in Vietnam. We were in both just a few months ago and loved Hanoi in particular. The journey to and from Hoi An is easy enough. Read up on this adventure, two ways, in this blog post! This post may contain affiliate links. We …
The best way to travel from Kandy to Ella is to take the scenic train. This train is famous in Sri Lanka as one of the very best on the island. You can take in views of mountains, tea plantations and waterfalls on the just under 6 hour journey to gorgeous Ella, in the relative …
You can travel to Jaffna by bus, car, minivan, train, or even plane. Unfortunately, few of these options are available from Kandy. We have a great way for you to find the best, cheapest, or fastest way to travel from Kandy to Jaffna, just use this site! We can also tell you how to get …
There is very little South America travel content on World Travel Family travel blog. And that’s for a very good reason, we’ve barely scratched the surface of this continent. We don’t write about places we haven’t been ourselves. Why haven’t we explored much of South America? I guess it’s because it’s difficult to get to, …
In this post we’ll share some of our favourite places to see in Singapore’s Chinatown, with photos of these beautiful, scenic or interesting spots. We’ve visited Singapore a handful of times, often in transit between Australia and Europe. It’s a very cool city, and country, and Chinatown is one of our favourite areas. Make sure …
We’ve owned a lot of packing cubes and travel organisers over the years. We still own our e-bags packing cubes, they’re still good some 12 years later. Along the way, we also bought cheaper versions from the big A store. They weren’t great quality. E Bags still reigned supreme, but lately, it’s been hard to …
This island of Sri Lanka has a double monsoon system, so picking the best time to visit Sri Lanka can be complex and entirely depends on which parts of the island you are visiting. Luckily, it means that there is always somewhere on the island with good weather at any time of year. Temperatures remain …
Family travel is a wonderful thing. It has made our family tighter and been an education for all of us. We set out purposefully to provide the kids with maximum education through travel and it was something we thought about each time we chose a destination. Today, after 20 years of educating my kids outside …
Recently, we took a mum and son trip home to the UK from Australia. Flights from Cairns, our nearest airport, are very limited, we have to fly via Bali or Singapore to head back to Europe. This time, we opted for Singapore and a bucket-list hotel, The Fullerton. Was it worth staying at (and paying …
Yes, Dubai is in the continent of Asia, but it’s also one of the countries of the Middle East. This region could also be considered part of Africa. Parts of the Middle East are in Africa, but not Dubai. Dubai is not a country, it is a city and an emirate in a country called …
People travel for many reasons. Individuals may love or dislike travel for diverse reasons too. Some people don’t enjoy travel, but they still need to travel. Reasons for essential travel can involve work, family, health or medical treatment, and social or economic needs. We, the owners of World Travel Family travel blog, are people who …
If you’re heading to Luang Prabang, Laos, as a family, you’re in for a very special treat. We spent over a week in Luang Prabang with our kids and found plenty of things to do and see with them. This post is about that experience. We have updated this post in 2025 to mention the …
We travelled full-time for over 6 years (with kids, mostly in Asia) and, yes, we all had minor health problems from time to time. The travel medical kit was essential. My younger child and my husband have been what my mum would call “proper poorly” in Laos. Poorly is only proper if you have a fever …
World Travel Family is the name of a website or blog belonging to the Long family, that’s us. I’m Alyson, mum, wife, author, scientist, farmer, and blogger. The whole family has been involved in website creation from time to time. World Travel Family is a name picked for SEO reasons, we don’t call ourselves that …
Are you looking for something new to see in Bangkok? Maybe somewhere you missed on your first visit? Head out to The Erawan Museum, it’s quirky, magnificent, and awe-inspiring all in one go. This museum is a fabulous hidden gem of Bangkok bypassed by most visitors. It’s refreshingly just a little off the main tourist …
It’s time for us to write a post on our favourite and recommended hotels, hostels, and guest houses in Southeast Asia. Hostels in Southeast Asia are generally very good and many have family rooms, however, they’re not always the cheapest accommodation option. In this post we give you our tried and tested favourites, some we’ve …
The internet is packed with awesome online education sites and resources and over the years we’ve tried many. Some are free, some paid. Some we buy for a month, some we subscribe to for years. When my kids were at the top end of high school they attended school for the first time. An online …
I needed help on what to eat in Singapore (and how to avoid tourist traps), so I teamed up with a local Singaporean Food Blogger, Zhou Zhenru to get the best tips for you, and for me. If you’d like to read more on food in Singapore, find Zhou at her site, Greedy Girl Gourmet, …
Travel, international or domestic, be it for a week, a month, or multiple months is very much easier if you just pack a carry-on bag. Luggage slows you down physically and mentally. Learn to ditch the extra luggage and travel with just a carry-on bag. It’s the way to go! In this post, we tell …
In my opinion, the best place to stay in Bangkok Thailand is in Old Bangkok, Rattanakosin Island. This is the Phra Nakon area. This puts you within walking distance of the Grand Palace, Wat Pho, The Khao San Rd, Golden Temple, Giant Swing, and more must-see icons of Bangkok. You can walk to the river …
A favourite part of any trip to Thailand, the Bangkok to Chiang Mai journey, is to be enjoyed not endured. We think the sleeper train is the best option, but you may also fly or travel by road. Yes, it’s very possible with kids to take sleeper trains in Thailand. My kids have taken this …
London is full of educational things to do for kids, and adults. In this post we’ll share some of our best ideas, places, and tips. Our site is well known for “worldschooling“, or “world schooling” a process of finding education from the world. I’ve written several books on this topic and it’s one of my …
On this site we talk a lot about “worldschooling“. It’s how our kids were educated on the road, learning from the world around them. It’s as natural as breathing to me, wherever we go, we find the learning. Not everyone gets this concept. I’ve just been on a call with a lady on the other …
We “world schooled” our children for almost 7 full years. By that I mean we were travelling full-time with them throughout that period and home educating. They never went to a conventional school, other than 1.5 years for my elder son, before I knew any better. We never felt any need to be part of …
Port Douglas has plenty of breakfast options, including hotel buffet breakfasts open to non-guests, cafe and restaurant breakfasts, cheap eats, and takeaway food. As a Port Douglas resident and lover of a good breakfast, and former head chef in one of Port Douglas’s best hotels, I’ll break down your options, with photos and opening times, …
