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Alyson Long

Malaysia With Kids

Malaysia is a fantastic destination for families boasting beaches, culture, wildlife, great food, and plenty of child-friendly attractions. It’s not ...
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Sell Everything and Travel – How to Start Over in a Travel Lifestyle

Hi there, so you’re as crazy as us! Great to meet you. You’re thinking of selling everything you own and ...
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Getting Travel Blog Subscribers

Subscribers are pretty important to any blogger, not just travel bloggers. If Pinterest shut down, if Google de-indexed you, if ...
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What to Blog About?

What to blog about? What content should you create that will bring you lots of traffic? There are a few ...
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5 Best Portable Battery Packs for Travel 2024

With more and more travel essential gadgets requiring charging, it’s little wonder that people are turning to portable battery packs ...
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Places to Visit in Thailand With Family

Thailand for families, best places and parts of Thailand for families to visit. Thailand highlights for families to enjoy on ...
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Cruising For Cheap: 3 Ways to Make the Most of a Cruise on a Budget

If you’re like most people, you probably have dreams of going on a cruise through the beautiful Bahamas or mystical ...
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How to Make Packing Simple

4 years on the road and 50+ countries under our belts, we know how important it is to simplify your ...
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Sri Lanka, Family Friendly

Sri Lanka is an amazing place to take a holiday, or to travel, as a family. This magical island combines ...
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How to Carry-On Your Marmite in Hand Luggage

My husband is a genius. OK, sometimes he’s not, but today he is. A few months ago he had my ...
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The Bus from Phaplu to Kathmandu

I posted already about the various ways of getting to and from Lukla from Kathmandu, Nepal. Flying into Lukla isn’t ...
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Places to Visit in Penang with Family

There is an incredible selection of things to do in Penang with kids along with family-friendly resort hotels, good food, ...
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Best Plugins and Tools to Help Grow Your Blog and Income

 To create an effective blog and generate a steady online income, you have to spend a little money. This is ...
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Things To Consider Before Starting A Blog

So you want to start a blog? Or maybe you’ve already started and, just like I did, dived in without ...
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Visiting Antarctica With Kids

Antarctica with kids. Can you take kids to Antarctica? Is a family trip to Antarctica a good idea? We talk ...
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Khumjung Nepal (& Khumjung Monastery Yeti Skull)

On our return trek from Tengboche Monastery, we took a different route to Namche Bazaar to take in some important ...
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Tengboche Monastery

A few days ago somebody on social media asked me what my favorite, all time, travel memory was. Without hesitation ...
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Best Things About Travelling the World as a Family

A lady in our Living Differently group was telling me yesterday how a photo I shared had stuck in her ...
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Surviving Winter in Romania

Winter has done its worst and the mercury is starting to hit positive numbers during the short days here in ...
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5 Must-Try Food and Wine Tours in Adelaide

Adelaide is well-known for its award-winning wineries and amazing restaurants. If it is your first time in Adelaide and you ...
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Places to Visit in Kathmandu

There are places to visit in Kathmandu Nepal that will take your breath away. This post tells you about the ...
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Pre-Vacation Checklist.

Travelling and vacations are always exciting and fun thing to do. What’s not that exciting, is having to prepare and ...
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Nepal Trekking Gear. What to Wear, What to Take.

What trekking gear do you really need for Nepal? Trekking gear companies tell you to buy a long list of ...
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How to Travel the World?

You want to know how to travel the world, right? We’ve done it, so can you. It could be a ...
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Travel Insurance for Extended or Open Ended Travel

World Nomads is the insurance company we have used for extended, open-ended, long-term and adventure travel. Many travel insurance companies ...
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The Stinging Tree, Gympie Gympie, and Other Dangers of Queensland.

Yes, you read that right we have a stinging tree in Queensland. It’s not just a bit “ouch” it’s more ...
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Fresh Water Swimming Spots Around Cairns and Port Douglas

If you’re visiting the Cairns and Port Douglas region in summer, you absolutely must check out some of our freshwater ...
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New Year New Theme! How & Why

You’ll see things have changed around here! After almost 5 years of blogging with the excellent but outdated Prose child ...
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50 Journeys Round the Sun.

It’s traditional to do a year-end wrap post, so here goes with 2016. This year was a big one for ...
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6 Weeks in Thailand

6 weeks in Thailand, what a ride! If you’ve been following us on Facebook or Instagram, you’ll know a lot ...
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Novotel Phuket Karon Beach

Our review of the Novotel Phuket Karon Beach Resort and Spa in Phuket Thailand. This is one of the best ...
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Is Phuket Worth Visiting?

Is Phukert worth visiting? There are undoubtedly better and more interesting parts of Thailand, but Phuket has its own airport ...
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Food Novotel Phuket Surin Beach

Food is one of our favourite things and food photography is part of that. Chef and I were very impressed ...
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Family Vacation at Novotel Phuket Surin Beach Resort

Just behind the clear blue Andaman Sea, the sand, the palm trees and the scrubby foreshore sits Novotel Phuket Surin Beach ...
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Photos of Ironman Phuket 70.3 Ironman Thailand

Yesterday my husband, chef and dad at World Travel Family, competed in the Ironman Thailand Phuket half distance Ironman event. This ...
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Handling Your Money in Thailand. Quick Guide and Tips

Thailand is one of the more tricky countries for travellers to handle their travel money at minimum cost. We normally ...
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Christmas Gifts For Kids and Families Who Travel

If you are keen world travellers or you know a travelling family, you’ll like our ideas for Christmas travel gifts ...
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3D Art Museum Chiang Mai Review

There are plenty of ” things to do in Chiang Mai” posts on the internet, even when you add the ...
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Long Neck Karen Women of Northern Thailand

The long neck women of Northern Thailand, on the Burmese border near Mae Hong Son. These long-neck ladies belong to ...
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Visiting the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand, Hill Tribes in Thailand

There are several Hill Tribes in Thailand, mostly in north Thailand. These Thai villages can be visited by tourists, and ...
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Long Neck Karen Village House near Mae Hong Song

A typical Long Neck Karen village house near Mae Hong Son, Northern Thailand. We visited by hire car and local ...
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Living Differently. New Ways in Chiang Mai

We’re loving this city in strange and unexpected ways. I’m loving the Thai environment, the Old City of Chiang Mai ...
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