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Alyson Clarke

Tenby! Registering for Ironman Wales

As the candy houses of Tenby’s harbour glow in the evening light and sheltered boats bob gently just as they ...
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Living in Chiang Mai

Living in Chiang Mai Thailand has been on our radar for years, it’s a city that Chef and I like ...
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Child Safety Wrist Straps, Harnesses, Wristbands and Tattoos

Readers and consult clients are forever asking me how to make sure kids are safe on the road. I don’t ...
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Australia Travel Blog

Our Australia travel blog will help you plan your trip to Australia, we’ll tell you about the best places to ...
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USA Travel Blog

All of our USA content in one USA travel blog page, jump to the USA destination you need. We’ve visited ...
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Guatemala Travel Blog

We spent almost 2 months travelling in Guatemala to create our Guatemala travel blog, a guide, experiences and tips to ...
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Romania Travel Blog

Romania was the country that captured our hearts. It came as a total magical surprise, inspiring us to try to ...
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Cambodia Travel Blog and Guide

This page is a Cambodia blog and guide full of personal experiences and travel information to help you plan your ...
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UK Travel Blog

It may surprise you to know that we are actually a UK family travel blog. I am British, I was ...
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Nepal Travel Blog

Our Nepal travel blog will help you in visiting Nepal to trek, to climb, to see the cultural sites and ...
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Wales Travel Blog

Wales is my home country and I love it, despite living abroad now. This Wales travel blog page is to ...
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Sri Lanka Beaches. Which to Choose?

We’ve posted extensively about travel in Sri Lanka, where to go, how to go, what to do, but we need ...
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Best Travel Coffee Maker 2024

If you’re a coffee lover, you’ll want to pack the best travel coffee maker for your style of travel. I’ve ...
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Make Money From Amazon Affiliates, Amazon Affiliates Program Blog & Tips

 I told you I was going to tell you how we made the leap to Living Differently, and Amazon is part ...
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Malaysia Travel Blog

This Malaysia travel blog page started over 12 years ago, when we first visited Malaysia, we’ve returned dozens of times, ...
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Travelling with Less Clothes and Dumpster Diving

Hi guys, greetings from London where we’re sweltering in the final throws of summer. We made the mistake of taking ...
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Meeting Prince Harry in Kathmandu

I’ve threatened to share this story for months, I finally got around to it. Let’s go back to Kathmandu, it ...
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AirBnB for Families. Finally Winning!

I’m famous for saying that AirBnb is useless for families and we never use it. If you’re not on Facebook ...
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Best Travel Organisers

Travel organisers are lifesavers. I don’t carry much gear for a professional full-time traveler, but I saw these travel organisers on ...
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Does Travel Change You, Finding Yourself

I get ideas for posts in all kinds of ways, sometimes I want to tell a story about some cool ...
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Living Differently. Owning Less, Living More

4 amazing years of seeing the world, somewhere between 35 and 50+ countries each, an amazing education for the kids ...
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Living Differently

This post, and entire “Living Differently” series, was written when I finally woke up to what we’d achieved, and realised ...
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Greenwich Market Food, Street Food, Food Stalls

Hi! Just a quick blog post about the amazing food on offer at Greenwich Market on the east side of ...
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3 Years of Travel. Thoughts

Shhhh! They’re all asleep. Wiped out like a small pride of lions after a big day on the savannah.  All ...
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Who Reads Blogs?

Who reads blogs? Why do people read blogs and what is the point of blogging? A look at the blogging ...
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Educational Places to Visit in Greece – Mythology and History Tour

Further down the page you’ll find a list of places to visit in Greece, all with an educational, mythology or ...
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Family House Sitting. Yes or No?

I’m going to say what I really feel (surprised, right?) and that is, long-term family house sitting as part of ...
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How to Get to K’gari, Australia

World Heritage-listed K’gari (formerly Fraser Island), the world’s largest sand island, sits roughly halfway up Australia’s east coast in Queensland, ...
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Fear and Panic on the Everest Base Camp Trek. Scary Bridges!

I’ve posted already about how much we loved the experience of trekking in Nepal’s Everest region, so don’t take what I’m ...
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Hijabs and Sri Lanka

This morning at sunrise I sat down to my computer to start my work for the day. It’s what I ...
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Things to do in Cuba for all age groups

Cuba is changing. The decades-old American embargo is being relaxed this year, and a 2010 government decree is allowing private ...
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Jaffna Sri Lanka, Why You Need to Visit!

Our last month in Sri Lanka was all about getting to Jaffna, this almost newly open destination was top of ...
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Why Travel With Kids

Why do we do this crazy thing, why travel with kids? More importantly, why we think you should travel with ...
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Vegan Travel is Hard!

My first attempt at being vegan while travelling failed miserably in the face of London and a surprising lack of ...
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Best Travel Neck Pillow That Could Work!

I state very clearly on my Travel Gear page ( our main packing directory), that we do not carry travel neck ...
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6 Places to Ski Around the World, You Might Not Know About

When we think of skiing we normally consider Europe, the United States or Canada. Australians often head to Japan or ...
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Kathmandu to Lukla

You can get from Kathmandu to Lukla on flights (helicopter or small plane), bus, jeep, you can walk, or use ...
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Everest Region Trekking, a Dream Come True.

If you follow our Facebook page and Instagram feed you’ll know that we’ve been trekking around the Everest region, with kids ...
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The Paradise Resort & Spa, Dambulla Review

The Paradise Resort and Spa Dambulla Sri Lanka (formerly Green Paradise, now Occidental Paradise, also near Sigiriya), was my personal ...
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Kandy to Anuradhapura

Why go to Sri Lanka’ s second ancient city, Anuradhapura? It’s a long way north and getting to Anuradhapura (for ...
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Eden Hotel Sri Lanka. Beruwela Beach, Sri Lanka

If you’re looking for a luxurious, relaxed, ocean-side stay during your time in Sri Lanka, the Eden Resort and Spa (Agoda ...
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Templeberg Villa Galle

Our third villa stay of this Sri Lanka trip, at the Templeberg Villa Galle, brought us a totally different experience, ...
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