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Alyson Long

Orlando Petting Farm

Much as we all love theme parks, most families need to find a few other things to do in Orlando ...
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Flower Carpets Antigua Guatemala

Flower carpets in Antigua Guatemala are an Easter tradition that we knew about before we arrived. We didn’t know that ...
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Living in Antigua Guatemala (with Kids)

Antigua Guatemala is a stunningly beautiful city in Guatemala. Its architecture, history, and culture are sure to delight, along with ...
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Finding Cheap Cruises (Re-positioning Cruises)

We took 2 10 day + cruises in a year a little while ago. We wouldn’t take a second or ...
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Visiting Four Disney Parks in One Day

We set ourselves a challenge while we were in Orlando, Florida. Visiting four Disney parks in one day. Not only ...
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Will Travel Blogging Fund Long Term Travel?

When we left home to travel in 2013 we hoped we could travel indefinitely, or for several years, on our savings ...
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Why Travel to El Salvador? (with Kids)

Why travel to El Salvador?  Nobody goes to El Salvador. That’s what a family member said when she found out we ...
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How I Became a Road Trip With Kids Ninja!

Yesterday I pulled out all of my road trip with kids ninja skills for a 10 hour journey from Mississippi to Florida. ...
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Planning a USA Road Trip

Are you heading to the USA for a road-trip vacation? Good choice, this country is perfectly set up for that ...
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Where to Eat Out in New Orleans With Kids

We’ve just spent an amazing few days in New Orleans at Mardi Gras and, honestly, we spent a lot of that ...
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New Orleans Mardi Gras

New Orleans Mardi Gras just happened to us by accident. We’re almost at the end of our 1 month USA ...
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The Town of Celebration Florida

The town of Celebration , Florida,  is community in Osceola County United States, located near Walt Disney World Resort  (Disney Florida). The community was master-planned ...
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USA Road Trip Costs

We’ve been moving around a lot over the last 3 weeks of our USA road trip. We’ve driven from NYC ...
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Beating The Queues At Disney. Orlando Florida.

Queues at Disney World and all of the Disney Parks can be long. Standing in line for over an hour ...
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Darien, Georgia and the USA’s Answer to Nessy

We love finding unexpected things as we travel around the world, yesterday was a cracker. Finding the USA’s answer to ...
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Put Charleston South Carolina on Your USA Road Trip

We only stopped for a couple of hours in Charleston, South Carolina on our USA road trip but we absolutely ...
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Myrtle Beach Shark Teeth. Finding Fossilised Black Shark Teeth.

We pulled into Myrtle Beach, South Carolina last night and headed straight for the beach for the boys to have ...
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Niagara Falls, Clifton Hill

There are two sides to Niagara Falls. No, not the US side and the Canada side. I mean the “Gosh isn’t ...
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A Town Called Intercourse PA (USA)

Yes Intercourse USA really exists and supposedly, it has the most stolen sign in the whole of the country. Intercourse ...
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The Best Way to See Niagara Falls

Yesterday, on a whim, we drove for 6 hours to see Niagara Falls. We were in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and figured ...
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A Family Trip to New York on a Budget

We came at New York pretty much blind, I’d done almost no research on what to do nor where to ...
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not New York – What Did We Think?

This morning the boys and I went to Ripley’s Believe It Or Not New York,  just off Times Square in ...
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What’s a Transatlantic Cruise Like?

Transatlantic cruise reviews, crossing the Atlantic on a cruise ship, what’s it like? And tips for transatlantic cruise crossings. Nerves ...
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Harry Potter Tours UK. Studio Tour and More

It’s not cheap and it was a 4 hour drive through terrible traffic on a cold, wet January day, but ...
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The Cerne Abbas Giant

I posted the other day about our drive down through, Avebury, Stonehenge and the chalk horses of Wiltshire. What a ...
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What to Do in Perth Australia

Perth is a city on Australia’s West Coast. It’s the capital of Western Australia and stands on the Swan Coastal ...
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Stonehenge, Avebury and Prehistoric Britain

Stonehenge would probably be pretty high on any non-Brit tourist’s wish list. Some of us get a bit blase about ...
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Legoland Water Park Malaysia Review

We were lucky enough to be able to visit the brand new Legoland Water Park Malaysia near Johor Baru just a ...
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Welney Wetland Centre, Educational Day Out in Norfolk, UK.

Yesterday we flew by the Welney Wetland Centre in Norfolk. We were just killing time really, waiting for our great ...
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Barry Island Wales. The Beach, Pleasure Park, and Gavin and Stacey

Barry Island Wales is part of my childhood. I grew up just a few miles away and we regularly visited ...
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Kandy Cheap Family Accommodation, Sri Lanka

UPDATE:  On our last visit to Sri Lanka this hotel had changed hands, the kind owners had gone and the ...
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What is a Hopper? | Sri Lankan Food, Hoppers.

What is a hopper? Hoppers are great! They are a tasty and diverse food that you can eat all over ...
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Sri Lanka Travel Blog

Sri Lanka is a favourite travel destination of ours. We got married there and we’ve taken our kids there. This ...
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Cardiff Doctor Who Experience, Attractions, and Locations

This post covers Doctor Who filming locations in, and near, Cardiff Wales, Doctor Who tours for this year, walks, and ...
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Ella Sri Lanka Accommodation

For once I’m going to tell you about the accommodation we used in Ella, Sri Lanka, and then tell you ...
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How Many Countries Have You Been To?

Fellow family travel blogger Erin asked the question on her Facebook page, “How many countries have you been to?” Erin ...
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UK With Kids

Have you ever considered taking your kids to the UK for a vacation or holiday? We think it’s a great ...
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Have We Thrown it All Away?

One of the reactions we received on announcing our decision to sell everything, quit work and travel indefinitely was: “You’re throwing it ...
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Where to Stay in Mirissa Sri Lanka

Where to stay in Mirissa? Finding good, (cheap or luxury) Mirissa accommodation for families is generally easy, there is plenty ...
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Budget Accommodation in Sri Lanka (Cheap Picks!)

It’s much harder these days to find budget (cheap) accommodation in Sri Lanka than it was. Standards have gone up ...
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Negombo Cheap Family Accommodation, Sri Lanka

Cheap Family Accommodation Negombo Sri Lanka. Mazz Homestay Negombo I found Mazz Homestay through one of the hostel booking websites. ...
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Staying in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

Hikkaduwa is full of great value hotels and guest houses at all price points and this post covers where to ...
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