Articles By

Alyson Long

Getting To Luang Prabang From Vang Vieng, by Bus or Mini Bus

If you boarded your bus, took your assigned seat and looked up to see this over your head, would you ...
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Food in Laos and Luang Prabang

Laos Food, What You Will Find Food in Laos is incredibly diverse, you will be able to find a dish ...
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Ock Pop Tok and Getting my Luang Prabang Mojo Back

We’ve been in Luang Prabang, Laos, for almost a week now. It’s been a strange few days and we weren’t ...
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Homeschooling and Travel. How’s it Going?

This is an old post, I wrote it when we’d been on the road just months, I wanted to touch ...
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Vang Vieng, Laos. Tubing, Kayaking & Caving

We’ve been in Vang Vieng, Laos for 5 nights now and we’re loving it. It’s raining, a lot, but it ...
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Getting to Vang Vieng from Thailand

Getting to Laos from Thailand. This post is about the journey from Kanchanaburi Thailand, to Bangkok, to Nong Khai on ...
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Kanchanaburi, Thailand & The River Kwai

We’ve been in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, sitting here on the River Kwai for a week now. What have we been doing? ...
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Travel Blogs vs Lonely Planet

Travel bloggers will hate me for posting this, but I’m known for my honesty, maybe for being rather pedantic at ...
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Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. By Train, Bus or Road

Your options for getting from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi include train, bus, taxi and minibus. There is no airport in Kanchanaburi, you ...
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Wat Arun. One of The Best Wats in Bangkok

Wat Arun, The Temple of The Dawn or Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan stands on the west bank of the Chao Phraya ...
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Where to Eat Out in Batu Ferringhi, Penang

There are many and varied places to eat out in Batu Ferringhi, from Mc Donalds to The Hard Rock Hotel ...
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Dusit Zoo – Bangkok Zoo

I’ve mentioned Dusit zoo before as a great place to take children in Bangkok, we went for a return visit ...
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Kek Lok Si Temple Penang (Malaysia)

Kek Lok Si Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in this region of Malaysia, and is one of the best ...
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We Love Bangkok!

It’s great to be in Bangkok again! I fell in love with Bangkok as a solo traveller back in 1999 ...
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Penang Huge Spiders. Photo of the Week.

I thought this photo of huge spiders came out pretty well, so I’m making it photo of the week. This ...
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Staying in a Hostel With Kids

Can you stay in a hostel with kids? Yes, you can, many hostels today have private family rooms but a ...
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Fort Cornwallis, Penang

Fort Cornwallis is a historic fort and tourist attraction on Penang Island, part of the state of Penang, in Malaysia. ...
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Freaking out in Malaysia

Malaysia is in the middle of an environmental catastrophe. If you read my last post, things we didn’t like about ...
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What We Don’t Like About Kuala Lumpur – Negatives

Kuala Lumpur isn’t perfect. We’ve had a great time, seen some cool and interesting things, enjoyed excellent cheap and free ...
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So What’s it Really Like,Travelling With Kids?

Scary, isn’t it? The idea of spending so much time alone with your kids in a strange country. Truth is, ...
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South Indian Food in Malaysia

I love India and I love Indian food, South Indian in particular, it’s light, fresh and usually vegetarian. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ...
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Kuala Lumpur – Visiting Chinatown

Yesterday we checked out modern Kuala Lumpur, today we stepped back in time. Chinatown is on our doorstep, just a ...
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Kuala Lumpur, Roller Coaster in a Mall and Indoor Archery

Boy it’s hot in Kuala Lumpur! But somehow it’s quite a pleasant hot, the sun isn’t beating down on us ...
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This is The Beginning. Port Douglas to Kuala Lumpur

This post is from our first day of travel, our first day as a nomadic family, not quite digital nomads ...
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Port Douglas: Leaving it Behind.

This is my last week in Port Douglas, Queensland. Regular readers will know we are British expats and have been living in ...
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Planning Family Travel: One Week To Go!

We are a family planning to set out on a travel adventure. Our aim is to travel indefinitely or for ...
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Travelling Without Dad.

The boys and I are starting our family adventure in Malaysia early with a bit of single parent travel, we’re ...
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Are There Tigers in Africa?

Are there tigers in Africa? No, of course not, not wild ones, but that’s me holding a baby tiger in ...
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I’m Not a Blogger

Let’s just clear something up here. I’m not a blogger, it’s not something I ever set out to be, it’s ...
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The Doctor Who Experience

The Doctor Who Experience in Both London and Cardiff sadly closed down some time ago. We hope it comes back ...
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Is It Worth Visiting Big Pit Mining Museum, Wales?

Experiences of visiting Wales and Big Pit Mining Museum, as an adult and with kids. My kids were pretty small ...
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Planning Family Travel: Three Months To Go

We are a family planning to travel the world. We are three months from our departure date. The first post ...
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Learning Plan and Report for Homeschooling in Queensland

Hello, I know, I know, I’ve been very quiet for the last couple of weeks. It’s time of year again. I ...
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Am I Making This Look Too Easy?

In 2012 we decided to save, sell almost everything and set off to travel the world. This post is from ...
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The Travel Vaccinations Drama.

I went to see my GP to talk travel vaccinations yesterday. I wish I hadn’t! I came away with a ...
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Scared to Travel the World?

Am I scared to leave home and travel the world indefinitely, with no fixed plans? Not really. I can’t wait ...
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Travel Pack vs Backpack vs Suitcase for Travel

I’m sure you all know what backpacks and suitcases are, but many won’t know about travel packs. They used to ...
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Travelling the World With Kids. What Do They Think About It?

Were you wondering what the kids think about being uprooted and dragged around the world by their crazy parents? Is ...
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Long Term Family Travel is Great for Mums.

We all know that long term family travel is great. Seeing the world, learning cool stuff, developing personal qualities and ...
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Annapurna Circuit Trek Q&A

In 2001, pre-kids, Chef and I took on the Annapurna Circuit Trek in Nepal, it’s considered one of the best ...
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What To Pack For a Round The World Trip

What to pack for a round the world trip is largely personal choice. However, there are certain things to take ...
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Do you Have to be Rich to Travel the World?

Several years ago, a not very rich family set out to travel the world. Today, they’re still travelling. It’s been ...
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