Articles By

Alyson Clarke

Not Giving Away Your Biometric Data at Airports

We’ve all been through airports as we travel and we all know what they’re like today. Photos, fingerprints, full body ...
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Christmas While Travelling

We have had 9 Christmases overseas while we were travelling. During our almost 7 years of full-time family travel, there ...
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Bears In Romania

There are a lot of bears in Romania, but not grizzly bears, in Romania you will find a large population ...
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Sidemen Bali – Is It Worth Visiting?

Sidemen Bali is pretty “off the beaten track” in Bali, Indonesia, but it’s developing fast. We were last in Bali ...
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Prepping (With a Travel Twist)

We went through Cyclone Jasper a while ago. We were fairly well prepared, but we should have been better prepared. ...
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Where To Buy Books, That Isn’t Amazon

We stopped using Amazon in March 2025 and haven’t missed it at all. A lot of you out there will ...
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The Hoi An Floods

Hoi An is flooded again in November 2025. It looks worse this year than when we were living in Hoi ...
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Things to Do in Cairo?

What to do in Cairo and what to see in Cairo? Our guide to Cairo will help you plan your ...
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10 Best Things To See and Do in Australia

Australia is a country and a continent in the region of Oceania. It’s known for great beaches, the rugged outback, ...
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Can a New Blog in 2025 Make Money?

The short answer is yes, I’ve done it, I’ve proved it. In February 2024, just before the catastrophic March Google ...
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How do Families Afford to Travel the World?

This is the question that comes up constantly. How do we afford it? How do all the other travel families ...
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Do We Regret Homeschooling Our Kids? Homeschool Regrets

We chose to homeschool over a decade ago. Today (2025) I have young adult kids. One attended school to just ...
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Vietnam with Kids (2026)

Vietnam is a popular destination for a vacation or travel, and can be a great place to travel with kids, ...
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Best Day Trips From London

London UK, is a fantastic place to visit and a great place to live. But what if you want to ...
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How Much Money Can One Blog Post Make

How much money can a single blog post make? Some of mine have made thousands, some may have made tens ...
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Kyoto Japan, 10 Best Things To Do and See

Kyoto is near Osaka, a city with excellent air connections to Australia, we chose Osaka over Tokyo as our first ...
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Homeschooling History With World Schooling

I had a conversation last night with two gorgeous young Hungarian women about the realities of homeschooling (home education, world ...
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How To Visit Khe Sanh, Vietnam

Khe Sanh, famous to Australians from the Cold Chisel song with vocals by Jimmy Barnes, is a place from Vietnam ...
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Vietnam Travel Blog

This Vietnam travel blog page has been written over 20 plus years of travel to Vietnam. I have been a ...
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Canggu Bali – Is It Worth Visiting?

We visited Canggu (pronounced Changgu) in 2025. After visiting Bali probably a dozen times, we thought it was time to ...
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Where To Stay in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai is, in our opinion, the #2 best place to see in Thailand after Bangkok. It’s a little less ...
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10 Best Places To Go in Thailand

Thailand is a fantastic destination, and if you only go to the beaches and islands, you’re missing out. After months ...
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Da Nang Vietnam, Top 10 Best Things To Do

Da Nang or Danang Vietnam is a popular beachside location in central Vietnam. Da Nang has its own airport and ...
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Best Restaurant in Hoi An? Try Mango Rooms

On our last visit to Hoi An, a beautiful UNESCO-listed spot in Central Vietnam, and one we’ve called home from ...
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Parenting and Travel

This post is about learning to be parents on the road. How we handled parenting children while travelling for almost ...
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Where To Stay in Singapore

In this post, we’ll quickly explain the different areas or neighbourhoods in Singapore, and help you decide which part of ...
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Travel Blogging Today. What’s Working

After the Google apocalypse of 2024, traffic to this DA52 site, with no AI, no spam (maybe, wink emoji), and ...
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The Best Way To See Singapore – Take A Bus Tour!

Singapore is an incredibly impressive city, and it’s particularly well-suited to sightseeing from a vehicle. The views from the roads ...
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Chiang Mai Thailand, Top 10 Best Things To Do

Chiang Mai, Thailand, is a popular city located in North Thailand. Chiang Mai has its own airport and train station ...
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14 Best Things To Do And See in Osaka

With Osaka having excellent air connections to Australia, we chose Osaka over Tokyo as our first destination to explore in ...
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Planning A Family Vacation For Max Value!

Planning a vacation for your family should be fun and exciting. It usually starts out that way, but often takes ...
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Singapore, Top 10 Best Things to Do

Here we’ll share our top 10 best things to do in Singapore, one of the true gems of Southeast Asia. ...
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The 3 Best Day Trips From Bangkok

Bangkok is a great place to visit, and there’s plenty for you to see and do there, but if you ...
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Hot Air Balloon From Cairns Australia – Our Experiences

Hot Air Ballooning is an extremely popular thing to do for visitors to Cairns, Port Douglas, Palm Cove and the ...
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The Best Way To Visit Australia Zoo From Brisbane

If you’re heading to Australia, the late, great Steve Irwin’s Australia Zoo is a must-visit. Taronga Zoo is very good, ...
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Childhood Without School, Routines, and Rules (Worldschoolers)

This post was first published when we were living in Romania over winter, a pause between travels back in 2017. ...
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Southeast Asia Itinerary – Starting In Thailand

Bangkok is a huge flight hub in Southeast Asia with good connections to Europe, The Middle East, and London. You ...
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Best Time To Visit Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is made up of 11 countries, it’s a big region. In this post we’ll give you a general ...
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UNESCO Sites in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is incredibly rich in UNESCO listed places, so many that I can’t possibly go into detail about all ...
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Should You Eat Street Food in Southeast Asia

The correct answer to this question is “it depends.” A lot of street food in Southeast Asia is delicious, cheap, ...
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Nepal -Shopping, Markets, and Souvenirs.

Nepal is one of the best places for shopping and browsing shops and markets, in the whole world. We focus ...
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Hanoi – Is It Worth Visiting?

Hanoi is an absolute jewel of Vietnam and definately worth visiting because it has so many unique and historic things ...
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