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Alyson Long

Trekking Watches. Best Trekking Watches for Your Trek

Trekking watches have made huge advances in the last 5 years. With the invention and continued improvement of GPS-based watches, ...
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Great Barrier Reef Tours From Port Douglas

If you’re looking for Great Barrier Reef Tours from Port Douglas, congratulations, you picked a great place from which to ...
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Scotland Travel Blog

Freshly back from a Scotland road trip, what were our highlights, and what did we do up there? Which Scottish ...
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Hoi An Photo Tour

One of the best things I did during our 6 months in Hoi An Vietnam, was find a morning for myself ...
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How World Travel Family Blog Works

Guys, I’m reading so much nonsense right now about dishonest blogging and people being paid to say nice things that ...
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Scotland Trip Costs

We just got back from a 10 day UK road trip, mostly in Scotland, but we flew into the UK ...
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Elephants World Kanchanaburi (An Easy Day Trip From Bangkok!)

Ethical elephant attractions in Thailand are a bit of a hot potato so over the years we’ve decided to just ...
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How to Use Less Plastic When You Travel

One of the things that really bugs me about travelling, which has been particularly noticeable in South East Asia and ...
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Dinner at the Sheep Station. Sheep Farming and Romanian Shepherds

Before approaching the sheep station we had to take precautions, the Romanian sheepdogs (AKA Romanian Shepherds) would be loose so ...
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Aswan to Abu Simbel, Getting to Abu Simbel from Aswan

Abu Simbel is one of the greatest, most spectacular monuments or temples in Egypt and you are most likely to ...
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Hoteni Maramures, & The Tanjaua

Every May, the Tânjaua Hotenarilor or Tanjaua (the spring ploughing festival) is held in the village of Hoteni in Maramures Romania. ...
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Things to Do in Belgrade and Serbia

Can you tell us a few things to do in Belgrade? No? We couldn’t either until a week ago. We ...
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Thailand Itinerary 2 Weeks and 3 Weeks

A reader asked me to write a Thailand itinerary for her 3-week vacation, I think it’s best to start with ...
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How To Visit Patan Durbar Square, Kathmandu

Patan Durbar Square is in the city of Lalitpur, Nepal. It is one of three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu ...
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Hoi An With Kids

Hoi An is a magical little town on the coast in central Vietnam and is a lovely destination with kids ...
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School Days Are the Happiest Days of Your Life – Is a Lie

My dad used to say that to me when I was a kid. ” School days are the happiest days ...
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Maeklong Railway Market from Bangkok

Maeklong railway market is really no distance at all from Bangkok, is easy to get to and well worth the ...
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Kumquat Festival Hoi An & Tet

The kumquats and flowers of Tet were just one of the highlights and interesting happenings during our 6 months living ...
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Mi Quang, Eating and Cooking Mi Quang Noodles in Vietnam

Mi Quang- Mì Quảng is a noodle dish that originated in the Quang Nam province of Central Vietnam. It translates ...
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Skiing in Romania. Cavnic Maramures

We’ve had a fantastic time skiing here in Romania, the kids took a few private 1 on 1 lessons while ...
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January in Breb. Life in the Freezer

We’ve been waiting for this. When we first had the idea of basing ourselves in Romania, locals told us winter ...
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Singapore at Christmas

Visiting Singapore at Christmas, what is there to see and do in Singapore over the holidays and where should you ...
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48 Hours in Budapest. What to Do.

Ask anyone who has traveled through Eastern Europe to name their favorite city and they will almost definitely say Budapest. ...
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Telunas Resort Indonesia – Near Singapore

We spent Christmas in Singapore. Of those 2 weeks the highlight was our 3 days staying at Telunas Resort on ...
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Homeschooling History With World Schooling

I had a conversation over drinks last night with two gorgeous young Hungarian women about the realities of homeschooling (home ...
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One Year Around The World (Year 4 of World Travel)

One year of round the world travel. What we did and where we went in our 4th year of travel ...
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Best Gifts for Homeschoolers

Homeschoolers are some of the easiest people to buy gifts for because we (the kids and the parents) just love ...
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A Nomadic Family Lifestyle

We left home over 5 years ago to travel the world and we never wanted to go back. Becoming a ...
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Tha Kha Floating Market and Maeklong Railway Market Tour

Tha Kha floating market is a smaller, less well known floating market near Bangkok. It is a much better experience ...
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Visiting Northern Thailand on a Road Trip

Northern Thailand is one of the best places to visit in Thailand if you want to see beautiful temples, villages, ...
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Chiang Rai

Chiang Rai in Northern Thailand should be a lot higher on people’s places to visit list than it is. We ...
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How We Scored a Free Week of Hotel Stays in Thailand – Agoda Cash

This week we’re touring northern Thailand by car, it’s amazing, fascinating and fun with the added bonus of being incredibly ...
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Getting a New UK Passport in Bangkok Thailand, British Passport Renewal

This is how we renewed a UK passport in Bangkok. British passport renewal in Thailand. Our younger son’s UK passport ...
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The Hoi An Floods

We’ve been seeing amazing images in galleries around town of picturesque Vietnamese women paddling canoes and sampans through floodwaters in ...
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Banh Xeo & How To Eat It

The menu just said banh xeo, Vietnamese pancakes. We ordered them, innocent and unexpecting with no idea what would be ...
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Lunch in the Tuica Shed. Making Tuica in Maramures

Tuica (Romanian Țuică) in Maramures is big news. Our village, Breb, is full of fruit trees. The hills roll on ...
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What to Eat in Hoi An And Where

Hoi An is famous as a food lovers’ destination with many local specialities to eat. The Vietnamese food in Hoi ...
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Almanity Hotel Hoi An, Review

We only stayed one night, but the Almanity Hotel Hoi An was a resort, hotel, and spa, to fall in ...
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The Brasov Bear Sanctuary Romania (Heartbreaking) Brasov Bears

Romania has plenty of bears. Half of the European brown bear population lives on the forested hills of this beautiful ...
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Sunrise Premium Resort Hoi An Review

The Sunrise Premium Resort Hotel in Hoi An is one of the best places to stay near the UNESCO listed ...
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The Haystacks of Maramures. Hay Making in Breb

Haystacks are an unmistakable icon of Maramures. You will see them here all year round, punctuating the landscape on white, ...
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Vietnam Travel Blog & Guide

Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia’s best countries to visit, packed with history, stunning landscapes, cultural highlights, and amazing food. ...
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