Dubai Cultural Tour
Are you travelling to Dubai? We can’t recommend it highly enough. This cultural tour and lunch along with a desert ...
Two Weeks in Istanbul
We’ve been in Istanbul now for almost 2 weeks so I thought I’d do one of those posts where I ...
Armada Hotel Istanbul (Review)
We’ve enjoyed 5 nights at the Armada Old City hotel in Sultanahmet, Istanbul. Sultanahmet is the tourist hub of the ...
Turkish Breakfast in Istanbul
Turkish Breakfast is delicious and comprises diverse dishes, baked goods, cheese, meats, honey, olives, and salads. In this post, we’ll ...
Things to Do in Galle
As you’d expect from one of Sri Lanka’s major cities, things to do in Galle are numerous and diverse. However, ...
Pak Ou Caves, Luang Prabang
If you’re travelling in Laos, a visit to Pak Ou Caves, Luang Prabang would be a great trip to add ...
The British Garrison Cemetery in Kandy, Sri Lanka
The British Garrison Cemetery is a place of interest in Kandy Sri Lanka. It’s well worth visiting if you have ...
Luang Prabang, Laos (Travel Blog)
Gorgeous Luang Prabang in Laos has been a tourist hot spot since the international airport was modernised and extended in ...
5 Unmissable North India Destinations For Families
Have you been to India? India is a country many of us fall in love with before we’ve even been, ...
Kayaking, Tubing and Caving in Vang Vieng in The Wet Season, With Kids
A reader asked for information on the kayaking and caving trip we took in Vang Vieng Laos, so, happy to ...
Kandy to Dambulla, Sri Lanka
This post is about getting from Kandy to Dambulla to visit the Dambulla Cave Temples, the experience of visiting and ...
Things to do in Kandy Sri Lanka
When you think of things to do in Kandy the big-ticket attractions are what probably come to mind, places like ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Monkey Attack! Sri Lanka Photo Post
Monkeys are everywhere here in Sri Lanka. I’m sitting outside our room watching them right now. You may not see ...
Visiting The Kandy Devales, Sri Lanka
Admission prices to the big attractions in Sri Lanka are steep. It’s something that you need to factor in to ...
Food in Sri Lanka (The Problems!)
If you’ve been following our Facebook page over the last month, you’ll have seen me alternately complaining and raving about ...
Walking Around Ella Sri Lanka
I think Ella in the hill country of Sri Lanka is one of my favourite towns so far. It’s full ...
Little Adam’s Peak Sri Lanka
If you know Sri Lanka you’ll know all about Adam’s Peak but you may not have heard of Little Adam’s ...
Mirissa Beach Sri Lanka (Paradise Found!)
From now on, when people ask me where to stay in Sri Lanka, I’ll tell them Mirissa Beach. I think I’ve ...
We Saw a Blue Whale, Really! Whale Watching, Mirissa Sri Lanka
In general, I believe that anything is possible, that’s mostly what’s got us where we are today. But if you’d ...
Why Go To Sri Lanka?
As I just said on my Facebook page, words cannot express how much we love Sri Lanka. Seriously! It’s like ...
Kuala Lumpur. Best Family Accommodation, Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur is a wonderful city, in one moment ultra slick and modern, the next ancient, traditional and cultured. Its ...
Legoland Malaysia Review. Totally Awesome!
Legoland Malaysia is outside Johor Bahru in Malaysia. It is just north of Singapore, in the far south of Malaysia south ...
Hotels Near Legoland Malaysia Johor Baru
By popular demand, here are our experiences of hotels near Legoland Malaysia Johor Bahru. We had a really good time ...
Malacca With Kids
Keeping the children happy in Malacca isn’t hard at all. Malacca with kids is a great destination with plenty for ...
Kawan Kawan Guest House Malacca (Melaka) Review
Malacca doesn’t seem to be much of a backpacker town, most of the tourists we see are local and/or considerably ...
Malacca Travel Blog. First Impressions.
Malacca is a strange place. Arriving on the bus from Kuala Lumpur, on motorways that could easily have been in ...
Costs of Staying on Ko Phangan, Haad Salad
We were on Ko Phangan for 6 weeks, looking back, it was a blissful, perfect time, other than my husband’s ...
What Do We Do All Day? Haad Salad, Ko Phangan
One of our readers wrote: I’d love to simply hear more about your day-to-day lives. What do your kids do all ...
Medical Dramas on Ko Phangan and Surgery on Ko Samui
This morning, 4 months into our trip, my husband is having emergency hernia repair surgery on Ko Samui. I’ve always said ...
Why Visit Goa (and why we’ll be going back!)
I’ve posted before about how much I love India, but Goa was my first love. I went on a cheap ...
Travel Makes You Thinner!
Travel makes you wise, we all know that, and wisdom makes you sexier and cooler, but on a totally shallow ...
I knew hiring a scooter on Ko Phangan was a bad idea…
Years ago, in Vietnam, when we were on our first RTW, I had a go at driving the moped we’d ...
Bangkok to Ko Samui (and a Scam to Avoid.)
You have plenty of options for getting from Bangkok to Koh Samui in the far southwest of Thailand. Modern Thailand ...
The Monster of Concrete, Vientiane
The Monster of Concrete is a nickname given to a large concrete monument in Vientiane, Laos. It is correctly known ...