Yes, it happened, the day we never anticipated. After 5 and a half years of full time travel we met our first major booking related problem. We turned up to board our flight to be told that no, actually, we weren't getting on their plane today. Our tickets didn't exist, our flights had been cancelled and we were standing there at the check-in desk with 2 kids and 6 backpacks ( … [Read more...]
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Southeast Asia With Kids. Must Visit Destinations to Plan Your Itinerary
We posted already about our experiences of travelling around Southeast Asia with kids ( for 5 years!) now lets have a look at where you should go in Southeast Asia. What are the stand out, must see places, attractions and destinations. You're probably in the process of planning your Southeast Asia trip, so I suggest you get a notebook and start listing the places you and … [Read more...]
6 Simple Steps to Starting Your Own Blog and Making Money
In this post you will learn the basics of how to start and set up a blog and how to begin making money. It is aimed at complete beginners and at those wanting to improve their blogging game and grow their income. I am a travel blogger and a homeschool blogger, my online income supports my family as we travel the world. I'm not selling any blogging courses here, all of this … [Read more...]
Asia With Kids – What’s it Like?
First of all, don't panic. You can do Asia with kids, we did. In fact, it's pretty easy. I normally tell people how to backpack around or through South East Asia with kids, in that I help them with planning, itineraries and travel arrangements. Today I'm going to tell you what it's actually been like. We've been travelling or backpacking with kids for over 6 years now and … [Read more...]
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 temperatures can easily drop to -25C. We checked online, we couldn't find any records of temperatures that low, so we kind of didn't believe it but wanted to find out what winter weather in Maramures was like. January in Romania generally means a blanket of snow. … [Read more...]
Hoi An Markets : Central Market, Night Market and Others in Hoi An
We spent almost 6 months living in Hoi An, Vietnam , so we needed to shop at her markets regularly. We started with the central market, but as we found our feet we started to use Tiger market and more. The night market is just for the tourists, so more on where to shop in Hoi An, how, and for what in o First light, around 6am, a solo walk into the market. There is activity … [Read more...]
Europe Road Trip Costs
A reader asked me to post about our European road trip costs, so we collected the data, saved every receipt and collected all the information you need on driving around Europe for almost 2 weeks into this post. We have petrol ( diesel) costs for all of the European countries we visited, road toll charges, vignette costs and regulations as well as hotel, some food and attraction … [Read more...]
The New Blogger’s Check List
I have so many people in our Facebook group, Living Differently, who are about to start, or have recently started a blog or website that I thought a one off, comprehensive list or guide, a check list, would be a great idea to help them on their way. It will also help me stop repeating myself. These days everyone likes to have a printable pdf for lists and guides like this and … [Read more...]
Visiting the Pyramids and The Best View in Cairo
Bam, we're in Egypt. We're certainly not in Kansas anymore and Cairo hits you around the head like a sock full of sand. It's big, it's busy, it's crazy, it's dirty and it's freaking amazing! We arrived late at night, around 1 am at Cairo airport and were very glad we had a pick up arranged with our hotel to deter the taxi drivers who started hassling us before we'd even … [Read more...]
Best Plugins and Tools to Help Grow Your Blog and Income
To create an effective blog and generate a steady online income, you have to spend a little money. This is something I wish I'd realised years ago rather than struggling using every second-rate free tool I could find. Some free tools are great, sure, we use many here, but the premium versions are often mind-blowingly better. Some of the plugins and tools below are free, … [Read more...]
Surviving Winter in Romania
Winter has done its worst and the mercury is starting to hit positive numbers during the short days here in the remote mountains of Romania. This area is beautiful, harsh, inspiring and difficult and it's where we choose to be. Why, when we could live anywhere in the world, do we choose to spend winter in Romania where temperatures dip to -25C, snow and ice lie thick for … [Read more...]
Visiting the Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand
20 years ago I took an extended trek in Northern Thailand staying in various Hill Tribe villages in the Mae Hon Son area. We weren't just staying in the villages in quickly banged up tourist lodgings, we were staying in the villagers' homes. We carried our own sleeping mats, bags and mosquito nets and slept on wood and bamboo floors, sometimes on raised sleeping platforms, … [Read more...]