6 weeks in Thailand, what a ride! If you've been following us on Facebook or Instagram, you'll know a lot about our trip already, but some of you don't and some of you will want more detail, so here's a round-up on our 6 weeks in Thailand, where we went, what it cost, what we did and how it felt to be a family on the move again. We all thought that this was our best trip to … [Read more...]
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Photos of Ironman Phuket 70.3 Half Ironman Thailand
Yesterday my husband, chef and dad at World Travel Family, competed in the Ironman Thailand Phuket half distance Ironman event. This was his second event in a couple of months, most recently he completed a full distance Ironman event in Tenby, Wales. ( See photos and write up on Ironman Wales 2016 here). We travel the world competing in these events, usually sharing some images … [Read more...]
Handling Your Money in Thailand. Quick Guide and Tips
Thailand is one of the more tricky countries for travellers to handle their travel money at minimum cost. We normally tell our readers just to get money out at ATM s or cash points, but in Thailand, that costs a lot. Just withdrawing cash from an ATM in Thailand can cost you half a day's budget, so you need a little insider information and a trick or two up your sleeve … [Read more...]
Long Neck Karen Women of Northern Thailand
Some larger images of our Long Neck Karen Hill Tribe visit. The full post about this experience, and other Hill Tribe experiences in Thailand, is here. … [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...]
Thailand Family Travel Blog and Guide
We've organised the best Thailand trips and tips here. Our Thailand Travel Blog and Guide page pulls all of our best Thailand travel information together, you'll find travel ideas for couples and singles here too, not just families. We've already done this with Sri Lanka, India and London Travel and you picked Thailand as the next holiday destination to cover. We're … [Read more...]
Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Busy Doing Nothing on The River Kwai
We've been in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, sitting here on the River Kwai for a week now. What have we been doing? Well, nothing, really. Sleeping on a raft, eating, reading, using computers and just watching the world go by. We did managed a little bit of school work, a very little bit. I'm a very relaxed homeschooler, almost unschooler. It's amazing how easy it is to do nothing … [Read more...]
Ultimate Worldschooling Ideas, Tips, Destinations and Resources
You're here because you think travel is a great thing for your kids and you've heard of worldschooling and would like to try it. Right? I want to help because world schooling ( global homeschooling, travel schooling, road schooling, nomadic homeschooling) has been my full-time job since 2012, we love learning as we travel and we want more people to try it. My boys are almost … [Read more...]
Take Kids to the Full Moon Party?
I've been wondering for days if we could take kids to the Full Moon Party at Haad Rin on Ko Phangan. I asked around and got mixed answers. Blog posts like this one describing it as a "war zone" had me wondering. In the end we went to find out for ourselves. This will go crazy on Pinterest! We just happened to be here on the gorgeous island of Ko Phangan at the right time. … [Read more...]
Travel Essentials I Couldn’t Travel Without 2019
It's been 6 years on the road now, what are our travel essentials and what should we have left at home? I spent 12 months thinking about what to pack for this, now epic, RTW trip. I wrote a few posts about travel gear and what I was probably going to pack as a way of getting it straight in my head and curing my terrible packing anxiety. When crunch time came I took a … [Read more...]