Top Things To Do In Jordan

Jordan is amazing, and for us, it felt completely safe for family travel. We just spent eight nights in Jordan, and I really wish we had longer. There is so much to see and do for families, and parents can have a great time too.  As a single Mum, I am really conscious of traveling […]

Our Perfect Day in Costa Brava Spain

Today is day 3 of our trip along the coastline of Costa Brava. We are getting to know each other in our group pretty well, and have loved our time so far – which has just been jam-packed with things to do and see. Day one that you can read here, and also Day two that […]

NOW is the perfect time to visit Egypt Part 1

We have not disappeared off the face of the earth for the past week and a half. Rather we have been exploring Egypt with Egypt Uncovered on their Nile Explorer tour and in particular, the southern area near Sudan where the Nubian people of Egypt live. We traveled to Cairo via Istanbul, and it was a bit of […]

Relaxing in the Pyrenees of Spain

We have decided to end our time in Catalunya, by hopefully relaxing in the Pyrenees of Spain at Hotel Muntanya and Spa – Cerdanya Resort. It took most of the day to get here because we left Lloret de Mar in the morning and took the back and mountainous roads that zigzagged around the hills. […]

Top Ten Tours And Day Trips Around Hanoi Vietnam

Hanoi is considered the hub of Vietnam. So it makes sense to start your visit to Vietnam in Hanoi, or alternatively end it here, using Hanoi as your base. We started our Vietnam travels in Hanoi and then traveled by coach to Sapa. Here we spent three incredible days touring in this region. We returned […]

Lloret de Mar – when pictures say 1000 words

We recently had to weeks in Lloret de Mar, Catalunya, Spain Instead of writing about it, I’m going to show it to you in picture form. Because “pictures say 1000 words”. Please note – some of these photos are taken by ten-year-old Explorason – he dreams of becoming a professional photographer and has a passion […]

Direct Flights from Australia to China

Direct Flights from Australia to China Direct Flights from Australia to China is something that previously never existed and used to involve a stopover. Especially if you were flying from a smaller city like Adelaide. But now times have changed and there is no need to spend a night in Sydney or Melbourne, let alone […]

Formal School Vs World School

Formal School Vs World School If I had a dollar for everytime someone asked us “what do you do about school” then I would be a rich woman!  All over the world, both my son and I have been asked this question over and over again!  Not because people think he is uneducated, but because […]

Halls Gap The Grampians An Australian Piece of Paradise

Halls Gap The Grampians An Australian Piece of Paradise We’ve traveled all over the world and visited many amazing countries, but right here in Australia, we discovered Halls Gap The Grampians – an Australian piece of paradise. We all experience that ‘one instance’ when we take a sigh and say “I wish I knew.” We […]

FREE Things To Do In Melbourne With Kids

Have you ever dreamt of going on vacation and not spending a cent?  It can be done and we are here to show you how. It feels so good when you know you can go to a place, have so much fun and discover that you never spent anything and you are in Melbourne with […]

When Kids Grow Up

As parents, we often fail to understand just how fast time flies. It never hits us that the babies we once nursed in our arms are growing fast into high school students and are slowly beginning to hate the “kiddish” things of life. OLDER KIDS HATE IT WHEN MOTHERS TREAT THEM LIKE BABIES: A LESSON […]

What In The World Are We Up To Now?

Things have been a little quiet on the blogging and social media front from us lately, so I decided it was time to put to bed some rumors that we had QUIT traveling entirely and share with you from my heart where we are at. So firstly to put to bed the rumor we have […]