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The Club Hotel Singapore – Where Old Meets New

Spending a vacation as a family in Singapore so much fun. One of the most important considerations prior to arriving is selecting the place to stay. There are so many hotels in Singapore, so where should a visitor in this grand city stay? I have not been to Singapore for over 30 years and had no […]

Flying to Singapore with Scoot Airways

A new chapter has begun for Exploramum and Explorason departing Australia for our second major travel expedition. Originally leaving Adelaide in 2012, we then successfully explored 65 countries over four years, before returning to Australia to celebrate my father’s 90th birthday late last year. Over the past few months we have been really quite busy […]

Make Your Holiday Run as Smoothly As Possible

Photo supplied – see footnote: Image credit When you get the chance in life to travel you should always go for it. It opens up your eyes to a whole new way of living, and you experience things you would never have otherwise. But traveling can be stressful- with inevitable queuing and delays, baggage can be […]

If You Could Spend Christmas Anywhere?

Recently we were asked by the famous nomads Travel With Bender, to be part of an article sharing where families would choose to spend their Christmas – if it could be anywhere in the world. Last year we spent Christmas in Romania. We visited the Christmas Markets, it snowed, and we had our own little apartment […]

Take A Long-tail Boat Tour in Bangkok

What is a Long-tail?  It is not a long tail of a monkey. Nor has it to anything to do with the long-tailed reptiles that lie on the banks of the rivers in Thailand. As we are in Thailand we will tell you just what they are soon. But first; did you know Bangkok is […]

Kids Make Homeless Feel Special At Christmas

Kids care about the Homeless at Christmas. Now we have returned to our home-town of Adelaide for a while, it is lovely to catch up with friends.  Last week we finally caught up with one of Explorason’s ex-schoolmates. A lovely ten-year-old girl named Charlotte, who has recently moved to the countryside. Whilst we were there […]

Why Travel Has Ruined My Life

Explorason is a ten-year-old Australian boy. He has traveled the world to over 60 countries and is in his fourth year of world travel. Here is a ‘tongue-in-cheek’ article he wrote himself about his world adventures, and why they have ‘ruined’ him. “I’m 10.  This is how a life of traveling has ‘ruined’ me”. Educating is […]

Langkawi Malaysia Things To Do For Kids A-Z

A to Z of Top Things To Do For Kids In Langkawi, Malaysia We’ve just returned from the most fabulous week in Langkawi – which is a tiny island off the coast of Malaysia. We had so much fun we decided to put together an A to Z of things to do there for kids. Please share this […]

A Temple In A Tree In Thailand

A temple in a tree is actually possible!  Hidden inside a tree is a Buddhist temple, not far out of Bangkok, Wat Bang Kung is found (around 100 km out of Bangkok), but you need to look to see it because the tree roots have grown over the temple! We’ve just been to the Floating Markets nearby […]

Don’t Miss Floating Markets outside Bangkok Thailand

When we first arrived at Bangkok we were informed that the old Floating Markets of Bangkok were …. gone …. finished …. kaput …. over. Oh No!  Having visited them 30 years ago, they were one of the memories that I thought would remain institutional forever. A memory I wanted to share with my son. […]

Hottest New Holiday Destination For Families – Langkawi

Recently we decided to continue our world journey and head from Africa via Thailand, and then onto Malaysia.  When I was researching, I discovered the hottest new holiday destination for Australian families, so we decided we just had to go and check it out. We are so glad we did. We had an amazing time, […]

Exceeding All Expectations – Bangkok Thailand

We step up to the window and before us is the most magical view of Bangkok City at twilight. Colored taxis whirl below us like ants an army of ants, as the city slowly becomes a speckled display of lights. For us, this is a magical moment. Right outside the bedroom area of our Dusit […]