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Scandinavian Solstice
My sister-in-law Amanda has been inviting us to spend midsummer in Sweden for a few years at her family home but as its right before school usually ends we haven’t had the chance to join Read more…
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What about homeschooling?
A lot of the time we get asked the question how is it to homeschool the kids? This is something we are still in the process of trying to figure out. Is this even homeschooling? Read more…
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Greece so far so good
We left home 15 weeks ago. I can’t believe it’s only been that long as so much has happened. I had really expected a meltdown or two by now from one of us wondering who’s Read more…
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The last village in Albania
After a few weeks exploring Albania’s mountains in the north and the coast to varying degrees of success, we planned our next move which had been on the cards for a while – to volunteer Read more…
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And then we were 9 – travelling onwards to Siem Reap
Now with our expanded party of 9, we left the capital for Siem Reap ready to take on the hordes and elbow shuffle our way through the temples. We toyed with the idea of taking Read more…
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Touring Phu Quoc
So after Robbie’s slight downer on arrival into mass tourism we tried to keep our chins up between the “see it now while it’s still like this” urge and the guilty knowledge that we and Read more…
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Superdong to the rescue!
The Mekong Delta is great for bike touring as it’s totally flat and offers a chance to experience Vietnam in all its loveliness and weirdness. There are hardly any tourists apart from in certain spots, Read more…
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Mekong floating markets
The traditional way to buy and sell from wholesalers in this area is from boats in floating markets. The families live on board and travel around the delta on its various canals and Mekong tributaries Read more…
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Island hopping – Mekong style
We spent the next few days meandering around several Mekong islands south of Ben Tre and West towards Vihn Long cycling through tiny dirt road and staying at rustic homestay farms and guesthouses en route. Read more…
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Day 3: My Tho to Ben Tre
Today’s destination was Ben Tre, just a short ride across some islands to get to this supposed little Mekong backwater town. Unfortunately we had misread the map and realised that the ferry route we planned Read more…