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Ready, set, wriggle

AUSTRALIA | Thursday, 13 Sep 2007 | Views [696]

Someone asked me the other day how much stuff you pack for a six week family trip. Answer: when you are carrying it all yourself, exactly the same as a ten day trip! Online check-in is yet another superb benefit of the digital age: now we can ... Read more >

Tags: travel planning, children, family, travel, nomads, lonely planet, guidebook, home


Trip planning when travelling with children

WORLDWIDE | Sunday, 22 Apr 2007 | Views [870]

How times have changed. It's not like years ago where we just set off with a thin Lonely Planet Guidebook first edition (which often turned out to be wrong) and made it up as we went along. You can do that when your 25 and able to rough it but it ... Read more >

Tags: travel planning, recommendations, accommodation, places to stay


How times change

VIETNAM | Thursday, 29 Dec 2005 | Views [563]

We last visited Vietnam as two young travellers in April 1991. It had only recently opened to tourists, there was little infrastructure, and it was hard travelling. Having said that, it was a very special time too with incredible memories. Travelling ... Read more >

Tags: travel planning, children, work, jobs, bus, fun, memories, adventures



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