Japan Two Week Itinerary – Recommended by the Locals.
e didn't follow a standard Japan two week itinerary. We were tempted I'll admit, but the trouble was, nearly every Japan travel blog with a suggested two-week itinerary all seemed to point in the same direction. The 'to do' cities. The typical...
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Christmas on the Beach or In The Snow?
Christmas on the BEACH or Christmas in the SNOW? Snowy jingle bells and mulled wine or flip-flops and a cold glass of Pinot Grigio? Which one do YOU think is best?
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Deciding To Leave Everything Behind for a Year.
s it possible to leave everything behind for a whole year? The house, the job, the schooling, the bills.The dog. Is that possible? Leave everything behind to go and travel the world. Could I start a travel blog? Take two teenagers, a shed load of...
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Moving Back Into Our Kiwi Abode. Poo And All.
e have been back from our year-long backpacking trip around the world for almost two weeks. Yesterday, our renter's tenancy agreement ended and we moved back into our house on the hill in New Zealand. Initial thoughts when I walked through the...
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Going Home After A Year Of Travel
lright. I promised you a coming home post, so here it is. Firstly, let me say that just because we are back in New Zealand, it doesn't mean that it's the end of this blog. Far from it. Thanks to you lovely people this travel blog has grown...
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Overnight Train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai. What They Don’t Tell You.
f you are looking for ways to travel from Bangkok to Chiang Mai then you have a few options. Your choice will depend on a) your time limit) your budget and c) your sense of adventure. But, before you go rushing ahead being an adventure seeker,...
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Pessimist vs Optimist. Which Are You?
hat is an optimist and what is a pessimist? While an optimist will always find a way of seeing the positive in a situation, a pessimist will find every reason possible for things to go wrong. A doom and gloomer. Optimism vs pessimism. Which are...
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Hanoi to Phong Nha. How To Do It.
e have just spent 6 weeks backpacking through Vietnam as a family and we absolutley loved it. We flew into Hanoi, took the bus to Mai Chai and then took a sleeper train from Hanoi to Phong Nha. This post may contain affiliate links. They cost you...
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The Truth About Staying in a Stilt house in Mai Chau, Vietnam.
s a family, we travelled through Vietnam for six weeks. Within this time we lived in up in Hoi an, rolled in mud in the dark caves of Phong Nha and took a bus from Hanoi where we enjoyed staying in a Thai stilt house in the village of Mai Chau...
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I’m Liz and this is my family!
Previously in the Deacle drama… Life was getting too busy and although Liz was homeschooling and we had a good wage coming in from Brian’s business we were longing for an adventure. Fast forward to 2017. In November this year we set off to travel the world together.Go to our start here page to see how we are now embracing change, living differently and travelling the world on as little as possible!
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