Category: Travel By Location

Vatican City with Children – Strollers, tickets and crowds

Since my last post (which was almost 2 years ago to the day!) we have welcomed a new addition to the family. And so it was that my most pressing concern when visiting Vatican City was how accessible it was for younger children and babies. Tripadvisor was fairly evenly split between those who advocated throwing

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South Lakes Safari Zoo: Britain’s Most Controversial Zoo?

South Lakes Safari Zoo holds a special place in my heart when it comes to days out in South Lakeland in the English Lake District. Before becoming an expat and moving overseas, it was a regular feature of trips to the area. I’m not sure what made me like it so much but as a

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Exploring the Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam

35 degrees, blazing sunshine and extreme humidity. What better way to spend a morning than dragging a 5 year old and a 3 year old through the Vietnamese jungle, crawling through claustrophobically thin tunnels up to 8m underground and all with a background soundtrack of live weapons fire from thrill seeking tourists paying $1/bullet to

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Five things to do in Hong Kong with Children

As ‘Asia’s World City’ travellers to the famous eastern metropolis would be right to assume that there is a wealth of things to do in Hong Kong. From shopping to sightseeing and lazy beaches to a bustling nightlife, Hong Kong really does have it all. Living in Guangzhou for the past 2 years, we have

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Guest Post: Falling in Love with Chinese Tea – Nanjing, China

To help network great travel & family blogs we are encouraging fellow writers to share featured guest posts with us. This week’s featured guest post is from the website Yatripandit.com. If you would like to feature as a guest writer, please contact us. Two brothers from another mothers, bound together by wanderlust & an intense

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