One family's experiences around the world
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
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
Qatar Airways have just taken the crown as the most difficult airline we have ever travelled with. Poor weather, delays and unavoidable inconveniences aside, poor service from ground staff, the flight crew and customer service via email just made the whole experience difficult. Our experience traveling from Guangzhou to Manchester was like one of those
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
Visiting Tiananmen Square should rank highly on anybodies list when travelling in China. Named after the Tiananmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace) which separates it from the Forbidden City at it’s northern end, the square is enormous, having been expanded to four times it’s original size under Mao Zedong’s leadership in the 1950s. Mao’s vision was
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