Another wonderful year has passed, 2018 for us has been very exciting and has seen us grow and learn some more ... As always our year has been full of travel. Our trips this year have included a two-week adventure to Sri Lanka in April, with an action-packed stopover in Kuala Lumpur! We have not [...]
A Few Days in Canberra [was easy to entertain the kids]
There are so many things to do for families in Canberra, despite its reputation to the contrary Australia's capital Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, is highly underrated as a tourist destination. To start with, most overseas travellers don't even know it is the country's capital, and would struggle to find it on a map. [...]
Our Most Memorable Sunrises
Our World Top-10 List: Most Memorable Sunrises [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten most memorable sunrises based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels, many of them from our year-long trip around the world in 2005. Of course, it is the same sun that rises wherever you [...]
16 Apps for Smoother Travel
During our three months travelling around Europe last year, we relied on our electronic devices a lot to record, share, locate, connect and a myriad of other things, including even making calls! We have experimented with many travel apps and have come up with a core group that cover all the jobs we need and helps [...]
Our Most Memorable Sunsets
Our World Top-10 List: Most Memorable Sunsets [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten most memorable sunsets based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels, many of them from our year-long trip around the world in 2005. Of course, it is the same sun that sets wherever you [...]
Our Favourite Bridges
Top-10 List: Our Favourite Bridges from Around the World [more Top-10 Lists] This list is our own personal top-ten bridges from around the world based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. There are some iconic ones here, but also some that have made the list because of some significance for us. [updated in [...]
Favourite Museums
Top-10 List: Our Favourite Museums from around the world [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten museums we have visited, based on what we have seen and experienced in 30+ years of travel. Here are listed museum, there is another Top-10 List of our favourite art galleries. [updated in 2018 [...]
Our Favorite Countries
Our Top-10 List: Our Favourite Countries We Have Visited [ more Top-10 Lists ] This list is our own personal top-ten favourite countries we have visited based on what we have seen and experienced in our travels. The criteria used to determine this list included natural and man-made attractions, history, food and value for money. With [...]
The Kids have a Krazy Day in KL KidZania
KidZania, a place where kids have taken over the world, role-playing and doing adult things for a day. Apparently spending a day working in a supermarket or fast food outlet, fixing power poles or working in a science lab is a lot of fun. Our day spent at KidZania during a stopover in Kuala Lumpur [...]
Not Just Elephants in Sri Lanka
On our two-week trip to Sri Lanka last year, to keep the kids busy we played a game, making a note every time we saw a different animal (we did a similar thing when on safari in South Africa). It was a surprisingly popular activity, right up there with spotting different coloured tuk-tuks (we found [...]