As a new day dawns on a fresh new year in Samoa, I take my first steps on the earth for 2017. It’s not at all what I had been planning in my mind’s eye, it’s raining cats & dogs, I have two children in tow & am about to make a very awkward, […]
Whenever I travel with kids I focus on being super organised. My favourite travel companion, other than my family, is this a well organised Travel Wallet. As a busy mum & traveller I have found that there is nothing worse than being disorganised & under prepared, it is a sure fire way to kick […]
I always, always travel with a well equipped Travel First Aid Kit, no matter where we are going or for how long. I guess you could say that even though I love getting off the tourist trail with the kids, I am still a crazy safety mum! I always would rather be over-prepared then […]
Here is my Ultimate Packing List. I keep this on our computer & whenever we are packing for a trip I print it out for each person to tick off as they go. Sometimes the contents alter slightly, depending on where we are going, but usually by only adding or taking off a few […]
Over many travel adventures & tales shared by well travelled folk, I have managed to amass a number of great family travel tips. These choice tips will hopefully be helpful to the globe-trotting family, solo adventurer & everyone in between. Some are probably just common sense but some can only be tried & tested […]
Every now and then a place hits such a cord with me that every aspect of it sticks in my mind in glorious vivid detail. Workdays crawl by and I think about places I would rather be and people I would rather be spending time with. So many adventures to be had that if […]
I’m no going to lie; when it comes to a good old-fashioned road trip my family and I are failures on a gargantuan scale. Those who know us laugh about our lack of ability to get out of town without needing a toilet break and we seem to have an uncanny knack for turning […]
The sights, sounds and characters of a busy Saturday morning in downtown Honiara encapsulate in a single snapshot what it is I love about travel in the Solomon Islands. A continuous parade of buses and brightly coloured vans whizz past pilled high with pikininis and their mamas heading off to the central market. People […]
As the winter creeps in, the days get shorter and the temperature drops a craving for the mountains sweeps over me with fierce obsession. I can think of nothing else but time by the fire and the cold mountain air against my face making my cheeks turn a delicious rosy hue. Early morning fog […]
At some point in their wildest childhood fantasy, every kid yearns to grow up surrounded by adventure. Dreams of wide-open spaces that turn into the bluest crystal clear lagoons, just waiting to be explored by curious hands and feet. Reticent jungle hideouts that can only be accessed by boat are just itching to host […]
