Tag: asia
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Visiting Turkey: Istanbul and the Mediterranean Coast
While we loved our time in Asia, I think the family did a collective sigh of relief upon landing in Turkey, our first country of Europe on this trip. Although the kids did remind me that Turkey is only partly in Europe, it generally feels more European than Asian and provided us with comforts we…
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Family Trekking in Nepal
Steve and I had been dying to visit Nepal for years, but were initially hesitant to put it on the itinerary for our family sabbatical because our main interest was trekking in the Himalayas and we were worried our 7-year old wouldn’t be able to handle it. We however were convinced by multiple friends who…
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Seeing the sights of Battambang and Siem Reap Cambodia
Hopefully you’ve read my other post on our volunteering in Battambang. This post I’m going to chat about the time we spent in Cambodia when we weren’t volunteering. We did have a couple of days off in Battambang to see the sights of the area, and we are now just wrapping up a week of…
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Volunteer English Teaching in Battambang Cambodia
We just finished two weeks of volunteering in Cambodia and I think it will be one of the most memorable parts of the whole trip. It was such an educational experience for us all and also such a privilege to be welcomed into a local Cambodian school community so warmly. The volunteering idea started as…
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Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and surroundings with the family in Vietnam
I have so much to say about Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) that I’m having trouble boiling it all down for this blog post, so we’ll see how this goes. I was really keen to have Vietnam on our itinerary because I have such warm memories of visiting here as a solo backpacker in 1998.…
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A week in Ubud Indonesia
We have just ended our week in Ubud, a town in the uplands of Bali, located in the midst of rice paddies and deep ravines. It’s known for being an art and culture centre and I believe was originally a quiet and laid back place to visit, but now is quite a busy tourist mecca.…
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