When our youngest one was diagnosed three years ago with allergy to sesame, peanuts and tree nuts, we had to make a difficult decision of whether to succumb to our fears and give up travelling abroad all-together or to embrace this challenge and figure out how to do what we love with an anaphylactic child.The tips I am sharing here is what has worked for us THUS FAR and by no means it is an exclusive list.
Most of the travellers to Italy have very similar itineraries made of places like Rome, Florence, Tuscany or Amalfi Coast. Few venture to the south of Italy and even fewer to the Calabria region.While Calabria region is relatively poor in landmarks, leaving the tourists to enjoy the views of the coastline and mountains instead, the town of Tropea is definitely worth a visit while in Calabria
Growing up in Europe and then hearing over and over again from my North American friends about their life time dreams of visiting Europe, was something that I never truly understood. Even more so, the preoccupation with certain countries like France, Spain and Italy was one big enigma to me. Whether intentionally or not, I …
An unexpected solo trip to Poland in June proved to be a unique opportunity to visit Ardspach Rock Town in North Czech Republic . While Prague has become a “hot”place to visit and over last several years has seen increasing numbers of tourists from all over the world visiting this magnificent city, very few venture …
It is sort of ironic that we had more anxiety taking our kids on a 5 night cruise to Mexico than spending a month backpacking through South East Asia. Actually, my imagination was going wild and the idea of my kids running loose on a 14 deck cruise ship in the middle of the Gulf of …
One of the most frequent complaints I hear from my family and friends when travelling is about the long layovers they need to endure. Prior to having kids, these layovers were certainly annoying, but we felt like we could easily kill time napping or reading a book . However, since our two young rambunctious travel …
Those visiting Thailand via escorted tour might hear about Kanchanaburi in a context of a day trip from Bangkok to River Kwai. However, underestimating this place would be a huge mistake. Kanchanaburi province is a true adventure paradise for people of all ages. With the diversity of things to do, I would go as far …
Taman Negara Jungle Experience
If you are heading to Kuala Lumpur for the first time, chances are that you will start reading more on this magnificent city and its attractions. Whether it’s a paper book guidebook or Tripadvisor, you will quickly realize that Batu Caves is one of the ” must see”/ “must-do” places in Kuala Lumpur. Getting there …
We are not exactly big city minded sort of family. Whenever exploring cities, we typically start from finding some green space, like a park, to get away from the noise, traffic and overstimulation that big cities tend to offer. To our surprise, however, we ended up falling in love with Kuala Lumpur. It might have …
We knew that visiting Mekong Delta was on our “must do” list in South Vietnam. We also knew that we didn’t want another cookie cutter tour that for 30$ takes you to all the touristy places around Can Tho in 4 hours before putting you back on the bus for another 3 to get back …
By many considered a “ must-do” attraction when in Saigon, Cu Chi tunnels is really an interactive history lesson in a condensed form about Vietnam War. Visitors to the area can now crawl through some of the safer areas of the tunnels, view command centers and booby traps, fire an AK-47 rifle on a firing …
The idea of booking a trip that included Vietnam was sort of accidental. I was in a team meeting when I saw email in my personal inbox with an incredible open jaw flight deal that included Thailand , but it was landing in Ho Chi Minh city to then depart from Bangkok. Without thinking for …
It is almost embarrassing that after years of travel only very recently I discovered the practicality of packing cubes ! To my defence, I feel like that not that long ago they have become THE THING. So, intrigued by a post on traveling forum about must haves for travel , I started researching cubes. With …
Although not our most preferred way to travel, there are times when we book all inclusive vacations, even if only to get away from cooking and cleaning and enjoy cold coco loco on a nice sandy beach. Interestingly, even the least hassle free vacations appear to take me lots of time of researching …