Category: Travel
#48 Ecuador: Stray dogs and a big Yorkshire pudding
Trekking the Quilotoa loop Arguments during navigation are the norm for Becky and I. Often if I am driving and Becky has to navigate, tempers will fray and there will be heated words. I’ll ope... Read More
#47 Ecuador – Arachnids and Altitude
Getting high in Quito It was a treat to board a metal bird again after so many buses; a short flight from Bogota took us to Quito, where we were greeted with rolling hills and mountains on our decent ... Read More
#46 Colombia – Fast travelling
After leaving Tiempo de Juego in Santa Marta, we journeyed through Colombia from the pacific coast through to Bogota.... Read More
# 45 One year outta suburbia
April 28th 2019 marks our anniversary of leaving life in Cape Town. I’ve asked Becky, Rico and Tiana to write down their thoughts and feelings from being on the road for one year. This blog is a... Read More
#43 South America: Colombia
Leaving Cape Town wasn’t as difficult as I had envisaged. The trip had turned out to be the perfect tonic for our kids knowing that there was still a life for us there, their friends hadn’... Read More
#42 Cape Town: In and out of suburbia
Vietnam had been great for us. Some routine, stability, familiarity, new friends, warm people but still encapsulated in a simple easygoing lifestyle. As we’d been forewarned, a month in Hoi An... Read More
#38 Japan: Two families become one.
It was strange that two families were living together under one roof having not know each other previously. Over the first few days, Yoshi and Kana outlined how their household was run but made us fee... Read More
#37 Land of the rising sun: Japan
It was quite something to think that the next chapter of our life was being decided by just one Skype call and a few emails; a leap of faith but the gut feeling was good. Japan hadn’t been on our li... Read More
#36: World Schoolers and Grandparents in Sidecars
From Hoi An we had to head back to Bangkok for an appointment for further blood tests for Rico to confirm that the septic arthritis had gone. Rico had been on antibiotics for around 6 weeks, and thank... Read More
#34 Heading south in ‘nam
The sleeper bus delivered us to the deserted streets of Hanoi early in the morning. We made our way to the train station and sat being watched by a few early birds also waiting for the trains to... Read More
#32 Vivacious and Vibrant Vietnam
Hanoi Sitting in a cab in the early hours of the morning driving through the dark deserted streets of Bangkok on the way to the airport, I felt immensely relieved and grateful that we had emerge... Read More- 2 of 4
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