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We have been in Malaysia for 3 weeks now and although we still call Canada “home” we are feeling quite settled here. Contents Ella Starts School Ella started preschool last week at the International School in Ipoh and that has brought lots of challenges and tears. Although the school is an International school in name, most of the students …
We have been in Malaysia for a week now, although it seems much longer and have settled in nicely. We thought we would try to blog about our adventure over here to keep family and friends up to date on what we are up to. Hoping to share more about Malaysia, the expat lifestyle, our travels, food, what the kids …
After 3 weeks traveling around the South Island, we were looking forward to a week of mostly staying put in one place on the North Island. We fly into Auckland, picked up a rental car and first headed to Rotorua, a cultural centre of the Maori people and a town known for its thermal mud pools and geysers. In …
Since I was off on maternity leave, it seemed like a good opportunity to go away for a longer trip. We had visited Australia in 2005, but really wanted to visit New Zealand. We managed to get away for a month in March and spent 3 weeks traveling around the South Island via RV and 1 week on the North …
Since I am off on maternity leave this year, we figured it would be a good time for a longer trip. I am only using 11 months of my maternity leave, so Paul took 1 month maternity leave from work and we went away for the month of June. UK Visit Paul is from England and we don’t get back …
Arriving into Cambodia was a welcome change from the chaos of Vietnam. Cambodia is mostly a rural country of 14 million people and it reminded us more of Thailand and Laos. Hence the title “Same same, but different” which is an extremely popular phrase in SEA. We arrived into Cambodia on a slow boat from the Mekong Delta. We piled …
