Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “beach”
With January being summer school holidays over here we knew we wanted to go somewhere, but where to go? Melbourne is nicely positioned right across the Bass Strait from Tasmania, a place I really hadn’t ever thought much of visiting. Tassie, as it is universally and affectionately called over here is an island state in Australia known for its rugged …
Today we have been in Melbourne exactly two months. Usually I am complaining about time going by too quickly, but in this case the past two months feel like so long ago. We are settling in here. I have been open about the struggles and difficulties I have had settling here. I have also had lots of time to think …
After our amazing stay in Munnar, our driver Arun drove us back to Kochi and from there we said goodbye to him and the car and caught a train north to Kannur. On our drive back we saw hundreds of women walking in matching sarees along the side of the road. Our driver Arun could not really explain what it …
We had wanted to make the 150 km journey to Varkala by train, but since getting to the station would involve a ferry and taxi/rickshaw, we opted for the bus which left from Fort Cochin. It was a converted European city bus, AC and more expensive than the regular bus. We thought it was a 4 hour ride, but it …
Sometimes when I sit down to write a blog I don’t even know where to start. Do I start by telling you about everything we have done? Or about my thoughts on the amazing people we have met? Or about how amazing (and challenging) traveling with kids can be? Can I ever express properly the hustle and bustle of the chicken buses or the challenges …
We have been in Nicaragua for over 3 weeks now and although we are enjoying our time here, we have struggled to get into a groove. We are not sure if it is because we are on the tail end of our 6 months away, the nature of travel in Central America, travelling with 3 young kids, or the stress of trying to …
