Our awesome Taiwanese experience started in Vietnam, we were fortunate to be plucked out of a check in queue and directed straight to priority check in so we were processed very quickly. My backpack had done some dieting in SE Asia and luckily came in at 20.2kg. 200 grams over my allowance, it had been up to 2kg over! A delayed flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Taipei was a slight blip but it was a good flight….
It was a smooth travel day between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, having no border to cross helped! We even managed to do a load of washing and started the process for getting our visas for Vietnam on the same day. The following morning I went outside to hear some beautiful singing, in English! A home church was straight across the road. They sung 3 songs and I knew them all from the 90’s. That day and the…
So after our adventure getting to Siem Reap (see last Facebook post) we took Wednesday to recover. Swimming and screen time and rest. We had a 30 minute orientation drive around in the late afternoon which was nice. We liked the size of Siem Reap instantly. A quick google told us it was a similar size to our home town. The following day BK did some work so the kids and I headed out to a butterfly park/sanctuary. Very…
A bit of a different blog this week, I didn’t much like Bangkok and we didn’t really get up to much. We saw the Grand Palace with everyone else, it was very gold and pretty. I tried to wear the correct clothes but got pulled up on my leggings which were too tight so I purchased a skirt. It was very hot! So it’s been a month on the road. It’s been a month of excitement but also a…
I had heard a lot about this being a place visitors love. Well sign me up to that list! It’s been great. The temperature has been manageable, some nights we’ve even slept with the air con off. One morning was a cool 17 degrees! The flight up here from Krabi was great. Followed by a quick Uber to our apartment and falling straight into bed as I did not feel well. A fever and dehydration took me a couple…
Flying from KL to Krabi was an easy exercise. As soon as we arrived we dumped our gear at our villa and went into town on a tuktuk, with the craziest driver ever. We found the town full of busy streets, where it appears, Brits in particular, have come to have a break from being a responsible adult. 🙄 Not the greatest first impression! We had pizza for dinner, went to the supermarket for some breakfast supplies then rung up…
Crossing the causeway from Singapore to Johor, Malaysia was a cheap and easy experience, only NZ$11 for all of us. We arrived at our lovely Airbnb which was an apartment in a tower above a big mall. We were directed to a hawker centre with great food for dinner. The following day we had a quiet day which was spent at the pool, doing laundry, buying BK some jandals and generally resting after a very full on time in Singapore….
After a walk around the beautiful Mount Maunganui and a few last minute errands it was time to go to the airport, We had decided for our first flight we’d fly a full service airline. Emirates had a great flight from Auckland to Singapore with a 21 hour layover in Melbourne, perfect for us to see BK’s sister and her fam, then fly on to Singapore. On the way to Auckland Airport Emirates began emailing and texting me, first…
All families pack so differently, some blogs I follow carry ample suitcases, some travel with just carry on luggage. We are going to be in the middle! BK and I will take our full size packs (which we took last time we did this kind of trip pre kids!) plus our carry on suitcases. Our kids will be carry on backpacks only. I’ve been writing big lists of everything I want to take with us and I hope…
September update So we’re getting asked, a LOT, where are you actually going??? So to be vague and keep our family safe… but not too vague for all you curious people the trip looks like this… Disclaimer : We ask for those select few that know our exact cities and dates to please keep them to yourselves. December New Zealand, Australia, Singapore January Malaysia, Thailand February Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Hong Kong (+China & Macau) March Sri Lanka Greece,…