The moment the kids walked outside for the day from air conditioned comfort into Bangkok’s heat and humidity (and mind you, this was in its ‘coolest’ month) they went from boisterous chatty creatures to an upright form of sloth – with all respect to sloths everywhere – barely able to put one foot in front…
Our family is almost entirely committed to Apple. It’s a solid, if sometimes tense, marriage. We decided to bring a third (old model )iPhone (with a standard tetchy unpredictable battery) on this trip as an emergency backup to our two phones. Well, only two weeks in and having a third phone has been a revelation.…
After a great flight on Thai Airways (lots of food, comfy seats … kids said they never want to go back to Jetstar) we spent a night at a hotel near the airport and were picked up after a swim and brekky by the aptly named Happy Taxi Company; apt because this part-limo-inspired minivan, complete…
In our minds eye we had imagined a quiet ‘soft’ launch of BussAbout staying with dear friends for eight days, who moved earlier in the year to a lovely area at the foot of the Blue Mountains (thank you Toni and Jim and kids!). The house was bubbling full with five kids and four adults…
Probably one of the top two questions we’re asked is ‘how many bags are you taking?’ accompanied by a look of combined horror and concern. Honestly, we’ve packed more than we had planned but as soon as we’d decided on a white Christmas in Europe (which has stretched to a full six months of wintry…
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