An ever curious traveler with a passion for making memories with my family. I give families the tools to experience the joys of travelling, no matter your budget. Through quick, practical solutions. Join me if you'd like to make more memories confidently travelling with your kids, without straining your finances, going into debt, or feeling like you'd have to sell off a kidney to fund your next vacation.
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Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! How is your week shaping up? We are in the middle of downsizing, and packing up our life into about 6-8 boxes, in preparation for our temporary move to Victoria, BC before our big 6 month trip to South East Asia in December. I've always had big travel dreams and a desire to explore the world, learn new languages and now share that with my kids. There are definitely people in my life who don't "get it" including my family. Luckily my partner Derek is on board with my crazy ideas. And we've made some pretty unconventional choices over the last 5+ years to be able to make this happen. Although it took much longer than I hoped, the pieces are finally coming together. Yay! If you have big dreams, don't give up. Sometimes we need to pivot, and look at new or so-called unconventional ways to make things happen. No matter what the Negative Nellies in our life say. I believe in you! 🌻 Community UpdatesI've been focusing on vacation planning lately; vacation & summer meal planning & keeping the kids happy on the road. As we're going to be heading out on a 3-4 day road trip from Yellowknife to Victoria at the end of the month.
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An ever curious traveler with a passion for making memories with my family. I give families the tools to experience the joys of travelling, no matter your budget. Through quick, practical solutions. Join me if you'd like to make more memories confidently travelling with your kids, without straining your finances, going into debt, or feeling like you'd have to sell off a kidney to fund your next vacation.
Hello Reader from super sunny Thailand, After our wild Bangkok earthquake experience, we didn't end up doing too much over the next few days. However, Miss S. and I did take a super fun Thai cooking class. I highly recommend this easy & fun class (they even train professional chefs upstairs). Everyone got to choose their own 5 dishes to make, plus they gave us mango sticky rice for dessert. She did amazingly well, as we each had our own cooking station where we did all the cooking ourseslves....
Hello Reader, We were in Bangkok, Thailand for the earthquake. First of all we are ok. The airbnb we were staying in was a low-rise apartment, thankfully. Yikes. Not on my radar of possible things to happen during our 6 month trip, as Bangkok hadn't ever really experienced one like that in most people's lifetimes. In fact, we didn't realize it was an earthquake at first. I thought Derek was moving the bed around as a joke, until he said I think it's an earthquake. The lights were swaying, and...
Hey there Reader, No I am not talking about catfishing and dating.....because that's a whoIe other kettle of fish! I'm talking about hotels, and accommodations. You know those gorgeous photos of sun filtering through the most beautiful rooms and resort. Taken by professional photographers, and uploaded to the various popular booking sites. The one's that lure you in, inviting you to take the vacation of your dreams with your hard earned money. Only to find that once you get there, it's...