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Bangkok is an incredible city for families with teenagers. On our recent blended family trip – two adults and four teens (23, 18, 16, and 15) – we discovered just how much this city [...]

You might think visiting Bangkok is just a shopping mecca for adults and a nightlife hotspot for singles, but it’s actually full of family-friendly surprises. If you’re travelling to Thailand [...]

One day, while walking through Antigua, we passed the Choco Museo Guatemala. Never one to resist temptation, I dragged the kids inside immediately. The intoxicating smell of chocolate filled the [...]

Would you travel 6 hours for a $13 day out at Xocomil Guatemala, Central America’s largest water park? This hidden gem is tucked away from the usual tourist trail, far from the backpacker buses [...]

It wasn’t that I was looking for peace, but I did expect some kind of “wow” moment, some spiritual release or holy epiphany. After all, Jesus is my Saviour too. Instead, there was only one reason [...]

“I don’t want to go.” “Come on, darling. It’s a friendly whale, not a shark.” “No way!” He said, as he gripped the rails on the boat. So I jumped in without him. A minute later, my 6 year old [...]

Our festive adventure through the shadowy, snow-blanketed forests of Rovaniemi started like a Christmas postcard, me towing a sled overloaded with a wicker basket bursting with Christmas tree [...]

I couldn’t feel the cold, which was either pure adrenaline or a miracle, as the snow – whitened world zipped past. It felt like being wrapped in a cloud of frozen cotton candy while riding [...]

It all began when I wondered how many kids dream of joining the circus – or dashing off to Santa. My little elf almost did. For 15 tense minutes, I feared he’d been whisked away by the big [...]

I gingerly stepped out onto the springy net. It felt like I was walking on air. Below me, the dim cavern seemed to stretch to the very center of the earth, and I clutched the netting with sticky, [...]