My baby boy was two years old yesterday. As luck (or good parental planning) would have it we finished up our latest round of travels and found ourselves at home, able to celebrate his birthday [...]
It’s the Fourth of July. American Independence Day. A day that our US friends celebrate the indepedence they gained from the British and a celebration that symbolises freedom. America was [...]
Food is a big deal in Penang. The locals are very proud of their cuisine. There a restaurants, food courts and hawker centres everywhere. Hawker centres are a fantastic concept. Picture an [...]
Penang is the island you come to when you don’t feel like being on an island. It has all the amenities of a big Asian metropolis but is compact, charming and diverse. Penang is a place [...]
I’ve always been a creature of change. I like to be a little different and to go against the grain. As a child, I was constantly picking up new hobbies (and dropping them a few months [...]
One of Reuben’s all time favourite books is “Beautiful Butterfly”. It’s simple, cute and colourful. Who is going up and down in the tree? Dragonfly flutters by. Follow me. [...]
Nakhon Si Thammarat to Hat Yai On our last night in Nakhon, we stumbled across an outdoor fairground. It was a little beaten up but the rides were cheap and toddler-appropriate. The whole thing [...]
We sadly just finished up our time in the Southern Gulf islands. We spent almost three weeks in total between Koh Samui and Koh Phangan. Despite Reuben’s meltdowns, we really enjoyed these [...]
The beginning of our week on Koh Phangan was somewhat of a trainwreck, marred by tantrums and generally feeling bummed. Reuben’s mood was bringing me down and my thoughts on everything else [...]
….or are we in hell? Things are pretty miserable for us at the moment. It doesn’t matter where in the world you are, a tantruming toddler can successfully ruin anything. For us, [...]