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2 months in – Things You Learn Travelling with Kids Under 5

We’re now 2 months in! Every place we go Issy says “Can we live here forever?”. This is a change from 2 weeks in when the home sickness in all…

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Destinations, Family, Sri Lanka

A month in…

So we’re a month in. We’ve been in a total of 4 places in that month. Certainly slow travel. Here’s four things we’ve done and noticed. There are SOOO many…

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Family, Sri Lanka, Stories, Travel

5 mistakes resulting in a hospital admission: lessons learned for managing dehydration in kids whilst travelling in a developing country.

This is a confronting piece for us to write and share. This is a full disclosure post. All of our mistakes outlined, what we’ve learnt and how you might avoid…

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  • Family,  Logistics,  Travel

    Travel with kids. Is it worth the hassle?

    May 25, 2018 / No Comments

    I was talking to a friend of mine last week, we met at college whilst studying in Melbourne 15 years ago. Lots has changed for us in this time: Marriage, mortgages, kids. One thing that hasn’t changed is that we still love to travel. The adventure. The stories. The culture. The food. We’ve had kids, but that underlying yearning is…

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  • Family,  Logistics,  Sri Lanka,  Stories

    Confirmed: Our family of 5 have one way tickets to Sri Lanka for January 2019!

    May 15, 2018 / 6 Comments

    We have 5 tickets. We are content, comfortable, and secure in our home.  Yet we have 5 tickets. When an AirAisa sale appeared on the March long weekend, we jumped in at the deep end and booked one way tickets to Sri Lanka for January 2019.  In less than 7 months we will be living abroad with our 3 children under 5. …

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  • Family,  Logistics

    Our 3 non-negotiables for travel as a family

    May 13, 2018 / No Comments

    We are not (yet!) experts on travelling with young kids, we’ve just done it a few times, rolled with the punches and adjusted our plans on the hop (See our previous post on the ups and downs of our trip to Myanmar). However, if you are wanting to travel overseas with young kids (we mean little people < 5 yrs…

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    Lisa Ross
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