Category Archives: Travel Diary
From Air-Con to Adventure: The Expat Family’s Complete UAE Summer Survival Playbook
I love summer. It’s my favourite season, or at least it was; until I had [...]
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Jun
Expat Parenting in Dubai: a Child’s Paradise
From Derby girl to Desert Dweller meet British Expat Mum Laura Our guest in the [...]
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Jun
5 unexpected highlights in fabulous Florida with kids
More than just theme parks – what did our family of 3 under 5 really [...]
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Apr
An aqua park, cheap booze and random camels; Welcome to Umm Al Quwain
Meet the UAE’s least populous and mysterious Emirate UAQ The UAE has an international reputation [...]
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Mar
Expat Parenting in Hardship Postings
Long distance parenting and working in post-war zones Bombings, malaria, civil war, earthquakes and evacuations. [...]
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Mar
Florida Challenge #1: The stopover challenge
Ok, making a stopover seemed like a good idea at the time. We spent hours [...]
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Feb
Abu Dhabi’s Best Brunches… with kids
Top 5 family-friendly Friday Brunch options in the capital (including the runners-up & best for [...]
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Feb
Yas Island – Abu Dhabi’s home of entertainment
Yas Island is the home for family entertainment along with high-adrenaline thrills in Abu Dhabi [...]
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Jan
Expat Parenting – Would You Gamble On Moving to Macau?
In this month’s Global Parenting feature, Our Globetrotters (OG) caught up with fellow Australian Gwen (G), [...]
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Jan
A World to Discover at Global Village Dubai
For a couple of years now we have driven past what we thought was an [...]
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Jan
Surprising Sri Lanka with Kids – Wadduwa & the South
My lesson in letting go and discovering my inner wanderlust I like to pretend I’m [...]
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Dec
Expat Parenting in Panama
Expat parenting in Colon, Panama with British expat Catherine Tropical storms, mosquitoes, power cuts and [...]
Nov
Grape Adventures in Great Southern, Western Australia
Best wineries for families in the Great Southern region of WA Since moving to the [...]
Nov
Phuket – what happened to the Land of Smiles?
Azure seas, amazing food, welcoming customer service with a smile That was the Phuket of [...]
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Apr
Desert Luxury at Qasr al Sarab, Abu Dhabi
Family Luxury or Romantic Retreat at Qasr Al Sarab? One of the significant perks of [...]
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Nov