Like nomads, but with more stuff

One thing that gets tricky for a foreign service family living in a country with a volatile currency is the subject of allowance. In the 18...

After the running around in Cambodia, we had a week in Thailand to do beach-pool-beach. We chose Koh Samui and split the week between two...

I have never, in my adult life, been this sick for this long. I am now rethinking my previously reasonable reasons for not getting the flu ...

We debated whether it was worth waking up so early to see the sun rise over Angkor Wat. You never know day to day what the sunrise will b...

  On our second-to-last day we went on a tour of a silk workshop. It was pretty exciting for me because the larger project of preserving ...

When our flight from Astana arrived in Bangkok, there was a lady holding a sign with our names at the gate. She said there was some issue w...

Our fourth day was definitely the highlight of the trip.  This tour company, Bees Unlimited , had been recommended on some blog, I forget...

In packing for the trip, we realized we hadn't traveled anywhere particularly challenging with the kids until now. Most of our travels ...

For our second day we were more organized, and although it became a bit of a chore to make the guide slow down so we could go our own pac...