A family adventure with a twist…

Lots of people have been asking me what a typical day looks like for us. Well it is certainly different to our life before we started this adventure! There we used to rush out the door most mornings, juggle school and creche drop-offs and collects, ferry kids to after-school activities, throw a dinner together as…

Having decided to continue our family adventure into Central America, we had the not so minor logistical task ahead of arranging shipping for our house-on-wheels. As previously mentioned, while Colombia and Panama share a physical border, there is no road connection due to the dense jungle separating the countries. As such, shipping would be our…

As we travelled north alongside the immense Pacific Ocean and through the majestic Andes Mountains, a relatively important decision loomed larger and larger in the background. It was something we had discussed both prior to beginning this family adventure and along the way at various stages. But as time and kilometres ticked by, this was…

Arriving in Cartagena de Indias (to give it its full name) could best be described as arriving in the middle of a raging inferno, just without the actual flames. We have been to many hot places on this adventure, but a combination of the heat and humidity made the city as challenging as we had…

Having spent ten days in the hectic capital city of Bogota, proceeded by a couple of months of fairly full-on tourist activity, we felt that a change of dynamic was required for us all. We could see that the kids had been having too much stimulus via tours, trips, sights and attractions. We had been…

While travelling through Peru and Ecuador, we had met quite a few fellow travellers. Often we would share details about where we had been, stories of life on the road, and future plans for the upcoming weeks and months. Two things that we kept hearing were about; the amazing Moroccans and their beautiful campsite and…

In many places in South America (and the world over for that matter), indigenous people often struggle to get their voices heard with local and national authorities. Try as they might, those in power frequently fail to engage and help resolve the issues of the people living there the longest. As we are aware in…

After more than nine month travelling with two young children, we have learned quite a lot. We have learned more about mechanics than we had in a lifetime. We have learned that travelling slower works better for us as a family. We have learned that everyone’s needs must be met for dynamics in the camper…

We will remember our time very fondly in Ecuador. We loved the amazing fruit, literally falling off the trees all around. We loved the warmth of the people on the roads who waved and beeped incessantly, leaving us feeling like celebrities everywhere we went. We loved the incredible natural beauty that the Andes Mountains presented…

Rubbish, litter, trash, garbage. Call it what you will, it still means the same thing. I have had the good fortune to travel in many parts of the world, including some parts of the developing world. Such countries have many issues to resolve, from public healthcare to housing, welfare to crime. Given such challenges, some…