Family world tour 2016

Job hunting

After a hiatus of a year, I’m finally back on the job market. Here in Vancouver, now that it seems to be harder to obtain U.S. work visas, or at least that’s what we’ve been told by the media, there are plenty of opportunities in my field which is software development as U.S. companies are opening offices…

End of the trip — quick summary

We’re so behind updating this blog! We got home last week after traveling for a little more than 11 months - about 8 months we spent in Asia, 3 more in Europe, and this is a great time to come back home.

New Perspectives on Travel — Responsible Tourism

When we arrived to Cambodia, we were exposed to several issues which were rather new to us until then. Although we have heard or read about of several of these beforehand, we have not encountered them directly (or at least not consciously). In a…

Being sick on a long trip

As I write this post, N is lying in bed with an upset stomach and light fever. He had to go to the toilet several times during the night. He completely lost his appetite and we’re basically grounded as he cannot go outside in this state. Here is Agra, India.

A month in the Kingdom of Wonder

We just finished a month in Cambodia, it was truly a different experience than what we had so far. A poor country, still recovering from a long period of war, but in contrast to that, we found the people to be very friendly and smiling, even when their personal situations…

Xi’an, China (3/3)

Xi’an Great Mosque, Shadow play, Xi’an museum

Next day spent the morning doing arrangements for our next stop, Hohhot in Inner Mongolia.

Devices during a long voyage

We left home with the following stack of devices:
- LG G4 Vigor smartphone, about 1.5 years old
- Kobo Android tablet, about 3 years old
- Kindle touch, brand new
- 2 older LG smart phones acting as MP3 players, both about 5 years old
- Dell Vostro V131 laptop, about 6 years old…

The drawbacks of long term family travel

We all think that travelling with the family, especially on a long term trip is a great experience, with many adventures and quality family time. Although it does stand true in a general sense, on a day to day basis it can be also unpleasant and annoying as…