Spirited Away at the Ghibli Museum, Tokyo
There have been a few things which have been difficult to secure tickets for on this trip. A bus which left Ushuia at 3am and could only be booked in cash at a desk with unfathomable opening hours, the fantastic…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Red Lodge to Mount Rainier
All too quickly, we found we were onto the final leg of our US road trip, which took us from Montana, through a sliver of Idaho and on to Washington towards our final destination of Seattle. Red Lodge After making…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Grand Teton and Yellowstone
After Moab, the most southerly point on the roadtrip, we turned and headed north, towards another two National Parks on our hitlist, Wyoming’s Grand Teton, and the Grandfather of all National Parks, the enormous Jellystone Yellowstone. On the way, we…
U.S.A. Road Trip: Dinosaur National Monument and Arches National Park, Utah
And so, once we were out of the ‘Flat Bits’ phase of our road trip, we quickly entered the ‘Lots of National Parks In a Short Space of Time’ chapter. Just in time we invested $80 in an America the…
Florida, USA: The Magic of Disney World
Before we set off on ‘the trip’ we each wrote a list of things we wanted to do or see and where we dreamed of visiting in the world. Odessa’s list wasn’t very long, she wanted to see elephants and…
Guatemala: Lost in the jungle at Tikal
Tall limestone pyramids peeking above the jungle entangled in vines and covered in moss, with steps from top to bottom. If this is how you imagine your Mayan ruins, then Tikal is the place for you. The first archaeological remains…
Homeschool – start of summer term
It’s hard to believe we are already two thirds of the way through our Worldschool adventure as we embark on summer term at Newton School. There are definitely things the kids miss about real school, particularly their friends, organised sport…
On top of the world in La Paz
We didn’t know what to expect when we landed in La Paz from Uyuni, one hours flying time to the South, only that it would be a lot busier than our time out in the salt flats in the south…
A couple of days in El Calafate, Argentina
So, you’re ready to head off and visit Los Glaciares national park, but you’ve also got a couple of days to fill in El Calafate? Here’s what we did in town. El Calafate is a new town, only founded in…
Out and about in Punta Arenas, southern Chile
Like many of the great polar expeditions (for example Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition), we visited Punta Arenas both on our way down to deepest southern Patagonia, and also on our return journey north. For tourists, Punta Arenas is often a…
Adventuring Together
