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  • Adventures,  Clothing,  Gear,  Round the World Trip

    Gear update: nine months into the round the world trip

    Warning: if you are a fan of gear, minutiae or gear minutiae you are in for a treat. Anyone else (is there anyone else?) should skip this one. This is a geeky yet epic rollercoaster of a post about what…

    By Jim May 3, 2023
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    Gear update: six months into the round the world trip

    Warning: this is a geeky post full of minutiae about what we have with us on the trip, as a follow-up to the original and the three month update. What is working well and what’s worn out. As before, even…

    By Jim February 1, 2023
  • Clothing,  Gear,  Packing,  Round the World Trip

    Gear update: three months into the round the world trip

    Warning: this is a geeky post about what we have with us on the trip, as a follow-up to the original. What is working well and what we have adjusted so far. Even if you scroll right to the bottom,…

    By Jim October 17, 2022
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    Gear,  Round the World Trip

    Packing one bag each for the round the world trip

    We leave in just a few days and the house is being packed away for storage. So the main thing on our minds at the moment is to make sure that everything we think we will be taking on the…

    By Jim July 31, 2022

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We leave early from nearby El Calafate and make for the massive Perito Moreno Glacier and an unforgettable day including walking on the actual glacier and some other surprises. The Perito Moreno Glacier is some 30km long and 5km wide at the foot, rising 75m above Lake Argentina. It is part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, which is the third largest store of fresh water in the world.
Walking on the Perito Moreno Glacier - an epic day!
The kids got the chance to experience some of the thrill of skydiving at iFly in Queenstown as we toured up the west coast of the South Island in our camper van. They loved it, and it appears are naturals
Skydiving from 12000ft (indoors!) in Queenstown, New Zealand
We take a longtail boat from Ao Nang to Railay to do some rock climbing on Phra Nang beach. Followed by a refreshing dip in the sea to recover
Rock climbing at Phra Nang beach, Railay, Thailand
We took a half day trip out from Muscat to snorkel and explore the Dimaniyat Islands in the hope of seeing plenty of fish and more - we were not disappointed. Turtles, lots of turtles
Snorkelling Dimaniyat Islands with the kids
We set out from the UK on the first leg of the round the world trip. A couple of days in Paris taking in Bois de Boulogne, the many play parks and theme park rides of the Jardin d'Acclimatation, Eiffel Tower and the zoo at the Jardin des Plantes
To Paris and beyond!
We ask the kids where they would like to go and why, with the help of an inflatable globe
Where To Go
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