Our Tribe Travels Blog
In 2011 we left the UK to backpack around SE Asia. The trip was open ended as we wanted to travel together as a family whilst also seeking a new country to base ourselves in that would give us a more balanced lifestyle. The world was our oyster.
Our travel blog was a diary of our experiences as we adapted to the new challenges of backpacking with a baby in tow.
What an adventure (SE Asia)
1 idea, 1 baby, 1 husband and wife, 2 backpacks, 2 daypacks, 1 buggy, 6 months, 25 weeks, 176...
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Our new home (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Arriving back into Kuala Lumpur was an entirely different experience from our previous visit, as...
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Made to measure (Hoi An, Vietnam)
Up to this point Vietnam had been a bit of a disappointment, but I’d hoped that Hoi An would help...
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The sugar rush (China beach, Vietnam)
As we travelled further northwards we began to meet the cooler winter weather. This meant that: a)...
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The scream (General)
The title of this blog does not have any relation to the painting by Edvard Munch, but to the...
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Swan Lake (Dalat, Vietnam)
Dalat is situated 5 hours by road from Mui Ne up in the highlands. Our cramped little minibus...
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Sun, sea and lots of sand (Mui Ne, Vietnam)
After five hours sitting on a busy bus we were exited to finally see the sea. The journey should...
Read More“Bike, bike, bike” (Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam)
We’ve already mastered the art of crossing the road with ‘the boy’ in the sling, now we were going to have to master crossing the road with the buggy. This was not a task I was looking forward to. Ho Chi Minh is a manic city and...
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Road safety Sue (General)
A former boyfriend from my early twenties gave me the nickname ‘road safety Sue’ due to the fact...
Read MoreRoll up, roll up (Can Tho, Vietnam)
Our journey from Chau Doc to Can Tho was an interesting one. With very few details in our guidebook of onward travel, we booked a local bus through our hotel and were surprised when it was a small minivan, rather than a larger...
Read MoreJust keep walking (Chau doc, Vietnam)
After many days sitting in a tuk tuk and on coaches, and our most recent long journey being from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh to visit the Killing Fields (click here to read about our experience), the decision to take a coach or boat...
Read MoreBowls as boats and crocs! (Tonie Sap, Cambodia)
On our final afternoon in Siem Reap we visited the floating village. The village is located on the Tonie Sap lake, a huge expanse of water that meets the Mekong River. ‘The boy’, hubby and I jumped in a small tugboat and we...
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