Everest Base Camp Day 3 – First Sight of Everest
Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way – Day 3 First Sight of Everest It is not, exactly, that our legs hurt, but even the sight...
Tagged: children
“Little Bit Up” – Everest Base Camp Day 2
Everest Base Camp the Lazy Way – Day 2 Phakding to Namche Bazar “I don’t know why they build these bloody paths like this,” says...
Alpine Paradise – Everest Base Camp Day 1
Everest Base Camp The Lazy Way – Day 1 After the terrifying flight into Lukla, the town itself is surprisingly charming: brightly painted, wood-frame houses...
Ready, Set? Errr, No….
We head off to Everest Base Camp tomorrow morning, flying into Lukla where, insha’allah, a porter awaits us on arrival. And, for all that the...
Things To Do With Kids in Bali — Sick Child Edition
Zac is well on the mend from his surgery. But not enough to do many of his favourite things, or even ride a motorbike —...
How To Climb Mount Kinabalu with Kids
Mount Kinabalu, in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, is marketed as the highest mountain in South-East Asia, excluding the Himalayas and Puncak Jaya in Indonesian Papua. And...
More Adventures in the Greek Health Service
We awake predawn on the day of Zac’s surgery, for the trip to the regional hospital. By 8am Zac has a new piece of paper,...
Adventures in the Greek Health Service
Zac has mentioned to me on a couple of occasions that he thinks he has an embarrassing childhood ailment. To which I have typically responded,...
50 Things To Do Before You’re Twelve
Climb inside a pyramid. Hold dinosaur bones. Dive an undersea volcano. Walk on the Great Wall of China. Roll down a sand dune. Surf on...
It’s All About The Cross-Hatching
“Bwahahaha,” I say. “Did you know the Chinese for ‘writer’ is, literally, ‘sit-at-home’?” “No,” says Zac. “NOOB! The ‘zuo’ in ‘zuo-jia’ is a different kind...