Summer 2010: Notes from our trips to Philippines and Thailand

Emirates is the most kid-friendly airline we’ve ever flown, followed closely by China Airlines. For our flight from and back to Lagos James got a kit and mini backpack with stuffed animals, activity book, mini book (Dr. Seuss), crayons, and toothbrush. The new Dubai terminal has free McLaren baby strollers at Departure/Arrival gates, wow! This [...]

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Carrying On

What’s the perfect carry-on for people traveling with infants and toddlers? We thought having a child will slow us down, and it has in some ways (goodbye to late night parties), but we still travel a lot. Since James was born we’ve moved from Pakistan to Nigeria, traveled around the Philippines (2x), Thailand (3x), and [...]

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Four Countries in 6 Weeks

Yeah, we’ve been back for a month now. One would think I would be updating this blog more often since I am not working this year. But I have made it my goal to lose weight, spend more time with our baby, set up an herb and salad garden, and start a book project and [...]

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Lonely Planet’s Thorntree

Before we embark on an adventure to a new place I used to check the Thorntree, Lonely Planet’s travel forum. With a bit of patience one will find little nuggets of useful information all related to traveling and living anywhere. There was a time when I got addicted to it, staying up late at night [...]

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