Author: Keryn

We are a family of four very normal Kiwis (New Zealanders). We are setting out to explore this amazing world we live in and to prove you don’t have to be rich or famous to do cool things with your life. We hope to inspire other families to travel and explore, at home or abroad. Both parents work in salary capped positions as a fire fighter and a teacher. Our kids dance and play football (the one with the round ball), they have friends and play dates, they get scared and they laugh and they cry. We are just like your family, except we are travelling for a year - please join us.

Travel Safety

Posted on 26 June 20238 December 2023 by Keryn

In these unusual times it is important to keep an eye on travel safety advisories. Your first port of call should be “Information for travellers” issued by your own government. You can also look at the WHO website for information on pandemic and other outbreaks that may affect your journey. For a short stay holiday […]

Zara’s Blog

Posted on 25 June 202325 June 2023 by Keryn

When we start travelling this is where Zara (9 years old) will post her art, poems, thoughts, photos and video. Feel free to subscribe to our site or just to Zara’s blog – she loves reading and replying to comments.

Lucas’s Blog

Posted on 25 June 202325 June 2023 by Keryn

Once we start travelling this is where Lucas (13 years old) will post his own thoughts, ideas, photos, video and art.

Photo and Video – Capturing your Journey

Posted on 25 June 202326 June 2023 by Keryn

Photography and Video need to become a part of your travel and not an interruption to your travel. Having the right equipment is a huge step towards making this possible. What We Carry v’s what You can get away with.. US YOU ACCESSORIES Go Pro ACCESSORIES ACCESSORIES We choose to keep our main camera on […]

Lake Waikaremoana

Posted on 23 June 20237 December 2023 by Keryn

New Zealand Great Walks I’ve walked it, I’ve run it and I’ve paddled it. Lake Waikaremoana (From the Maori Waikaremoana translates as ‘sea of rippling waters’). Lake Waikaremoana is located in Te Urewera in the North Island of New Zealand, 60 kilometres northwest of Wairoa and 80 kilometres west-southwest of Gisborne. It covers an area […]

Hong Kong

Posted on 23 June 202323 June 2023 by Keryn

We have walked and walked and walked…and shopped and shopped and shopped! It has been a flying visit but we have had a lot of fun wandering the streets – filled with everything from antiques to the latest whiz bang inventions. We have followed a couple of different of walking tours that have taken us into […]

USA – Alaska

Posted on 23 June 202326 June 2023 by Keryn

We spent a few days in Denali National Park (home of North America’s tallest peak, Mt McKinley/Denali). The National Park has an interesting system for hiking. The park is divided into 43 units of land, each with a quota to determine how many people can tent each night dependant on the size and shape […]

Egypt

Posted on 23 June 20231 July 2023 by Keryn

We arrived in Cairo at 4am and decided to drive our rental car straight to the pyramids and the sphinx so we could get out bearings and avoid the majority of the traffic. It wasnt until we drove through Cairo later in the day that we could fully comprehend what “Cairo Traffic” really meant – […]

Mongolia

Posted on 23 June 20231 July 2023 by Keryn

Border crossings are notorioiusly slow in this part of the world and ours was no different – the simple act of moving a train load of people from Russia to Mongolia (a process that occurs a couple of times each day) took the best part of 8 hours! The train is stopped, doors locked, worse […]

Mt Kilimanjaro

Posted on 23 June 20231 July 2023 by Keryn

Day 1: 8th Feb 2008, Machame Gate – Machame Hut, 1800m – 3000m, 10.5km We were picked up from New Castle Hotel at 8.30am and taken back to Ahsante`s office. We felt really confident with our gear – particularly as it had all been checked the day before by our guide Mosses. We met the other […]