Less Baggage Less Stuff Less Procrastination

A different kind of travelogue. As an avid young traveller I often wondered what would it would be like when I got older, gathered commitments, created children and accrued debt. This is what it's like.

A trip I did not do.

Not yet. Traveling with kids is primarily about the kids. There are things that my kids won’t do. There are things Mrs LessBaggage won’t do. Sleeping in a tent on … Continue reading

04/03/2016 · Leave a comment

Grand Tour #33; Looking at a submarine disaster with your Children.

Getting in a train and going to another country under the sea should be fun. Right? We got up early. Too early. For a three hour drive to Calais. Cormac … Continue reading

02/12/2015 · Leave a comment

Top Ten Travel Tips for Families on Overnight Trains in Vietnam (Grand Tour #24)

Top Ten Train Travel Tips for Families in Overnight Sleeper Trains in Vietnam. Hue to Saigon. We are off again on our fifth sleeper experience. This has become a family … Continue reading

01/08/2015 · 2 Comments

Grand Tour #20; The Only Way to Travel.

Travel by rail in Vietnam is easy. It really is. You only have to do it once or twice before you start getting a feel for it. Number one tip … Continue reading

11/06/2015 · 4 Comments

Grand Tour 2015 #12; Wet Bikes

It rains in Vietnam. It properly rains. We missed the serious wet but we still caught some brilliant downpours. Kids loved it. I loved it. Its like the world going … Continue reading

09/05/2015 · 6 Comments

Grand Tour 2015 #11; The Real Train Station in Dalat

We stayed in the Dalat Train Villas. This isn’t about the accommodation. This is about the Train Station which is a fabulous piece of Art Deco Architecture. Its not connected to … Continue reading

06/05/2015 · Leave a comment

Aoifes Opinion. Accommodation Review #4; Dalat Train Villas.

We took a four-hour bus to Dalat from Nha Trang. It was quite a busy ride but not bad. We stayed at Dalat Train Villas. It is called “Dalat Train … Continue reading

03/05/2015 · Leave a comment

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