The Paradise Family’s Travel Blog
Family Guide to Nosara, Costa Rica
Nosara is a family-friendly beach town on the Nicoya peninsula where you never need to convert your dollars or habla espanol. Unless you want to. As a blue zone, the peninsula has attracted more and more travelers to the “American Project”, a development project begun in the 1990’s.
Travelogue: Playa Guiones and Nosara
After being on the road for nine months, we have just three more months until we return to our previous yoga/superfood/social American life. This is a glimpse of what it will be like. And the familiarity of life Guiones, was the culture shock. We were expecting cultural immersion, but what we got was expat lifestyle.
Family Travel Hacks for Thailand
Here are mom-approved and former Peace Corps volunteer validated do's and don'ts for family travel to Thailand and Southeast Asia. Take these to heart and you will love your time in the Land of Smiles.
So… how’s the “school” going?
If you can take a year to teach your kids, they will have oodles of time to do more than the traditional sit-in-a-desk-and-answer-the-questions kind of learning. There will actually be more time to swim with the big questions before answering someone else’s.
Thailand: Coming Home
This year has been more than simply “roadschooling”; it has connected some dots that were left floating in our Boulder lives. Lucy returned to her orphanage. Will returned to Nepal. We all stayed with Pasang (our adopted Nepali 24 year-old) and her family in Kathmandu. And now my return to SEAsia and the self-reflection it begs.
Lorna’s Blog: Elephant Sanctuary
On Friday the 23rd of February, we visited Elephant Nature Park…
Maranui Surf Life Saving
Beginning on the third day in Wellington, New Zealand, the kids participated in Surf Life Saving at Maranui Surf Life Saving Club. The families and the weekly rhythms of the club quickly became the touchstone for our two-month stay in Wellington.
New Zealand Life Takeaways
Each country we visit, schools me ways that I find humbling. …
Playing House in Wellington
After being pretty much on the go for four months, we arrived at our Airbnb in Wellington, New Zealand on December 4th where we stayed put for two whole months. It was, with a breath of excitement, that we actually unpacked all of our bags and put things in drawers.
New Zealand South Island’s Greatest Hits
In November of 2017, we had the great fortune to spend a month tramping around the South Island, discovering both her natural wonders and quirky present. These are our greatest hits:
Roadschooling Ideas for China
In our one-month China itinerary, we tried to pack in lots of sites and were often on the go and unable to carry books. Formal roadschooling took a back seat and instead we tried to incorporate more organic day-to-day learning. Here are some ideas to try if you are traveling with your kids in China and looking for informal ways to leapfrog their learning.
Camping in New Zealand is nothing but “Glamping”
However you do it, just “glampervan” with your family in New Zealand.