http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily ~ a long way to go ~ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:27:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're in full swing getting ready for the Silent Auction. Local church hall is booked. Junk Items For Sale are gathered (read: piled up in the bedroom). Handmade cards are nearing completion. Local newspaper interview has been given. Fizzing Sherbet production line is in action. Not wanting to use plastic bags, we're making our own colourful card ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/from-auckland-to-kampot-takes-a-very-long-post.html A well-organised site Content-rich Stunning photography Superbly written stories (with promise of more to come) They have what we were dreaming of! They being a family consisting of mum, dad, a boy and a girl, who are about to take a year off school/the Office Desk and go round the world. Right round the world. The Wide ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/world-travellers-part-vi.html way back when in the olden days air tickets were an impressive-looking document, with multiple pages and a cardboard outer shell holiday scrapbooks opened with this visible proof that We Went On An Aeroplane Of course, today it is ever-so-un-pc to hurtle through space in a metal object trailing pollution behind...it's also un-pc ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/we-love-our-courier.html The pile is dipped into - everyone has to find something they didn't know or something interesting.....then we share what we've discovered with everyone else. What some of the smaller kids come out with is nothing short of fascinating! They might not be able to read, but they often see details ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/opening-our-eyes-before-leaving-home.html Will there really be a morning? Is there such a thing as day? Could I see it from the mountains If I were as tall as they? Has it feet like water lilies? Has it feathers like a bird? Is it brought from famous countries Of which I’ve never heard? Oh, some scholar! Oh, some sailor! Oh, some wise ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/quote-of-the-day-5.html what if we can't find a hostel one night? how will we keep the kids safe? are we really going to carry all that gear? do we have enough cold weather gear? why didn't we go to Mongolia in the summer? ;-) what if the kids are a nuisance to others? is the smallest one going ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/anxiety-attack.html Few words, lots of photos from this family after two decades of travel. Be inspired. India Peru Thailand Greece NZ Alaska Chile Tonga Norway Hawaii Borneo Morocco Malaysia Spain Cambodia....obviously not in that order http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/world-travellers-part-v.html “Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.”  ~ Miriam Beard http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/quote-of-the-day-4.html A night of googling didn't reveal everything.......but I've sent off emails to consulates and embassies........we'll wait and see what happens. This plan-your-own-trip-lark takes a bit of Getting Your Head Around. I don't expect anybody in the whole wide world to read this post.....it's just here so we don't have to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/visa-requirements.html We've just updated/added photos to almost every page of the blog (except the Enduring Traditions pages, which will need to wait until we have some on-the-road pictures to use). http://blogs.bootsnall.com/kiwifamily/say-cheese.html