The Family Travel Blog
Welcome to our family travel blog showing our trip around the world. We are a British family who enjoy travelling to experience new adventures, world cultures and seeing life outside of the UK. We want to experience as much of the world as possible whilst ingraining the belief into our children that the world is open to exploration and enjoyment.
We are currently travelling around the world in 6 months. Read all about it in our posts below!
You can read the girls journey in the posts written by Phoebe and Sophie
Month Two (India to Sri Lanka)
November began in Cairo where finished our Egypt chapter and visited the Pyramids of Giza – the only existing original ‘Wonder of the Ancient World’. From
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
From the Colombo train we arrived in Dambulla and tuktuked it to Sigirya – a town built around a rock and geared towards backpackers. We
Colombo, Sri Lanka
From our last stop in India, Chennai, we flew to our 5th country – Sri Lanka! We started with a few days in the capital
Chennai, India
Chennai was our last stop in India. It was definitely different to the last places as Chennai has malls, Starbucks and apartments. We stayed in
Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
Kanniyakumari is in Tamil Nadu and the southernmost point in India and is described as ‘the end of India’. We travelled by train from Kovalam in
Kovalam, India
We caught the train to Kovalam from Alleppey. The train was different to normal trains, instead of glass windows they had barred windows and instead
Keralan Cooking Lesson
We have been staying at a lovely homestay Padmini House in Kovalam beach, Kerala. We had the opportunity for a cooking lesson with the host family
Alappuzha Backwaters, India
Alappuzha (also known as Alleppey) is famous for it’s waterways and backwaters and the best way to experience these is by boat. We hired a
Kochi, India
From Egypt we flew to Kochi in Kerala, India. We had last visited India as a family in 2016 with a toddler aged Phoebe when