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USA  13 Comments

August 13, 2018October 24, 2018

Oahu, Hawaii: Three quick days

It’s been five months since my last blog post. I’m sure most of the readers here have given up hope

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Australia, Family  11 Comments

March 1, 2018

The family that surfs together…

It’s no secret that we have fallen hard for the surfing bug. Who would have thought this family of London

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Australia  8 Comments

July 11, 2017July 13, 2017

A Weekend in Noosa

     If Marlow had her way, we’d all be moving to Noosa. She was on the verge of tears yesterday

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Portugal  8 Comments

August 27, 2016August 31, 2016

A return to pretty Portugal

Of the many good reasons to take a family gap year — foremost of which was time with our kids

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UK  6 Comments

June 16, 2016June 16, 2016

Chasing the surf in England: A week with friends in St. Ives, Cornwall

We all had mixed emotions as we headed back to the UK. We knew it wasn’t the end of our

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Sri Lanka  9 Comments

May 25, 2016February 8, 2019

Nine days in Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka

When the rains come to Sri Lanka, they come hard and heavy. We knew we were visiting the southwest coast

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Sri Lanka  8 Comments

May 20, 2016May 21, 2016

Southwest Sri Lanka: Galle, Midigama and Mirissa

Michael says driving in Sri Lanka is a bit like playing the classic video game, Frogger (he’s old enough to

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Australia  7 Comments

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016

Surfing The Pass, Byron Bay

Last year at this time none of us had ever been on a surfboard apart from Michael (12 years prior

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New Zealand  2 Comments

January 16, 2016January 16, 2016

Pakiri Beach, North Auckland

When we first visited New Zealand six years ago, we spent a long, happy day at Pakiri Beach with friends

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Uruguay  6 Comments

November 21, 2015April 22, 2018

Put a wetsuit on, come on, come on…

If at some point we all succumb For goodness sake, let us be young ‘Cause time gets harder to outrun

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