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taking 2 little kids round the world - all advice welcome

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 22:47

Dh and I are planning to buy round the world tickets this weekend for ourselves and 2 children - DD (4y) and DS (18 m). The vague plan is to go to New York to buy all the stuff we might need then Canada (Toronto and Calgary/Rockies) to visit friends/family. After that we'll probably head somewhere like San Fran or Yosemite before heading for Australia then NZ. Probably stop somewhere beachy/ Singapore on the way home. We're going May/June/July. Dh is on unpaid leave and I've resigned.

Yup, you're right, we must be asolutely mad. Clearly DD will remember some of it and enjoy it but who, in their right mind, chooses to go on a trip to the supermarket with their 18 month boy, let alone right around the world. However the deed is done. I've handed in my letter of resignation so now we just need to make it happen.

If anyone has any advice, particularly about mustsee/mustdo stuff for Australia (in June/July)or about travelling with little ones in general please let me know. I've started trawling through the travel bit of MN, not to mention lots of serious googling but any advice welcome

Thanks

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kama · 07/02/2005 22:57

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RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:01

we did it in 2002

absolutely brill

other way round thaough

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 23:02

Thank you for the tip and for saying something positive. I feel neither brave nor interesting at the moment - just terrified. This is not the sort of thing that we normally do but it's one of those now or never things...so it's now.

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RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:03

MAldives

Australia

New Zeaand

Fiji

Hawaii

las Vegas

toronto

with ds aged 6 years

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:05

do motorhoming in NZ

use adventure motorhomes

based here in uk and NZ

ab brill fun

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 23:05

RTK - endless questions to you now (especially as you're a fellow ER addict and I often lurk on your thread)

How old were yours?

Where were the best places?

Did they sleep at all????

Which flight times suited you best?

Probably many more Q's to come if you can be bothered to answer

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 23:06

whoops - I'm lagging behind you

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RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:08

DS 6 years

He has been travelling since a baby so very blase about planes

as he was out of school for a 3 months we had to teach all the way round

We wanted to do it in 80 days and so we did.

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:11

flight times dont really matter to us although prefer to arrive in daylight

we used the STRAR ALLIENCE group of airlines very good

singapore airlines Air NZ etc etc

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:12

star

Linnet · 07/02/2005 23:12

Oooh Lucky you. I sometimes wish I was brave enough to do that.

Can't offer any practical advice since I've never done a round the world trip. But I have been to Calgary and Banff (got married there) and it was fantastic. Try to fit in a trip to the Athabasca Glacier if you can it's amazing. The scenery is just wonderful, we plan to go back one day when dd2 is a little older.

Good Luck

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 23:13

I kind of like the 80 days 'limit' too. Just not sure if we'll manage 80 hours...

Can't decide whether to be more excited or terrified

Where did you go in Oz? What time of year?

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RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:14

star allience group of airlines

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:16

well we had already been to Sydney, cairns, barrier reef, ayers rock, alice springs and perth

And as my birth dad lives in Melbourne we just went there to visit him

it was Jan

last time we were there march/april

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:17

really like perth

suzywong lives there

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 23:17

Linnet
Got friends in Canmore, near Banff so hopefully spending a few weeks around the Icefields Parkway. Have been camping up there before kids - will probably hire a motor home this time. Note to self - must keep toddler away from bear cubs...

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 23:19

RTK just looking these places up on the map...

Going in 3 months but not v prepared as the major hurdle was taking the decision to do it so haven't really planned yet.

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RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:22

adventure motorhomes

we were upgraded for free as we had it for 6 weeks

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:24

Have I frightened you off

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 23:25

sounds great - do you know of anything similar in Oz? We'll be staying with a few different friends/rels in NZ so accom and transport should be quite easy but we know no-one in Oz

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nappybaglady · 07/02/2005 23:26

sorry - slow (and daydreaming)

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lucy5 · 07/02/2005 23:28

All I can say is best of luc, you lucky thing!

lucy5 · 07/02/2005 23:29

No that isnt an old travellers term, i meant luck.

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:29

aus motorhomes

RTKangaMummy · 07/02/2005 23:31

I will phone Adventure and ask them if they know of a company that use the same mercedes motorhomes

They were brill