Yes, travelling with kids can be expensive. Three children means three extra airfares; in some countries they are not happy to let five people into a taxi; at times you eat at more expensive restaurants than you might otherwise opt for; and having kids slows you down in what you can achieve in terms of sightseeing in a day.

We have found that the travel we have done over the past six years has given us a huge collection not just of videos and photos, but also of many wonderful memories, which will last long after the photos have faded and the videos become obsolete! Travelling together means working as a team, and having to solve each other’s problems and live with each other’s differences. Travelling as a family means that most Asians welcome you with delight, and nothing is too difficult for them to do for your kids.

Children make friends quickly and fit in with the local culture sometimes easier than you do yourself. Roxanne in Myanmar was happy each day to put on her face the local beauty mudpack to keep her skin smooth and protect from the sun – the locals greeted her with delight each time she wore it!

The age of your kids makes a difference when you’re travelling, and we found initially we planned to do one touristy activity a day. Our youngest, was eight months when we first visited Asia and is now six. Our other son is now seven and our daughter, the eldest, was five when we arrived in the tropics and is now eleven. All kids are individuals and have their own likes – only you know what they will enjoy and how much they can absorb.

This website is not an exhaustive travel guide. Instead it is a loose collection of comments on places that we have visited with our family, and I hope that it will encourage you to ‘give it a go’. Any queries or comments can be addressed to Karen at ittakes2@brunet.bn