03 Jun 2012 1 Comment
in Family Gap Year, Foodie Central, Tips Tags: Brazil, Gap year, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro
Not being the sort of organised parents that have their darlings tucked in bed nice and early (or fed) we went out to dinner. Lara managed her fish and chips but didn’t make it to pudding (lucky Ben).
When a girl just has to sleep
Should prove a useful skill on our family gap year! Talking of which we still only have flights to Rio in just over one month time although Mo has found some apartments near Ipanema which look lovely, if not there is always the airport floor.
22 May 2012 2 Comments
in Education & Schooling, Family Gap Year, Preparations, Travelling Tags: digital nomad, Gap year
Nomad transport?
Our lovely kids have come to call our family gap year a ‘holiday’ and rather than dent their enthusiasm we have not shattered the illusion just yet (lucky they don’t read the blog every day, Horrid Henry is more interesting!).
So will life on the road be much of a holiday? More
17 May 2012 3 Comments
in Adventure, Family Gap Year, Photos Tags: Camps, Climbing, Education, Gap year, Urban Jungle
Who needs a family gap year for a bit of adventure when you can explore the Urban Jungle? Mum was out so the mice could play.
As usual they waved goodbye as Mum drove off to her girlie night out and I thought they would soon be back inside. Not hearing anything for a few minutes I glanced out of the window…
Spot the children? (there are 3)
Luckily Lara is quite the climber
10 Mar 2012 1 Comment
in Family Gap Year, Health & Fitness Tags: Couch to 5K, Gap year, Nepal
When I backpacked around the world in 1992 I returned to the UK 12 months later a stone or two heavier than when I departed! I think when I arrived in Australia after 5 months in SE Asia living on healthy rice & veg, the joy of being able to buy biscuits and chocolate somewhat got the better of me!
I’d like to avoid that on our family adventure!
10 Mar 2012 Leave a comment
in Family Gap Year, Preparations, Safety, Tech & Kit Tags: American Express, Cambodia, Gap year, Google, Insurance, iPad, Ko Samui
Mugged in Cambodia
I am not sure I should write this as Mo might change her mind but our flights are booked! More
17 Feb 2012 9 Comments
in Family Gap Year, Foodie Central, Kids Stuff Tags: Bad Teacher, Ben, Gap year, Homeschooling, Lego
Mum interviewed me about our family gap year and this was it:-
Ben, what do you think about our plans to travel the world?
I think that it’ll be very nice to go to other countries, make new friends and be with my family all the time and not have my parents working all the time.
What are you looking forward to most?
More
11 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Family Gap Year, Preparations, Volunteering Tags: Central America, Ecuador, Gap year, iPhone, Mongolia, Peru, Philippines, Travelling
Eek! The ticker on our countdown has just moved from 5 to 4 months!
After scouting around for families who have written or blogged about their gap year experiences, I’ve been reading Elisa Bernick’s ‘Family Sabbatical Handbook’ and blog from her family’s 18 month adventure living in Mexico
10 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Tech & Kit, Tips Tags: Apple, Gap year, iPad
iPad screens might be tough but when they break they really shatter, I should know! More
06 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Family Gap Year, General, Kids Stuff Tags: Christmas, Gap year, Lego, Santa Claus, Travel
Christmas in the Clark household is a bit like a big pass the parcel game, lots of unwrapping and a brief moment of delight at getting something (or a disappointed oh?).
Given that Ben and Zoe were back to playing with their (old) Lego by the Queen’s speech and making a spy mission kit out of the cardboard boxes that the presents came in it crossed our minds, not for the first time, that perhaps our kids are a bit spoiled. More
04 Feb 2012 1 Comment
in Family Gap Year, Safety Tags: Ben, Christmas, Gap year, Lara, Travel, Ulan Bator, Zoe
‘I thought you had Zoe?’ echoed between Mo and me as we got out of our cars. 10 minutes earlier we had both left the same school strings evening with 1 child each when really one of us should have had 2. Not a conversation to have when you have just departed on an overnight train, next stop Ulaan Baatar! More
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The Clark Family's Amazing Adventures 