Soldier and Spouse and Their Traveling House, Matthew Alan House, Traveling Houses

An Amazon “Best Seller” in the Military Families category!

Soldier and Spouse and Their Traveling House puts a witty spin on the dynamic of newlywed husband and wife trekking across two continents during their first three years of marriage. Who heads this household? The thrill-seeking soldier? Or the sensible spouse? Come along with this twenty-something military couple on their off-duty weekends as they dash in and out of trouble from the Emerald Isle to cruising down the Nile and many places in between—Western Europe, the Baltic, North Africa, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean.

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Category: Seaside

Penang with a Toddler: Chinese Lunar New Year

On our latest trip we prepared some ideas on what to do and what not to do when traveling to Penang with a toddler. We arrived in Penang with another family from Hanoi right around lunchtime. We had our driver

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Da Nang / Hoi An: Top 5 Kid-Friendly Activities

Situated along the central coast of Vietnam, Da Nang is considered to be a Top 10 world beach while nearby UNESCO World Heritage Site, the old town of Hoi An, make these destinations a must when visiting Vietnam. These attributes

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Sydney with a Toddler: Playgrounds, Birds, and Harbours

After Adelaide we did a short overnight stay in Canberra, the capital of Australia, where we did a quick hop on hop off bus tour of all the sites in Canberra. The next day we headed to Sydney for a

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Halong Bay with a Toddler

Halong Bay with a Toddler Halong Bay with a toddler During the summertime, my mom, dad, and sister came to visit us in Hanoi for around 10 days.  In order to break up the monotony of being in Hanoi the

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Can Tho and Danang with a Toddler

Can Tho and Danang with a Toddler For our next domestic trip within Vietnam, we decided to combine the cities of Can Tho and Danang. We first flew to Can Tho for three days, then flew from Can Tho to

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Hong Kong with a Toddler-Unprepared for the Cold

Hong Kong with a Toddler Hong Kong is an autonomous region of China, made up of several islands just south of the mainland of China. It has a gorgeous city skyline with skyscrapers on the two main populated areas of

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Phu Quoc with a Toddler – What to Do and Not to Do

Phu Quoc, Vietnam—or Phú Quốc, Việt Nam—was our first trip since we landed in the Vietnamese capital in late December. No visa, no cold weather, no problem, right? Onward to Phu Quoc, the southwesternmost territory (and island) of Vietnam, which is situated

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Phuket, Thailand

Phuket, Thailand was another embarkation point on our Southeast Asian cruise we went on. After a long New Years Eve night on the boat we made it to Phuket where we we were supposed to take a tour out to

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Langkawi, Malaysia

On New Years Eve, during our Southeast Asia cruise, one of the stops was the island of Langkawi, Malaysia. We did our own tour that day instead of booking through the cruise line. We started out by trying our luck

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Bali, Indonesia

Over the new year we went on an adventure to Southeast Asia. We started our trip in Bali Indonesia. We stayed at the Hard Rock Resort in Kuta Beach. The first day there we just lounged around after arriving late

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Iwo Jima

Matt planned a battle staff ride to the island of Iwo Jima. Only military personnel are allowed to visit the island. I will tell the story from his pictures and captions, as I was not there to tell the story.

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Oahu, Hawai’i

Shortly after our Hong Kong trip (2 days later) Matt had to go to Hawaii for Army training that was 2 weeks long. He went ahead of me  and then I came a week later. There was no availability on

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Hong Kong and Macau

Hong Kong Hong Kong was an awesome city to visit with a little bit of Eastern and Western influences. It felt more like a European city, with outside cafe’s, every type of food you can imagine and beautiful landscape. Our

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Kamakura

On Friday we went on a “spiritual orientation tour” with the chapel to Kamakura. This city is known for the great Buddha that you see in famous pictures of Japan. We first started our tour at the great Buddha (aka the Daibutsu)

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