Welcome to my blog, plushies+Postcards ! My name is Pauline Wong and I am a full-time working wife and mother of two, who loves to travel. I started this blog to: 1) document and share my travel stories around the globe and in my beautiful backyard, and 2) share my travel experiences and tips with other full-time working families. I currently live in the same city where I was born and raised, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada . Edmonton is located in the heart of the Canadian Prairie

You may recall my (first!) blog post from last week about our 5-day all-inclusive stay at the Crown Paradise Club Puerto Vallarta just before Christmas. While everyone was content with spending the entire 5-day stay at the resort, I wanted to do one thing off-site – swimming with dolphins, one of the many yet-to-do’s on my bucket list. We went with the Dolphin Connection tour at Vallarta Adventures , which is a shallow-water encounter that offers a true face-to-face experien

With just four weeks to Christmas and seriously behind with my shopping, I had this brilliant idea. I suggested to my husband that instead of gifts (to ourselves and the kids) this year, we should splurge on an all-inclusive vacation. My husband, who has always been the cautious and what-if half of us, took a bit of convincing (all of 10 minutes) but our kids, who have never been, were instantly onboard when we finally decided it was a go. Disclaimer: this blog post contain a