Thanks Val... that was one of the other questions we had -- I really appreciate your advice. I'm finding the travel agents here really quite unhelpful.... they just want to sell "packages" (as that is how they earn a commission, of course) but that is not how we want to our organize our trip as we will be travelling with kids. Now if we can only find some good, convenient places to stay, as March is coming fast and we have to make our bookings. We're getting really excited about this trip!
Regards