Family Travel - Round the world travel with the Kids
"Never take a cross country trip with a kid who has just learned to whistle" Jean Deuel
There are so many websites offering 'know how' for the single
or partnered Gap Year traveller but very little lurks for the
Gap Year traveller seeking info and help on travelling with
children.
One of our biggest problems as we travelled, and it was one
we all felt pretty badly at various points along the way for
differing reasons, was loneliness. It's funny how you can
be surrounded by 100 other people yet still feel lonely.
So one thing I heartily recommend is networking with other
people on other sites and through forums who plan on doing
the same thing. Then once you have got to know them a bit
arrange to meet up along the way.
This way, when your child is bored with 'Hey, look at that
erupting volcano!' or 'Wow, look at that 20m crocodile!' (and
yes, they can be like that) you know that in 8 days time you
will be meeting up with...
Because what catches our imaginations sometimes leaves
them cold. What they LOVE is meeting and playing with
other children. My girls adored meeting other kids and loathed
saying goodbye knowing they would never see them again. It
was one of the hardest things to do on the trip.
There are many different forums on the internet for the parent
travellers and one of the best was the Lonely Planet Thorn
Tree forum.
They have a huge range of 'rooms' to visit. For the travelling
parent I heartily recommend the Kids
To Go section.
The banner photo, top left, was
taken on the beach at Pulau Sibu, Malaysia. Both children
adored the beach, their previous experience having been the
Wild coast of South Africa without Shark Nets so this was
heaven for them. |
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