Many people dream of traveling when they are single to enjoy your life as much as you want before having more responsabilities, this fantastic couple has shown us that you can do both things at once, having a family and travel.
Karen Edwards and Shaun Bayes take their daughter in an incredible trip so she can enjoy their lifestyle with them, they packed what it was necessary and took their 10 week old daughter in the trip to Asia, Australia and New Zeland.
Karen’s objective was to show parents all over the world that trips can be done even if they have one more person to worry about, they can enjoy as parent backpackers as they would as single backpackers, there is not a better way to take advantage of your maternity leave.
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"Shaun and I were backpackers before I got pregnant" Karen said, she's 31 years and her daughter 10 weeks old.
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She said that everyone thought that they were crazy when Esme arrived and they wanted to take her on their trips.
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Shaun left his job as a landscape, the sold the car and rented the house that they were living in, to star their journey with theidaughter.
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They traveled across Asia, Australia and New Zeland for 10 months carrying just one bag.
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Esme was properly vaccinated before leaving United Kingdom and before New Zeland as well.
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This little lady was born in London, with an Irish Mom and a New Zeland Dad, she carries a few cultures in her blood.
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She's meant to travel, even monkeys want to play with her.
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As her parent were indicating, that she behaved perfectly during the journey.
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They also stated that it was easy take her to the places that they went, since she was little and they were using a harness to carry her over.
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They don't have any regrets of taking her on the trip, because she experienced new smells, views and scenes while she grows up, and that's fantastic.
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The only thing that they though that Esme could've missed while traveling, was the social part with other kids.
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Although she was able to socializeat the library, which was cool if she wanted.
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The weirdest part was actually coming back to home, it's what Shaun said.
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Esme wasn't used to live in one place for so long, since they were moving from place to place, that's why it was odd retuning to their house.
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It's also difficult to find something fro Esme to do while she's in London, at least compared to travel.
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Many people say that having babies will prevent you from traveling, that's not true and it was Karen's and Shaun's main objective, to show the world that they can have a family and travel at the same time.
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They said that there were times that they wanted to have a beer and rest however the baby was sleeping...
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...And is they took the bear the baby could wake up, the good part is that it was worth it carrying her around.
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They were able to scuba dive a bit as well, the only thing is that they needed to take shifts to do so.
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Karen stated that it was the best way that she could spent her Maternity leave.
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Through this experience, she wants to share some tricks about what's the best way to travel with the little ones.
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The main objective is to inpire parents all over the world to help them have the same mentality that they had.
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Your traveling days don't have to stop just because you became a parent.
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It's just about trying to put this new family member in your regular adventures.
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This trio has recently left for Bangkok to know more about the world and have more adventures.
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If this story inpired you, you will love Karen's advices on her blog about how to travel all over the world with a little one.
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