Dali otkaz kako bi putovali s djecom po svijetu

Biste li voljeli da ste kao dijete putovali svijetom umjesto da ste sjedili u školskim klupama? Djeca ovih roditelji upravo to proživljavaju.

Kylie i Mike Gibbon odlučili su dati otkaz na poslu i izvući svoje dvoje djece iz škole kako bi putovali svijetom. Iako na prvu zvuči kao san, mnogi su ih ljudi dočekali ‘na nož’.

Obitelj s Novog Zelanda dobila je brojne kritike zato što su djeca bila izvan škole 2016. godine, iako su njihovi učitelji potvrdili da će više naučiti ako putuju. No, unatoč negativnosti, par je bio toliko oduševljen iskustvom da su u siječnju odlučili još jednom proputovati svijet.

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Stunning Sintra – a beautiful UNESCO heritage town & home to many castles, palaces & churches is around an hour by train from Lisbon. We visited the beautiful Pena Palace, which was once the weekend retreat for the Portuguese royal family. The brightly coloured walls and hand painted tile facades were truly breathtaking, as were the interior rooms (no photos allowed). After that we wandered down through the lovely palace park grounds & caught the bus back to the historic centre for some more exploring. We had a great time & it was really different to many other castles we’ve visited 😍Now the downside…it was SUPER crowded. We (naively) thought it would be ok given it’s outside peak season, but in reality spent close to 3 hours of the day queueing at various times for buses to get around the area, buying entrance tickets & getting inside Pena Palace. Add that to 1.5 hours metro/train travel each way & its a long day with kids in tow – our guys did really well considering. It’s still well worth visiting but do your research (unlike us 🤦‍♀️), get there super early or just before closing times, otherwise we’d highly advise splashing out for a skip-the-line ticket!

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Prije nego što su na put poveli djeci, Kylie i Mike i sami su vidjeli brojne zemlje.

“Proveli smo otprilike 6 mjeseci planirajući prije nego što otputovali. Istraživali smo, tražili letove i smještaj te pakirali stvari i prodali auto”, ispričala je Kylie za Daily Mail.

Proputovali su 57 zemalja, a s djecom 35. Oboje su uvjereni da su napravili dobru odlukujer su im putovanja omogućila kvalitetno vrijeme s djecom.

“Većina je ljudi bila pozitivna, ali vidjelo se da su mislili da smo ludi.  Zahvalni smo što su iz škole dali podršku djeci”, dodala je.

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Today we visited the vibrant and chaotic Damnoen Saduak Floating Markets about 2 hours from Bangkok. Yes, it was super touristy but we really loved putt-ing about in a boat watching the vendors rowing along selling their wares. It sure takes some balancing though, rowing along through the chaos with hot coals grilling your chicken skewers, these ladies are pros! The market was great but we also loved going further out into the canal network. We saw how people live their daily lives on simple houses built over the water surrounded by coconut palms and mango trees, just beautiful 💚🥭

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“Negativne reakcije uglavnom su se ticale toga što djeca nisu išla u tradicionalnu školu i mnogi su se brinulo kako će se socijalizirati. Kako bi to nadišli, upoznavali smo se s drugim obiteljima i lokalnim stanovnicima”; objasnila je.

Tvrdi da putovanja daju njezinoj djeci šansu da istražuju svijet u ranoj dobi, a to će ih pretvoriti u stabilne i otvorene osobe. Supružnici ih zajedno školuju kod kuće za vrijeme putovanja i provedu četiri do pet sati dnevno učeći.

“Školujemo ih kroz online kurikulum koji sadrži sve što trebaju. Pišu dnevnik, a znanost, geografiju, povijest i umjetnost nadoknađuju onime što nauče putujući.”

Mnogi su se pitali i kako sve to financiraju.

“Ljudi ne shvaćaju da manje trošimo na putu nego dok smo kod kuće”, objasnili su i dodali kako dnevni budžet ne iznosi više od 90 dolara.

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It's 20 days until we leave on our big adventure 😬 and we're starting to get into the nitty gritty of getting organised. The to-do list is MASSIVE and we're starting to stress. I remember around this point last time thinking 'whhhyyyy are we doing this again?!' ⁣🙈 .⁣ .⁣ But today I did a little travel hack that will hopefully make life a bit easier on the road. In previous travels we've found it such a pain having 4 identical looking passports, especially when you're doing extended travel and constantly need them for arrival/departure cards, visas, checking in at hotels etc. It tends to be a lucky dip and there's some law of the universe that states the last one you pick is the one you want. 😩 .⁣ .⁣ No more! A piece of coloured string tied around 3 of them means I can now see at a glance which passport belongs to who. Such a little thing but every little bit counts!⁣ ✈️ .⁣ .⁣ Anyone got any other cool travel hacks to share with us?⁣ 🙏🏼 .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ ⁣ #travellife #worldtraveler #travellers #adventurer #travelbuddy #worldtravel #travelmore #familytravel #seetheworld #lifewelltravelled #familytravellers #familyjaunts #travelwithkids #travelers #letsgoeverywhere #traveljunkie #jetsetfam #travelmum #travelmom #traveltips #familygapyear #travelingfamily #travellingfamily #travelworld #travellover #forbestravelguide #mytinyatlas #takethemeverywhere #showthemtheworld #holidayswithkids

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