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Post by princessofpenguins on Jun 15, 2014 14:35:48 GMT -5
...for thinking we can take a three-year old and a one-year old on a three week trip to South Africa?  |
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Post by elora on Jun 15, 2014 15:54:28 GMT -5
probably but you won't know for sure unless you try it.
let us know how it goes and when to send our addresses for posties.
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Post by rikita on Jun 15, 2014 16:26:12 GMT -5
nah, i think it can be a lot of fun, as long as you aren't planning to do too much or change hotels every night ...
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Jun 15, 2014 16:31:34 GMT -5
Complete with birth certificate and all that crap?
(I cannot understand why, if you need to produce birth certificate to get passport the passport doesn't count. And, if it is to rule out forgeries, well birth certificates can be forged as well!)
Like riki said, I can't imagine you are planning a trip where you change hotels/apartments every day and will be doing 10 hr tours every second day, so I'm sure it will be fine.
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Post by princessofpenguins on Jun 15, 2014 16:44:47 GMT -5
Yeah, I don´t get the birth certificate crap...
And we would do a long-term rental of an apartment or house or something. Preferably a nice location with a pool or something where we can bum around all day...
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Post by shilgia on Jun 15, 2014 17:25:23 GMT -5
If you're just going to be in one place, then I don't see why not. The flights to and from South Africa will be long, but otherwise it's really not that different from a three-week trip to the next town over.
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Post by lisamnz on Jun 15, 2014 17:49:11 GMT -5
sounds great to me. Travelled with littleM to Europe when she was 9/10 mths. Stayed in different places every few nights, including a trip to Portugal. Was fine. The flight was the worst part but I think the 3 yr old would be more difficult than the 1 yr old. At least they sleep more. (theoretically)
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Post by Tulipana on Jun 16, 2014 8:18:31 GMT -5
Do it.
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Post by tzarine on Jun 17, 2014 0:35:42 GMT -5
don't worry
have a great time
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jun 22, 2014 8:09:24 GMT -5
Sounds like fun. As long as they get to see animals.
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Post by princessofpenguins on Jun 22, 2014 14:36:09 GMT -5
They will definitely see animals if we do decide to go there |
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Post by riverhorse on Jun 22, 2014 14:45:02 GMT -5
Having one place as a base sounds like the perfect idea. And despite the long flights, South Africa doesn't have a time difference from you guys at all (or only an hour or two, depending on the time of year) so jetlag won't really be an issue. Already looking forward to the pics and travel tales!
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Post by romily on Jul 7, 2014 10:21:11 GMT -5
My sister has been to peru with a one year old and a 4.5 year old, and they loved it - traveled slower, staid in one place for a few days, but had a great time. Go for it!
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Post by princessofpenguins on Jul 7, 2014 12:44:50 GMT -5
South Africa and Norway are on the same time now, until Norway goes back to winter time We´d definitely do it very slowly and lazily. It will require a lot of extra research for housing options, but I´m actually looking forward to that part... |
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Post by treehugger on Jul 9, 2014 10:27:49 GMT -5
not at all says the person who treks off to deepest darkest Africa with 2 kid and no additional adult supervision |
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Post by romily on Jul 9, 2014 11:02:18 GMT -5
I didn't see the "additional" in your post and thought you counted yourself as one of the kids;-)
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Post by elora on Jul 9, 2014 11:19:43 GMT -5
I didn't see the "additional" in your post and thought you counted yourself as one of the kids;-) ha - me too! even after I re-read it ....  |
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Post by elora on Jul 9, 2014 11:21:20 GMT -5
Some kids travel well, some don't. Some adults do and some don't.
You won't know unless you try (if you listen carefully, you will hear a faint chant of "do it. do it. do it" repeating).
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Post by owlet on Jul 9, 2014 15:52:32 GMT -5
It's probably perfectly doable, but why not wait til the kids are old enough to properly appreciate the trip and retain memories of it? I know I would've been royally pissed off if I'd been on an amazing trip like that when I was too young to remember it in later years.
Of course if circumstances mean it's now or never, then definitely now.
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Post by tzarine on Jul 9, 2014 23:28:16 GMT -5
the trips tzarevich took as a baby to hong kong & paris were fun for him, but he doesn't remember a thing about them
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Post by tucano on Jul 10, 2014 1:52:10 GMT -5
Let us know how it goes, I think you already made the decision  Really picky? I can see it being a bit annoying, but I don't begrudge the things my parents did before i was old enough to enjoy/remember them. |
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Post by owlet on Jul 10, 2014 4:16:30 GMT -5
Let us know how it goes, I think you already made the decision Really picky? I can see it being a bit annoying, but I don't begrudge the things my parents did before i was old enough to enjoy/remember them. As an adult no, of course not, but in my early teens I probably would've been, yes. |
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Post by romily on Jul 10, 2014 8:12:57 GMT -5
I never understood that argument - there will be other holidays when they are old enough to remember...and even if they don't remember it they will still have fun! Otherwise you wouldn't have to do anything fun with small kids because they don't remember it?
I see your point if this would be the only great holiday they cold ever take, but I doubt that's the case.
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Post by elora on Jul 10, 2014 8:19:21 GMT -5
I suspect the Penguin family will have lots of travel adventures together.
I used to think the same as picky - why take such little kids on a holiday like that - but they will learn and have fun (even if they don't consciously remember, they will see new things, new people, new animals etc).
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Jul 10, 2014 8:23:37 GMT -5
I remember bits of some family holidays from when I was 2 or 3.
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Post by princessofpenguins on Jul 21, 2014 13:47:00 GMT -5
Plane tickets purchased, all accommodation booked, rental car booked... just need to make a "things to do" list |
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Post by elora on Jul 21, 2014 14:43:55 GMT -5
once again, we are missing the "damn, i'm jealous" button
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Post by princessofpenguins on Jul 22, 2014 12:21:18 GMT -5
Nah. We´re stuck with the day flight on the way down. Hopefully they´ll be willing to sleep for the last few hours of the flight...
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Post by treehugger on Jul 31, 2014 7:33:14 GMT -5
My two were a dream last year going to Uganda - turns out they love travelling. Except for the 6am first leg where the air stewards took my carry on (so we had no food or amusement, plus VERY tired kids) it was a dream. I was terrified taking them both on my own, but they were better behaved than most of the adults.
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