After more than a year on the road with her young daughter, Sydney mum Evie Farrell says she’s still loving every minute of their thrill-ride together.
Originally intended as a 12-month escape to honour the memory of a dear friend who died from cancer, Evie, 43, says she and Emmie have a lot more adventures ahead yet.
This week Evie and Emmie were in Cambodia at an elephant sanctuary and plan on being away for at least another six months.
“This year has flown by, we’re not ready to come home yet,” Evie told the Daily Mail recently.
“Emmie will go to school for a few months while I work and try to earn some money to keep us going.
“My [$30,000] savings have all but gone, but we’re lucky as we still have rent coming in from our home in Australia, so that’s keeping our heads just above water.”
While stopping off at such exotic climes as Taiwan, Malaysian Borneo, Bali, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, London, Paris and China – where they spent Christmas and the New Year – Evie has been teaching her daughter via the NSW Distance Education primary school programme.
When time permits, Emmie has also been receiving formal education in a classroom, such as when the pair were in Hoi An.
“The challenges of being away on a trip like this are mostly the same as the ones we have at home – schoolwork, manners, bedtimes and eating meals – we just deal with them in incredible locations,” adds the mum-of-one.
“We’ve met other traveling families along the way and seeing Emmie have a great time with kids from all over the world helps me feel okay about her being away from her friends at home.
“She has made so many new friends and had wonderful experiences in all the countries we’ve been to.”
After having so few possessions and the usual comforts for so long – she and her daughter have travelled the whole year with just one backpack – she doubts she’ll be able to return to ‘normal’ life.
“There’s more to life than sitting at a desk every day to earn money to buy stuff,” said Evie, who now has 63,700 followers on her
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“Hopefully our life will inspire more mums and dads to go on an adventure with their children.”
