TRAVELING WITH KIDS

Camping, Camping and Camping is such an amazing adventure in itself.. So After a camping trip in Sweden with my 2 children at the time, sleeping in Tent
in cold weather. I said to myself if I made it through the night then I will survive any other camping trip.
Sure enough, in the morning I was determined to start another chapter of my life and camp as much as possible.
Well back in the United States, My husband is addicted to buying merchandise online so he bought all the equipment essential for camping.
My children love putting the 2 tents together and love biking their bikes, scotters, and eating along the 2 days camping.
Now after 3 camping trips and the 4th in its way we are going for 5 days camping to Mexico.
Pictures will follow..........

Well, I can't really answer this question in Yes or No....
Traveling with kids sometimes can be fun, enriching but sometimes can be a lot of headache.
Maybe it also the whole attitude towards traveling...I think that traveling with children can be super enriching if we were
patient with ourselves and our kids. My first child was 6 weeks when we took our first flight.... She slept the whole way...
Although it was short flight to UTAH.
Challenging, and being open minded and Patient always the key for great traveling.

Ecuador, well I think one couch-surfer recommend it and were lucky to find Tickets on sale for 5 people.
So Again no check in Bags...we learned our lesson....we backed everything in two big bags....
We landed in Quito and went out of the city by Taxi to Latchanga...It is 2.5 hours south....
We stayed for the night...the next morning we strolled around and found a huge Farmers Market.
We moved to the next destinations Amabto....We took bus there we arrived after 1 hour....
It is so commercial town....that we just went in Taxi and moved to Banos....Oh mine BANOS is the place to be....
It is has so many activities for the whole family....once we checked in hotel, we went to the Spa.....The hot water comes naturally from the
Volcano...It so nice we spent 2 hours swimming....enjoying the scenery.....We missed the last bus from the Spa to the Town...so What??
we walked down the hill then we caught a Taxi......By the way the currency in Ecuador is Dollars....so no need to exchange money....
We were so happy to be in Banos, the town is very safe and Tourist loved being here b/c it the middle point between the South and North.
We took a tour to Big waterfalls in Banos....We hiked....we ate the best home-made ice-cream.....
There is Drink called Tomato De Rojo....it not tomato rather a fruit like mango but Sour.....It is the one of the delicious Juice we drank there.
We signed for 2 days tour to the jungle.....It was adventure in itself......We saw aligators, monkeys, different kind of medicinal plants....
Maybe one day I will live in the rain forest and learn about all these Medicinal Plants......
we took a canoe down the river....it was poring rain....so it was experience in-itself.....

There were flights on sale on the beginning of Dec 2009...So we decided to book the flight to New York.
We took just one bag since I have to carry one child on me the whole time. In New york, it was so eay to go around town with
the metro-system. We met our french friend Anne-Laure that is living in New Jeresy. Together we explored the whole city. We walked everywhere
Central park, the Natural history Museum, Time Squares....Anyway we met Gazala from our home-town...she owns Restaurant in New York. We had dinner with my best friend Laura at her beautiful apt. in New York. After 2 days, We went to Boston for 2 days that was a great experience in itself....we met my friend Julie and explored the city. We stayed at Boston international Hostel....It is great place...the staff helped us and gave us dinner for free.....
I enjoyed being in Boston and New York maybe b/c of meeting our friends.......

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We chose to visit Guadaljara due to recommedation of other Mexican that we met previously during our travels in Mexico.
We landed at the airport, this time we didn't check any luggage just we took two bags with us.
We checked in Hotel/Hostel that was very clean and it was in the heart of town. We walked everywhere....
We ate the best Tacos ever for cheap price. We took Carriage ride through the town.... Then the next day we moved to different town....
we went to Guanajuto....different state....then we hopped on first class bus and went to Perto Valletra....
The transportation system between States in Mexico are very upscale and first class service and they provide lunch for you too....

Cafe in Guanajuto Dec 2010

Old University in Guanjuato

Taquila town

Tour to Tequila

The town made its fame from Taquila

Food on the street

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Aqaube That Taquila made from

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The Whole Family at Taquila Factory

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Carriage across Guadaljara