每位家长陪伴孩子的方式都不同，而澳洲一位单亲妈妈Evie Farrell也在努力工作和照顾女儿之间拿捏平衡，在受够了日常生活的牵绊之后，她毅然决定辞掉工作，打包行囊，带着存款与6岁的女儿作为背包客环游世界。

和其他家长一样，Evie Farrell试图让自己的女儿拥有最棒的童年。然而做到这一点非常不容易，46岁的Evie Farrell经历了一段感情的破裂和失去一位亲密朋友的打击。

那时候的Farrell已经陷入“必须向朋友证明自己”的恶性循环。在决定踏上旅行前，她会存钱改装厨房、增设游泳池，只因为身边的朋友都有，她想向大家证明自己也办得到。

某天，Farrell突然意识到她无法再继续那样的生活模式，决定将存款用在旅游，于是她狠下心放下工作，迈出了许多人认为几乎不可能的一步——带女儿，踏上一段传奇般的环球背包旅程。

 

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I’ve been away for a bit, I’ve been struggling with my back (turns out there’s severe arthritis in my hip; and not sure what else is going on but have chiro tonight and doctor again to get more X-ray results) and I have bronchitis. And like most people – but especially solo parents – I had to keep going; there’s no option of stopping work, or not looking after Emmie, or not making the meals, paying the bills, or keeping the house in order. Thank goodness my mum was up for a few days to help. Geez it’s so much easier when my only responsibilities are Emmie and our backpack!! ? So it’s kind of sucked for the past 10 days or so. And it’s made me reconsider a bit of our trip (we leave in a week – heal, body, heal) I was really looking forward to the islands in Malaysia BUT with me like this, I can’t be on entertainment duty with Emmie the whole time. We need people, and favourite things, and distractions…so we’re going to head back to our spirit town and sometime-home Hoi An for a bit instead. Many of our friends will be away cause it’s school holidays, but a few will be there – like Emmie’s Hoi An bestie Nina so yay ? We will swim, eat, catch up with friends, wander the old town, sweat – it’s going to be ??? – and just love being back. Do you have a fave place away from home that you keep returning to? ???

A post shared by Evie Farrell ? & Emmie (@mumpacktravel) on Jul 1, 2019 at 5:59pm PDT

当母女二人买了单程票离开澳大利亚前往菲律宾时，Farrell说她脑海里“一片空白”。“我没有任何最后期限。我们没有计划。我们只是开始了行程的第一站，”她说。

尽管有很多人对此表示支持，但也有人问了很多问题，但她没有想那么多，拎着Emmie就出发了。Farrell把这些问题形容为“消极的‘如果……那怎么办’”的问题。

“如果你生病了怎么办？或者如果你不喜欢呢？或者如果你回来的时候找不到工作，或者你不在的时候房子租不出去该怎么办？”Farrell解释道。

在长达两年半的旅游中，Farrell和Emmie前几晚入住高级饭店，当作对自己的犒赏，不过后来几乎都住在背包客旅社，认识了来自各地的朋友。

Farrell从以色列人身上学会魔术，也有人教她摺出纸飞机。Farrell说，“我觉得旅行给了Emmie很大的自信心，让她总能迅速适应不同环境。”

 

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Yesterday’s trip to Nusa Penida was super fun and we did so, so, much. When we usually stay at resorts we stay in but this trip we’ve ventured out cause it’s so easy to come back after a big day to Club Med and have cocktails by the pool and a four course meal at the fancy restraurant…divine and I’ll tell you all about it later. ? . Penida was so great, we went snorkeling – spotted one manta at Manta Bay, floated at Crystal Bay and just gazed and gazed at the incredible corals at Gamat Bay (my fave). Then we drove around the island and made it to the amazing Kenlingking Beach…if I’d known I prob would have missed the other spots – Angels Billabong and Broken Beach which were awesome but more of a stop and take a photo and move on – and spend hours here because it is BEAUTIFUL and I’d have loved to walk down to the beach…next time!! ?☀️? oh and it’s shaped like a T-Rex..we are kind of blocking the full effect ?? @clubmedbali Our tour was with @nusapenidaluxury and we loved it

A post shared by Evie Farrell ? & Emmie (@mumpacktravel) on Apr 10, 2019 at 5:57pm PDT

她和女儿在斯里兰卡搭火车、在长城扎营、在婆罗洲观赏野生动物、在台湾的寺庙祈祷。

Farrell有时候把旅程交给Emmie规划，“我们去过中国好几次，只因为Emmie查到一些想去的地方。我认为赋予她权力，同意、认可她想要做的事情及决定很重要。”

但是Farrell过了一阵子突然意识到，旅行所拍的照片中几乎都只有Emmie，她说“我们很常认为自己负责拍照所以没在照片里。事实上，是担心自己在照片里不好看，这跟自尊心有关”。

当她放宽心开始和Emmie合照并标记#mumsinphotos，这个标签也开始引发话题，Farrell说，这个标签可以让孩子随时能看见回忆。

Farrell和Emmie在旅游两年半后回到家乡，她发现与女儿间的连结性更强了。她们预计在存到更多钱后，明年再出发。

 

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TUK TUK RACE/TREASURE HUNT ⭐️If you’re visiting Phnom Penh you will no doubt be saddened by the poverty here, but overwhelmed by the friendliness and positivity of the beautiful Khmer people. ? And you’ll for sure want to give back to this country and help the people who need it most. @childsafemovement has lots of awesome activities like this tuk tuk race (for groups) and treasure hunt (for smaller groups and families) that are a perfect combo of learning and fun ?. Your ChildSafe trained driver will show you around the city as you decipher clues and complete challenges, and learn about the work ChildSafe does to protect children. ChildSafe is part of @friends_intl and my sister works with them here in Phnom Phenh ? I’ve got so much more to share and you can see some of what we did here in my highlights ?

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最后，Farrell与那些想要长期旅行的人分享了她的提示：

“我认为旅行是一个令人大开眼界、心潮澎湃，往往充满挑战但却是美好的体验，这对每个人都是有益和有价值的，无论你选择怎样旅行。有些人喜欢度假村，有些人喜欢象我们这样背包旅行。但是，任何考虑长期旅行的人都应该放手一搏，因为它比你想象的容易得多。你所需要的只是值得信赖的旅行保险，一双耐久的鞋子，你就准备好了。”