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🤿 Have you ever thought about learning to scuba dive with your kids?

When Cosimo first asked Mass if he could get his diving certification, we had no idea that a few years later, Emma and I would be joining him!

During our time in Mexico, the three of us decided to get our PADI Open Water certifications together. And while the kids seemed completely comfortable underwater from the beginning, I definitely had a few moments when I wondered what I had gotten myself into! 😂

But that's what made this experience so special. We learned together, encouraged each other, made mistakes, and discovered an entirely new world beneath the surface.

And of course, Luca found his own way to be part of the adventure! ❤️

I've shared the whole experience on our blog, including how the certification works, what we struggled with, and what we learned along the way.

📖 Read our story: [www.the5worldexplorers.com/padi-open-water-certifi…

🎥 Watch our diving adventure: https://youtu.be/uvxeTx5v1go

Sometimes the best family adventures happen when we decide to try something completely new!

Would you ever try scuba diving with your kids? Or are you already a diving family? 🌊

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Before visiting Cappadocia, I honestly wondered if it was really a place for families. 🎈🇹🇷
I had seen so many photos of hot air balloons, beautiful cave hotels, and Instagram photoshoots that I wondered if it was more of a couples’ destination.

I was SO wrong. 😂

Cappadocia turned into one giant adventure for our family!

🎈 We flew in a hot air balloon—just the five of us
🐎 Rode horses through the valleys
🏍️ Got completely covered in dust riding ATVs
🏨 Slept in a cave hotel
🕳️ Explored an underground city
🏺 Made pottery in Avanos
📸 Had one of our most unusual family photoshoots in a carpet shop
🚗 Cruised around in a vintage car
🍲 Broke open a clay pot to eat testi kebab
🧂 And even took a side trip to walk across a salt lake!

And somehow, Luca managed to sleep through one of the most beautiful mornings, while hot air balloons were filling the sky around our campervan. 😂

I just updated our blog post with: 12 amazing things to do in Cappadocia with kids, including our experiences, tips, and what we learned along the way.

If Cappadocia is on your family travel list, or you've wondered whether it's worth visiting with kids, this one is for you!

👉 Read the full post: www.the5worldexplorers.com/12-fun-things-to-do-in-…
🎥 Or come along with us and watch our Turkey video playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...


Have you been to Cappadocia?
And if not, which of these would your family want to do first? 🎈

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🇲🇪 Have you ever thought about traveling through Montenegro?

We explored Montenegro by campervan, and one of the things we loved most was having the freedom to change our plans as we went.

We explored the Bay of Kotor by boat, wandered through Kotor and Perast, visited the incredible Ostrog Monastery, played in the snow in Durmitor National Park, went rafting through Tara Canyon, met up with another worldschooling family in Podgorica and ended our trip watching dozens of kite surfers in Ulcinj.

We’ve just updated our Montenegro blog post with more information and tips while keeping all the stories from our original trip.

📖 Read our revised Montenegro itinerary here:
www.the5worldexplorers.com/our-montenegro-travel-i…

🎥 Or come along with us and watch our Montenegro video playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Would Montenegro be on your family travel list?

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Another Blog revision!!!
During our travels around Italy, some of our favorite experiences have happened far away from the famous cities. 🇮🇹

In Castiglione del Lago, we stayed at a family-run agriturismo where the kids collected eggs with nonna Nella, fed the animals, learned about farm life, and even made their own pici pasta. We also explored the medieval town and beautiful Lake Trasimeno.
It was meant to be a short stop… but we loved the farm so much that we stayed an extra night! ❤️

Read the full story on our blog: www.the5worldexplorers.com/visting-castiglione-del…

View videos here: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

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A few years ago, we headed to Copenhagen 🇩🇰 with our kids, and it was SO much fun!
We only had 5 days, and somehow it still wasn’t enough. 😂

🎢 Riding Rutschebanen over and over at Tivoli
🧪 Spending an entire day at Experimentarium
🧌 Hunting for giant Thomas Dambo trolls
🧜‍♀️ Finding not one, but TWO very different Little Mermaids
⛪ Climbing to the top of the Church of Our Saviour
🚤 Seeing Copenhagen from the water
🏙️ Exploring colorful Nyhavn
…and plenty more!

We just updated our blog with 20 fun things to do in Copenhagen with kids, including what we loved, what we missed, and a few money-saving tips.

👉 Would you visit Copenhagen with your family? 🇩🇰
www.the5worldexplorers.com/20-fun-things-to-do-in-…

Read the full post on The 5 World Explorers!

#Copenhagen #Denmark #FamilyTravel #CopenhagenWithKids #TravelWithKids

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This is the trip that changed our lives.
In 2017, we went to Thailand thinking it was just going to be a two-week family vacation. Mass was there for a workshop, and the kids and I simply tagged along.

But somewhere between exploring Phuket, getting lost, island hopping, and spending a day together on Koh Yao Noi, a crazy idea came into our heads…

What if we sold everything and traveled the world with our kids?
At the time, it was just an idea.

We had no idea it would eventually become our life.
This was the trip where The 5 World Explorers really began.

👉 Read here: www.the5worldexplorers.com/first-trip-to-phuket/

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What do you do with a 15-hour layover in Oman? ✈️🇴🇲

We decided we definitely weren't spending it at the airport!
On our way from Italy to Malaysia, we had a long stop in Muscat, so we arranged a guide and turned our layover into a full day exploring Oman.

We visited the incredible Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, drove through the mountains to Nizwa, tasted Omani halwa and different varieties of dates at the souk, learned about traditional clothing and khanjars (Luca LOVED those 😂), and explored Nizwa Fort and all the clever traps that were once used to protect it.

Were we exhausted after an overnight flight? YES! 😴 We even used some of the drive to power nap, and by the afternoon we had to change our original itinerary because the heat and lack of sleep were catching up with us.

But would we do it again? Absolutely!

Our new blog post shares our whole Oman layover, what we managed to see in one day, what we had to skip, and how we planned it all before arriving.

👉 Read about our 15 hours in Oman on the blog! www.the5worldexplorers.com/oman-layover/

Videos coming out in a few weeks!!!

#Oman #OmanTravel #OmanLayover #VisitOman #Muscat #Nizwa #NizwaFort #FamilyTravel #Worldschooling #TravelWithKids #The5WorldExplorers

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🇲🇳 One of our most unforgettable adventures in Mongolia, now revised! 🦌

This week I revisited our journey deep into Northern Mongolia to spend time with the Tsaatan reindeer herders. And wow… reading it brought everything back. ❤️

A 12-hour sleeper train, two days driving off-road through the Mongolian countryside, camping in the wilderness, cars stuck in the mud, millions of mosquitoes 😂, and finally a 6-hour horseback ride into the Taiga.

And then we were there.
Surrounded by reindeer, learning about a way of life completely different from ours, watching Cosimo try to milk a reindeer, Luca making everyone stop to play in a tiny patch of snow, and sharing an experience that our family still talks about today.
It was definitely not an easy journey, but it remains one of the most incredible experiences we’ve had traveling the world.

I’ve just updated the full story on the blog with more context and reflections from our time there.

👉 Read the updated blog post: www.the5worldexplorers.com/reindeer-tribe/
🎥 Watch our Mongolia Reindeer Tribe adventure playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

And a little fun connection: this experience later inspired part of Book 2 of our Adventure Globe series! 🦌🌍📚 www.theadventureglobe.com/books

Sometimes going back through these old stories reminds me just how many incredible adventures we’ve shared together. ❤️

2 months ago | [YT] | 11

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🇧🇹 REVISED BLOG: Horse Trekking in Bhutan with Kids

When we returned to Bhutan for the second time, we wanted to experience a different side of the country. And somehow that turned into horse trekking through the mountains with our three kids! 🐴

We weren’t experienced riders, Luca was only turning 4, it was the middle of winter, and a snowstorm completely changed our plans… but it became one of the most unforgettable experiences of our travels.

Three days on horseback taught us a lot about trusting the horses, trusting our kids and being willing to change the plan when needed.
I’ve just revised the original story on the blog, with more details and practical tips for families thinking about doing something similar.

🇧🇹 Horse Trekking in Bhutan with Kids: An Unforgettable Family Adventure
👉 Read the full story: www.the5worldexplorers.com/family-horse-trek-in-bh…
🎥 And watch our family horse trek in Bhutan: https://youtu.be/nNT-rhelZNw

2 months ago | [YT] | 13

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🇧🇳 Our Brunei Girls’ Trip

This trip wasn’t originally supposed to be just the two of us. But thanks to some not-so-great planning on my part 😂 and flight prices that suddenly went way up, Emma and I ended up heading to Brunei on our own.

And what a special few days it turned out to be. ❤️
We explored beautiful mosques, walked through Kampong Ayer, searched for proboscis monkeys in the mangroves, tried local food, and discovered a country we knew very little about.

But more than anything, I loved having this unexpected time with Emma. Sometimes you don’t have to plan those special one-on-one moments with your kids; you just have to embrace them when they happen.

I’ve shared our whole adventure, what we learned, and plenty of tips for visiting Brunei on the blog. 🇧🇳

👉 Read about it here: www.the5worldexplorers.com/brunei-girls-trip/

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