What I’ve learned... travelling with children
Liddy Pleasants founded Stubborn Mule Travel, a family adventure-travel company, after cycling around Southeast Asia for five months with her young children
My husband and I thought having children would hinder our travel. Actually, it enhanced it. Our first trip was with our then one-year-old son to Sri Lanka. Before, I’d always been viewed as one of a horde of backpackers. Having this little podgy baby, we were welcomed everywhere, people asking to have pictures with him and inviting us for tea. My kids are now 13, 11 and 6 and we still get special treatment – although the older and less cute they get, it diminishes somewhat.