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In the morning we travelled to our homestay in Viscri, a village of about 400 inhabitants. If off the beaten path had an off the beaten path, this place is it.

I’m not a fan of overused clichés, but there’s no other way to say this: when I first saw the Taj Mahal, it quite literally took my breath away.

If you have a parent who is still in good health, do not hesitate to seize the moment and travel together. It will surely give you some incredible memories to last a lifetime, and change your relationship forever.

It’s not actually hard to travel by myself, in many ways it’s easier. And, if I had to wait for someone to go with me, I would have never made it to the first country, let alone the 34th.

But although leading up to the trip all I could think about was taking the best picture, I realized that being on a safari isn’t about that, it’s about being in the moment.

I wish I could tell you that I was some fearless traveler who ventured into the unknown wilds of Ecuador, but that would be doing you a disservice. I was terrified.

I imagined riding in the back of a classic car and salsa dancing in the streets of Havana. These things did happen, but I was pleased to discover that the Cuban people captivated my heart more than anything else.

“I told my husband that the world is changing,” Naa explains over Skype. “In the past, women were behind men. But I said to him ‘we can step together’”.

Truth be told, it didn’t matter where we ended up. We were just excited about the idea of travelling with our baby and exposing her to new things.