See the World- Honduras

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll see that every year we take a trip to Honduras. Every year I get asked multiple times- Is it safe?

The short answer- Yes.

But the long answer is that we love sharing Honduras with our girls.

We love showing them the differences between a developing nation and Canada to give them a sense of gratitude and empathy.

We love teaching them Spanish.

We love stretching their little minds to accept new things as truths. I’m not sure if Tim and I will ever be as open and accepting as our girls- they accept new customs and different appearances with no judgement. Their level of tolerance at this age is limitless so we will continue to give them as many new experiences as possible.  Right now it’s easy to teach them just by immersing them in a culture.

But we also understand that developing countries aren’t the same as Canada. Even though we like to think it is perfectly safe, it really just isn’t.  That being said, there are parts of my own city that I don’t venture to either.  So we play it safe. Every trip we go on is an opportunity to teach our girls how to travel.  There’s nothing we want more then to raise global citizens who are aware of what is happening around them, who aren’t scared to get outside their comfort zone, and want to experience life in a new place.

I could write forever about Honduras and how much we love travelling around the country, snorkelling in the Islands, and swimming in natural hot springs. Someday I’ll write a guide to travelling Honduras with kids- because it seems like I send out itineraries to people on Instagram on a regular basis 🙂

But for now, here’s a movie I filmed this February all about my girls exploring around where we live, playing in the pool, relaxing, cooking and visiting some of the countryside.  It’s what we like to call “unschooling”- learning without a classroom and it’s the best way to learn.

And I know it’s a little long, but I couldn’t help it 🙂

Honduras2016 from kelsy nielson on Vimeo.