Florianopolis is the center of the natural birth movement in Brazil and the free public care we received was great. We thought our lack of Portuguese might be hard, but it proved to not be as big a challenge as we imagined. We chose to have Sierra in Florianopolis, Brazil, which is the only non-Spanish speaking country we have been to on the trip. Luckily, Adam was able to spend a lot of time with Coco. The challenges of that elevation coupled with early pregnancy hormones left her quite green. Emily’s first trimester was very difficult, as most of it was spent around 12,000 feet in Peru. We always knew we wanted Colette to have a sibling and since our life now is on the road, it was a natural decision to have Sierra in South America. When, 5 months into the trip, we decided to slow down, it was much easier to grasp the concept that earlier we could not have fathomed. How difficult/intimidating was that? When we departed in 2012, our plan was to be gone for 1 year- so the original intention wasn’t quite as large a commitment to ‘raising a family on the road’ as it has become. MIZU: Was it a conscious decision to have a second child whilst on the road? When that fell through, we knew the time had come for us to plan our own grand voyage. When Emily was pregnant with Colette, Adam was working on a project that would have put us, in India and Nepal for 6+ months. It was formed from pieces we gathered along the way and dreamed we would share with our ‘future family’, like the passing smile of a mother carrying her infant in a front pack on a remote hike in New Zealand, and on a tiny island in Thailand- two gregarious children that told us of how they were sailing around the world with their parents. We have traveled together for over a decade, always scheming our next adventure. MIZU: What inspired you initially to up and leave life as you knew it and head out on the open road? They are blisfully enjoying life on the slow road, with no end in sight. Five months in, they decided to embrace a future unknown and the rewards of slow travel. Adam, Emily & Colette departed California in October 2012 in their VW Westfalia with the goal of reaching Tierra del Fuego and returning a year later. What started as a dream and developed into a 12-month plan is now life on the road. We bet you have! Adam and Emily Harteau did just that. Have you ever imagined upping and leaving the life you have created? The house, the car, the job, the friends and family? Just packing your bags, selling up, and hitting the road.
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