00:00I'm a single mom backpacking Southeast Asia with my five-year-old and today
00:03we went bamboo rafting to try and spot some elephants. We're in Chiang Mai in
00:07Thailand and we booked a tour to try and find some elephants on some bamboo rafts.
00:11We got there and they gave you these little t-shirts to try and they're so
00:14cute and then we spotted some bananas and we actually did eat one that was so
00:18tiny and very flavoursome, didn't taste like the ones in England. I didn't
00:23realize that this tour included a big hike up to a waterfall so we walked up
00:27without our bag, we left that in the little tuk-tuk they picked us up in and
00:31we walked for ages to this waterfall through the woods. We found this cute
00:35little dog on our way up as well. Milani's obsessed with every single
00:39animal that she sees. The only thing that kept her walking was the fact that there
00:42might be a dog waiting at the top. It was so worth it, look how pretty that
00:45waterfall was. It was so refreshing in the water as well but it was so slippy.
00:49So I thought I'd walk to Milani the whole way down holding her hands because she
00:53couldn't be trusted, she fell like five times. And he was so good with her, he was
00:57playing with her to try and encourage her to walk because it was really hot like I
01:00was struggling. Then we headed to the bamboo rafts which were actually really
01:03scary, it was quite fast and they kept pretending there were snakes in the water
01:06so I was a bit paranoid. We were looking out for the elephants and we did see
01:10some, we were so excited. Look there are the elephants, they were so cute. There's a little baby as well.
01:14And just as I began to relax we went down a waterfall and lost our crocs
01:19nearly. We literally went under the water, it was so scary. Then we went back to the
01:24Alicia Tonicliffe, a single mom from Turkey, Devon, has embraced the adventure of a
01:28lifetime backpacking around Asia with her five-year-old daughter Milani. Alicia
01:32decided to quit her job, move in with her parents to save money and embark on an
01:35extended journey together. Despite challenges like being at the wrong
01:38airport, Alicia says the experience has been life-changing and Milani has
01:42adapted remarkably well. Alicia believes Milani is learning invaluable life
01:45lessons from their travels and hopes to inspire other single parents to explore
01:49the world with their kids, even if it's just a trip to a nearby destination.
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