They plan to spend 150 days visiting 3 cities in China, take a short rest after returning from Shanghai, and then continue to travel abroad, and then spend 150 days visiting 30 countries to complete their exploration tour around Eurasia and the Arctic, with a journey of nearly120,000 kilometers.
Together with them are their daughter Huang Xinyi and niece Peng Xinyao. For this special trip, Huang Haitao and his wife dropped out of school, Huang Xinyi and Peng Xinyao dropped out of school and used up all their savings. Their parents and brothers and sisters also took out their money to help each other.
Huang Haitao and his party will collect the signatures of 50 Olympic champions and 100 movie stars respectively, and will also launch a long-volume signature campaign in the cities they visit, and will also collect messages from dignitaries from various countries for the Youth Olympic Games. Huang Haitao's wife and sister also designed questionnaires on "China's Parents' Education Concept" and "Adolescent Happiness Index" for their two children. Huang Haitao's daughter and niece's 300-day trip will take nearly a year, and they said they would "teach themselves on the trip".
Huang Haitao said that it is worthwhile to promote the Youth Olympic Games while realizing his dream.
1, have a dream
Huang Haitao's dream in college was to see the scenery everywhere.
2. Adventure spirit
3. Have clear goals and practical actions.
After the goal was determined, Mr. and Mrs. Huang Haitao immediately began to make all kinds of preparations for the trip: medicine, car repair tools, tents, oxygen bottles, cookers, daily necessities ... everything, as well as domestic and international routes, visas and passports to Europe ... The sisters were not idle, and they signed up for several interest classes such as photography to catch up on all kinds of knowledge that might be used in the trip.
For this trip, it is also a financial support for the whole family. Huang Haitao himself is an oil painter, and all the income from selling paintings is taken out, and all the income from after-school tutoring in Huang Furong is taken out, with the sponsorship of relatives and friends. Their main expenditure is to buy a Toyota pickup truck, and the budget on the road is about 700 thousand.
Huang Haitao has handled ATA documentary books, which are popular all over the world, and can guarantee unimpeded visits abroad. What about foreign language communication barriers? He said, "We have two good helpers. My daughter and niece are both good at English. My wife and I also know some English. If we can't use body language, it's also a good way to communicate. "
They call this behavior "poor travel". They don't take expressway, but try to take the national highway and expressway. One is to save money, and the other is to be closer to local customs. Most of the time, they set up their own tents to rest, or stay in villagers' homes, and only stay in hotels when the weather is too cold. Everywhere I go, I will also visit the farmers' market, buy some local specialties and try to cook by myself on the way.
I really like traveling.
Huang Haitao said that the real motivation for them to overcome all difficulties and make up their minds is a simple sentence: because they like traveling, traveling is their family's favorite lifestyle. "We like being on the road all the time!"
"In this life, people are pursuing inner happiness." Peng Xinyao's mother, Huang Haiyan, believed in her and her brother's choice.
5. Learn in fun and learn in travel.
During the trip, neither of the children gave up their studies. As teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Huang Haitao brought them all the teaching materials, and helped them as long as the conditions were met. The two children will also write down what they saw and felt during the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Huang Haitao believe that this kind of travel education is far better than sitting in the classroom reading, which can help children learn more skills and feel more real society and nature.
6. Support and understanding from friends and relatives.
Everywhere, the two children have to go to two places. One goes to the local museum to learn about the long history here. Second, go to the local farmer's market to understand the truth of the most original ecology.
During the trip, in addition to writing travel notes, they also have to complete two survey reports-the survey of parents' educational concept in China and the survey of contemporary teenagers' happiness index, with an average of more than 20 copies collected in one province.
At present, the two notebooks and four digital cameras they bring are in a tense working state every day, and the contents of 100 G have been stored in the hard disk.
Their journey
Domestic: Jiangsu-Anhui-Hubei-Chongqing-Sichuan-Xinjiang-Qinghai-Gansu-Ningxia-Shaanxi-Shanxi-Inner Mongolia-Heilongjiang-Jilin-Liaoning-Tianjin-Beijing-Hebei-Henan-Shandong-Zhejiang-Shanghai-Fujian-Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau-Hainan-Guangxi-Yunnan-Guizhou-Hunan.
Europe: China-Russia-Arctic-Finland-Sweden-Norway-Denmark-Netherlands-Germany-Belgium-Luxembourg-France-Britain-Spain-Portugal-Monaco-Switzerland-Liechtenstein-Austria-Italy-Croatia-Estonia-Latvia-Montenegro-Macedonia-Greece-Bulgaria-Hungary-Slovakia-Lithuania-Poland.