My two 7 year old interviewed Miro (from the excellent travel blog called Raising Miro on the Road of Life) about his travels, from a kid’s perspective. My kids and I dream of traveling the world, and love to read about kids who are doing so. Miro is a 13 year old nomad who has spent 3 full years on the road, experiencing life in the fullest.
What is your name and how old are you?
Miro: My name Miro and I am 13 years old.
Where are you from, and where do you live now?
Miro: I was born and raised in Los Angeles, but we no longer reside in that part of the world. As for where we live now, that’s a tough question. Currently we’re settled in Lima, but we’re bound to get up and leave sometime soon. I think home is where our bags are.
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Our mom told us you are traveling around the world: where have you traveled? What is your favorite place to live and then your favorite place to visit for vacation?
Miro: We’ve been to every single country from Mexico to Panama and from there we’ve been to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. My favorite place to live would probably the same place that I’d like to visit, and that would be Guatemala. Sure, we were there for 10-ish months, but I feel we haven’t even reached the tip of the Iceberg.
What languages do you speak?
Miro: I’m fluent in 3 languages, which are English, Spanish (half fluent), and Gibberish, but Gibberish is less useful since only 63 people are completely fluently in it.
Have you tried any interesting food? Did you like it? What do you
do if you don’t like it?
Miro: Well some of the more interesting foods I’ve tasted are Anticyclone (cow heart), Octopus Ceviche (raw fish cooked in lemon without heat), and Alpaca Ravioli (it’s exactly what it sounds like.). Although I haven’t tried Cuy (guinea pig), it’s on my to do list. I think all of the food that I’ve stated are pretty good, but when I do happen to get food I don’t like I try and it as much as I can and then remember to never order it again.
What do you like to do in your freetime?
Miro: I spend a large amount of my free time on the computer. I read Manga (Japanese Comic book), watch videos, and play games with my friends online.
Do you have a Nintendo DS or other electronic/game to play with while you are traveling? (this is my son! LOL)
Miro: I do have a Nintendo DS, but it’s been worse for wear for a while. It’s lived a good life, considering I’ve had it for a good 5 years. First generation too.
Do you read when you are traveling? If so, what are your favorite books?
Miro: I do read while we travel on our kindle. My favorite books have got to be Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, both by Max Brooks.
What kind of schoolwork do you have to do, and what is your favorite subject?
Miro: I don’t have to do any school work because I’m unschooling. Basically, how it works is, I do what I want, when I want. It has allowed me to study things that I wouldn’t be able to study if I were in normal school, like Cryptozoology, Botany, and the Biology of Zombies.
Wow, that sounds cool!! We love animals. What’s your favorite animal? Have you ever seen it in person? Where?
Miro: My favorite animal has got to be the “Elegant, Graceful, Majestic Tapir.” I have actually seen it live (in a zoo, I don’t know if that counts) in a zoo here in Peru. Also, they’re not elegant, graceful or majestic. Just sayin’.
Oh, by the way last month I was in the Peruvian Amazon region. We saw caiman, capybara and agoutis everywhere. Also, we also saw fresh Jaguar tracks in the mud.
An agouti is in the same family as a capybara, but much smaller. Here’s a picture of one we took in the Amazon in Peru.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Miro: I don’t know. I think I might want to be a Cryptozoologist, and if I get better at drawing, possibly a Manga illustrator. It really depends on if I get better at drawing.
What’s a Cryptozoologist?
Miro: A Cryptozoologist is a person who hunts down unknown creatures. Big Foot and Lochness Monster are some of the more mainstream ones, but there are a lot more of them out there.
How has traveling and visiting different cultures and countries
changed you or your vision of the world?
Miro: Obviously it’s hard for you to see changes in yourself, but my outlook on the world has definitely changed for the better. I now see the world as a very accessible and safe place. If only more people would get out of their shell, they would realize the world was much more reachable. If only.
Doesn’t Miro sound like such an awesome kid? I love his adventurous spirit, his open-mindedness, and his curiosity. If you’d like to learn more about family travel, one of my favorite posts is her compilation of the Benefits of Family Travel, with 25 other traveling families. Have you ever traveled the world- or dreamt of doing so- with your children? Tell us in the comments, and share your travel blog with other interested families! If you’d like to learn more, his mom Lainie has an excellent travel blog called Raising Miro on the Road of Life, where she chronicles their nomadic adventures, with photos, videos, and podcasts. Enjoy!
What a cool life!
We got to know Miro better when we spent some time in Lima with he and his wonderful mother. They make a great traveling duo.
We are a traveling family as well. I’m a single dad, and my son turns 11 next week. Our blog is http://1dad1kid.com (since you asked). It’s a great life! I hope you guys get to do it soon!
Thanks for sharing your blog! I am headed there now to read about your adventures and vicariously travel:). Hopefully one day we can take the leap!
I’m so happy to read that Miro sees the world as an accessible, exciting safe place. I am lucky enough to know him and his mother. Even luckier that I got to have them in my home as their very first place to stay once they jumped into the world with just their bags and their smiles. Miro was pretty unsure about all of it. I told him that I knew he would thrive in his adventures and I’m so happy to see that this has become his reality.
I loved his perspective and insight about his travels. What an incredible journey! How lucky that you’ve met him in person:).
GREAT interview!! We haven’t crossed paths with Lainie and Miro yet, but we will!! I’ve read several of Miro’s interviews and I have to say that I think this is my favourite!!
We’re travelers too… four kids age 10-16… we’ve been on the road 4.5 years (currently in Asia) and we LOVE it. If you’re dreaming of travel and your kids are 7… get out there and DO IT!!!
Come visit us at: http://www.edventureproject.com
Oh, I can’t WAIT to read your web site! We also have 4 kiddos (ages 4-7). Thank you for sharing your web site- I am headed there right now:).
Five months ago we sold our business, rented out the house and have taken our two boys, 12 and 9 out of school for a year to travel the world. We’re a little over half way through and it is addictive, we all want to keep going. I’ve been introduced to Lainie and Miro and other traveling families through Families on the Move. An amazing site of like minded travelers where inspiration, stories of high adventure, good times and bad are shared.
We’ve kept an extensive blog of stories and photos through South East Asia, New Zealand, South America and now the US. We’re about to head to the Europe, Egypt and Africa.
Feel free to visit us and have a peek.
cvw-rtw.blogspot.com.
Congrats to Miro on a great interview. What a cool mum you’ve got.
I agree- what a cool family!
I can’t wait to go check out your site- if your boys would ever like to be interviewed by my kids (ages 5-8) let me know!:) Have an awesome time!!!!!
Great interview from two great kids-we follow Lainie and Miro and actually 1dad1kid and The Edventure Project also! Doesn’t travel blogging make the world a small place?
Yay! Thanks for introducing me to more sites to check out! I will head over to Edventure Project!:)
Hi kidworldcitizen, I think my boys would think that was awesome. How would you go about that?
Really great question! What regions are you thinking of for your travels? How flexible is your job? I think once you have these 2 sorted out, you can begin to budget and plan your trip. There are many options for slow travel, and the best part is that you can decide how you want your slow travel to look!
Well, areas we have been and where we’re going next are pretty much as my message above. The specific countries we’ve been so far are Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, New Zealand, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile, the US from Orlando to Dallas, California, Memphis…. heap of places. Next is Europe, England, France Germany, Italy, Spain, Eygpt South Africa. In respect to a job, I dont have one. I’ll work that out whn I get back home in November.