He became the youngest traveler to visit Antarctica.
For five whole months, four-year-old Simba traveled the world. And not only did he travel: the boy also has a sea cruise behind him. But first things first.
Simba is the son of a couple from China. His father, 35-year-old Xu Chenhua, named the boy after the Lion King. Yes, a Disney character, you got it right. The proud dad wanted his son to become as healthy and strong. And also to travel a lot.
Without putting things off on the back burner, Xu and Anne – the boy’s mother – began to instill in his son a craving for travel. Almost from infancy. They admired swans while traveling by boat in Xinjiang, and spent more than three months in the Philippines. And this was just an addition to the main tour: in 180 days they traveled to 12 countries on horseback! Were in Cambodia and Thailand, got to Greece and Turkey. And even at the North Pole. Simba was then only two years old.
The family did not stop at one pole. They went on a trip to South America – they rode around the continent for five months. And then we went on a cruise ship to Antarctica. Moreover, Xu spent a lot of effort and eloquence to convince the travel company to allow the family to take the child with them. Usually, children at least ten years old are allowed on these cruises. For security reasons. So Xu’s son became the youngest person ever to visit the South Pole.
– The only thing that people should do in childhood is to play, – the boy’s father. – The most important parental responsibility is to accompany, guide and grow with the child. I hope our story inspires parents to spend more time with their children.