Esmé is perhaps the most well-travelled baby on Earth. Instead of spending her first year of life in one place, her travel-loving parents, Karen Edwards and Shaun Bayes, decided to take some time to travel during Edwards' maternity leave. They packed up one huge backpack when Esmé was 10 weeks old and hit the road toward Asia, New Zealand and Australia for 10 months, reported Refinery29. Their travelling exploits have been documented on Edwards' Instagram, @TravelMadMum, and on their blog, TravelMadMum.

How can the couple manage so much travel? Edwards is a nurse, was entitled to a year off, so the pair decided to take full advantage of the benefit. Bayes quit his job as a landscaper to go on the voyage, and the pair sold their car and rented out their London home to help cover the costs of the trip, reported The Daily Mail.

It seems absurd to embark on a backpacking voyage with a baby, but they say that though the trips have had their difficult moments, like all travel, the time they've spent travelling has been wonderful and so enriching for their little family.

On their first trip from November 2014 to September 2015, they spent a few months in Bayes' native New Zealand and then backpacked home via Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Hong Kong, reported The Independent. Now, they're back on the road again! The trio is currently in Thailand.

"Both Shaun and I were keen backpackers before I fell pregnant and everyone thought we were completely nuts when we said that we were going to take Esmé when she arrived. She was really well behaved and because she was small it was easy enough to keep her in the harness when we were on the move. We have no regrets, she got to experience new sights, scenes and smells as she grew and that is incredible," said Edwards, according to The Daily Mail. "The overall aim is to inspire like-minded travel loving parents - your travel days do not have to be over. It is all about incorporating your little person into your way of life," Edwards wrote on her blog.