I’m a full-time digital nomad who has visited 44 countries – and this is why I’m putting off having kids…

Would you postpone having children to travel around the world without worries for longer?

It’s a topic that’s becoming increasingly popular on popular social media platforms like TikTok, where videos asking the question have gone viral.

MailOnline Travel speaks to a world traveler who explains why she has already made the decision to prioritize exploring over parenthood.

Australian-born Adriana Neptuna, who has been married for eight years, says she and her husband want to “make the most of our thirties,” experiment and take risks before considering starting a family.

The award-winning blogger, who documents her travels on her TikTok And Wanderlicious websitehas visited 44 countries so far and says she’s ‘not ready to give’ [travel] not finished yet’, as she has come to know it.

“I love the freedom of traveling to new locations on a whim, usually based on the recommendations of other travelers,” she explains.

‘If the weather gets worse or I don’t like a location, I just pack up and leave. I imagine it’s more difficult with little ones in tow. I expect it will also cost more, and you have to plan that better.’

Adriana acknowledges that it is possible to travel as a family, but suggests that it can be ‘more difficult with very young children if you are exploring remote areas and places without family-friendly facilities.

As a full-time traveler and digital nomad, she says it may be easy for her to “postpone having children” because her job involves moving and her work would otherwise have to change.

From her experience, Adriana says she “definitely” thinks it’s a growing trend because there are fewer expectations “to have kids once you get married and to settle down.”

She adds, “That is no longer the case. The world is big and there is so much to see. By traveling you learn so much, not only about foreign cultures, but also about yourself.

‘I’m not sure I would have been mature enough to start a family in my early 20s. I was too busy exploring.”

Despite her personal preferences, Adriana’s message to expectant parents is that it is “best to have children when you think the time is right.”

The travel enthusiast remembers experiencing different cultures from a “very young age” when her parents moved a lot for work.

“By the age of 13, I had lived in four different countries and gone to school in Australia, Poland, Dubai and then England,” she says.

‘I realized that each country is completely unique, but they all have similarities. Every country has delicious food, beautiful traditions, unusual customs and generally very nice people.’

She got her first taste of traveling abroad on a trip to New Zealand to attend her aunt’s wedding, where she also visited some geothermal hot springs.

“It was so cold outside that it was snowing, but the ground was very hot,” she says.

‘I remember warming my hands by picking up the hot stones from the floor. How bizarre is that? The air was ice cold, but the ground was hot. New Zealand is full of wonders.’

Reflecting on her love of travel, Adriana says her theory is that it gives you “the same sense of wonder you experience as a child.”

She adds, “You see things for the first time, you try new foods for the first time, you usually get completely lost along the way, but in the end you create some of the best memories.”

Adriana’s world travels to date include twenty countries in Europe, two countries in Africa, six in the Middle East, one in North America, two in Oceania and 13 in Asia.

These are Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Great Britain and Vatican City in Europe.

The others are Egypt and Morocco in Africa; UAE, Turkey, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Bahrain in the Middle East; Mexico in North America; Australia and New Zealand in Oceania; and Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, India and the Maldives in Asia.

Where is next on the list?

Adriana and her partner dream of visiting every country in the world and currently have their eyes on South America.

“I’ve never been to that continent before and the nature, the landscape, the food and the people really intrigue me,” says Adriana.

‘I would love to visit Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. I also really want to see more of Africa as I think it has some of the most beautiful places on earth. But it’s hard to know where to start.’

When asked how many countries she would like to experience before starting a family, Adriana says between 20 and 25 years old.

For now, she plans to continue traveling with her partner, who was able to quit his job to join her on her adventure.

But there are times when full-time travel can affect relationships, she says.

“I’m lucky that my partner travels with me, but I don’t see my friends from London as often as I would like,” she adds.

‘The friendships you make while traveling can also be fleeting. You meet people from all over the world and may never see them again. But the stories you have are definitely worth it.”

When it comes to starting a family, Adriana hopes to continue exploring the world, but probably in a different way.

“I think it will really change the way I travel, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still experience new places and cultures,” she continues.

“I’ll just have to get better at planning, I guess.”

For more information from Adriana, visit www.tiktok.com/@wanderlicious.adri And www.wanderlicious.co.uk.