Allison Mackenzie - Around-the-World Traveler
- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
- How much have you saved?
- How old are you?
- Nationality
- Where do you live now?
- Occupation
- Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
- Have you traveled around the world before?
- What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
- How do you think your round-the-world trip will change your life? How do you think it will affect and change you as a person?
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
- Why do you think people should go on round-the-world trips? Why not just take a regular old one- or two-week vacation instead?
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
- Why do you like to travel?
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
July 2006
6-12 Months
$20000CDN
37
Canada
Quebec, Canada
Middle School Teacher
It's my career
No
Bookends will be kayaking in Greenland and in British Columbia. Eastern Europe, hike Ben Nevis, Australia & New Zealand, Costa Rica...so much to see...no definite plan yet
I was able to take advantage of the deferred salary plan where you work for four years at 80% salary and take the fifth year off at 80%...how could I NOT take advantage?
Running out of funds...not wanting to come home because I fell in love with someone from the Southern Hemisphere...getting sick and being alone in a foreign medical system...missing home...(none of these are that scary)
Envious, full of advice and great tips and trying to meet me overseas...Mum, on the other hand, is nervous and wants to buy me a suitcase...hmmmm.
Just Enough
Quick-dry fabric, pictures of home, small Canadiana items to trade or leave as gifts, camera (digital or manual is still being debated), a journal, duct tape (solution to the world`s problems)
It will make my History lessons much more interesting. Like all major challenges, it will boost my general level of confidence and perceived power.
In the End, the person with the best tales to tell, wins!
Better stories
It won't be THAT hard. It is like taking a year off.
I feed on change and now that I am settling into a job, house, community that I love, I need to create that change that used to just happen because I was young and kinetic.
Start planning and saving WAY in advance. No need to plan in great detail, but budgeting should be well researched and planned. Take your pick: outta time or outta cash?
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