Amelia Brown - 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?
August 2003
1-6 Months
About A$10,000 so far
22
Australia
Sydney, Australia
Retail Slave
One more paycheck and I'm gone
No
We'll start in the UK, move across to the continent, train it through
Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany and see what happens from there!
Desperate to take off overseas! Have been planning on this trip for
nearly a year while finishing university - probably should have been
studying instead of checking out the internet for ideas...! I decided to
take this kind of trip because it is what I have been dreaming about for
so long and now is the perfect time for me to escape!
Not having enough time or money to stay long enough.
Very supportive - my parents seem almost too keen to help me prepare for
the trip (trying to get me out of the house perhaps!!) Most people are
envious that I'm going away.
Just Enough
Well, to be honest I haven't given too much thought to packing - think I
will just end up throwing a heap of stuff into the trusty Macpac and jump
on the plane. Most indispensable item? Probably my pack.
I think it will make me more aware of what's going on around the world
and hopefully broaden my horizons. I don't know that it will 'change me
as a person' but I assume I will pick up some invaluable tips and learn a
few things along the way.
An amazing experience that everyone should be able to have.
I think this one is obvious. But mostly I believe its a state of mind
that changes the way you approach life and travel - it's a certain type
of person that chooses to go on a RTW trip.
That its scary and difficult, that you need to plan every step.
It's fun, exciting, and lets you experience lots of things that will make
all your friends at home very, very envious!
Do a bit of research so that you have a vague idea about the place you a
visiting and don't have to spend time with your head stuck in an LP guide
when you could be climbing up the Eiffel Tower or sampling the local brew
at the pub down the road.
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