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Author: Sean Keener

Bobbi Aqua – Around-the-World Traveler

  1. When do you leave?
    December 2003

  2. How long do you plan to be away?
    1-2 Years

  3. How much have you saved?
    enough

  4. How old are you?
    60

  5. Nationality
    USA

  6. Where do you live now?
    East Hampton, New York, USA

  7. Occupation
    Acupuncturist and Herbalist

  8. Is this job one that you actually like, or
    are you only doing it to pay for the trip?

    It’s my career

  9. Have you traveled around the world
    before?

    No

  10. What is the route you plan to take/places
    you plan to visit?

    NYC – South Pacific – New Zealand – Australia – Africa – Asia –
    Europe – South America – USA

  11. Why did you decide to take this trip? What
    got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?

    I am at a crossroads in my life and am on a part spiritual vision quest
    and part research project. I am working on gathering materal about
    Indigenous People and their healing techniques particularly herbal medicine

  12. What is your biggest fear about this
    trip?

    I don’t know if I have a biggest fear. I have some concern about staying
    healthy, loneliness, certain living conditions and finding the people for
    my research.

  13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc.,
    supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the
    world?

    Yes, very!!

  14. How much planning and preparing have you
    done?

    Just Enough

  15. What are you packing? What do you consider
    your most indispensable item(s)?

    Herbal and Western Medicine and suppilies. Just enough clothing and
    money.Technical equipment. Proper Medical Suppilies is the most important.
    Also the equipment to document what I find.

  16. 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?

    I really have no idea but I hope it will greatly expand my conciousness
    and help me to find more ways of being in service in the world.

  17. If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings
    about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it
    be?

    Awesome adventure with unlimiting potential.

  18. 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?

    When you live with people who have a different lifestyle with you it
    makes you more sensitive and more caring about the planet. In a short
    vacation it is hard to connect with how others live and that is what
    American’s in particular need to do.

  19. What is the biggest myth that people have
    about round-the-world traveling?

    It’s too time consuming and too expensive and not practical.

  20. Why do you like to travel?
    I have always loved traveling. I like meeting people who have a different
    way of life and I can learn from them. I feel that as an American I have
    a duty to help others who have less and help my people to realize there
    are people in the world who are downline from them in a way and that our
    consumption has consequences for these people. I am also interested in
    preserving the ancient truths and spiritual connections and medicines so
    they will not get lost by our modernization and technology.

  21. What is your advice for people planning
    their own RTW trip?

    Do It!!!