Chris - Around-the-World Traveler

1. When did you go on your RTW trip?
   February 2003-February 2004

2. How old were you when you took this trip?
   35

3. Including your air ticket and other expenses (from accommodation to souvenir-buying), about how much did your trip cost?
   39000 Swiss Francs

4. Nationality
   Switzerland

5. Where do you live now?
   Switzerland

6. Occupation
   
   Before your trip: It Consultant
   
   Now: looking for..
   

   How did your travels affect your career when you got back?
   Still waiting to tell you...

   What is the route you took/places you visited?
   Asia (Burma, India, Thailand)
   Afriqua (South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Botswana quick, Mozambique)
   Australia, New Zeland
   South America (Chile, Bolivia, Argentina)

   Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
   I ever dream about it, so I did it.

   Out of all your experiences traveling around the world, what was the:
   

   • Best Moment
     Freedom to choose to stay a week or a day anywhere

   • Worst Moment
     Get robbed in Mozambique, funny story after all

   • Biggest Hurdle, Obstacle or Difficulty?
     Get a new passport and Visa in South Africa

   • Biggest surprise?
     So many people are on the way for at least a year

   Who is the most memorable person you met on your trip and why?
   So many great people, probably a child in Namibia, we play with him in the afternoon, and when we left he told us God bless you...he lived with nothing, just a wooden hut.

   How much planning and preparing did you do?
   Just Enough

   What was your favorite piece of gear?
   My camera, I like taking pictures (could be seen www.dvdream.ch/album/photo, but after 1 year I'm feed'up..

   What did you bring, that in hindsight you could've left at home?
   Too many medicament, but is best to not use it.

   How did your round-the-world trip change your life? How did it affect and change you as a person?
   Better view of other people, understanding of the world, the history of each place.

   If you had to sum up your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
   Total freedom

   Are you planning more trips and travels for the future? Are you planning another round-the-world trip?
   For sure

   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?
   If you like to take time and travel differently, not only see the big attraction on each country

   What is the most valuable thing you learned?
   You don't need lot of things to be happy, people in Africa are the people who laugh the most and have less things.

   What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
   That this is something dangerous and not easy, people are everywhere the same, if you have respect for them, they will respect you.

   Why do you like to travel?
   See the world, understand the difference and our common point with one another.

   What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
   Not too much planning, just take your ticket, check the season if you like taking pictures and find your way by yourself, the advise from other is not always good.