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Elise Laing – Around-the-World Traveler

  1. When do you leave?
    July 2003

  2. How long do you plan to be away?
    6-12 Months

  3. How much have you saved?
    AUD10,000

  4. How old are you?
    24

  5. Nationality
    Australia

  6. Where do you live now?
    Australia

  7. Occupation
    Youth worker

  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?

    US (LA – Chicago)
    Canda
    Scotland
    Singapore
    Australia

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

    Always wanted to – parents took me travelling when younger.

  12. What is your biggest fear about this
    trip?

    Losing money – not having enough money.

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

    Yes, generally.

  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)?

    Rainbird Goretex jacket.

  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?

    See more – have done different stuff.
    Am married, so will effect that heaps (developing new social supports etc).

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

    Very happy to be finally going…looking forward to seeing what is going to happen.

  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?

    Need to live a life somewhere else to understand stuff about yourself and
    the world.

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

    That it is dangerous.

  20. Why do you like to travel?
    Exciting – people.

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

    Talk to as many people who have been as possible.