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Author: Sean Keener

Hans Petter Daviknes – Around-the-World Traveler

  1. When do you leave?
    August 2002

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

  3. How much have you saved?
    £5000

  4. How old are you?
    23

  5. Nationality
    Norway

  6. Where do you live now?
    Sheffield, England

  7. Occupation
    Student/journalist

  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?
    Brazil – Argentina – Chile – New Zealand – Australia – Bali – Singapore – Malaysia – Thailand

  11. Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
    I’ve always been interested in the world and I like long bus journeys…

    I come from a beautiful country myself, and I’m convinced there are more beautiful places out there to be seen. I enjoy meeting people, and I’ve always been a dreamer. Time to do something about that. There must be more to life than getting an education and working until you die. I need to do “something” before adult life catches up on me.

  12. What is your biggest fear about this trip?
    Getting robbed or assaulted. It has happened before and I don’t want it to happen again. I’ll be careful, but hopefully I won’t miss out on anything.

  13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
    My mother doesn’t like it; my father grudgingly approved as long as I come back and start making a living for myself. Most people I know would like to come with me.

  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)?
    I’ll try to go light. I do want to bring my SLR and my zoom lens though. Being a bleak Viking, sunscreen will be pretty indispensable…

  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?
    From what I’ve heard I’ll learn to be even more patient than I already am.

    I hope more than think that the trip will let me “settle down” a bit more and take up a “normal” lifestyle. At least for a couple of years… to please my parents.

  17. If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
    I am incredibly excited, and worried, but the excitement by far outweighs the worry.

  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?
    One and two weeks vacations are fine, as long as you escape the resorts. RTW travel opens for exploring different aspects of the country you’re visiting.

  19. What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
    Don’t know that one.

  20. Why do you like to travel?
    Because the world is too big to be seen from my armchair at home.

  21. What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
    Do research on the internet, but don’t overdo it. Keep some surprises till when you get there.