- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
I Ain’t Never Comin’ Back - How much have you saved?
15000 - How old are you?
28 - Nationality
Canada - Occupation
Project Manager - Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
One more paycheck and I’m gone - Have you traveled around the world before?
Yes - What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
Ireland, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Australia, Turkey, England - Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
When I returned from my last trip, I knew I needed to leave again. It was just something I knew I needed to do… more than once. - What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Being robbed or attacked. Never happened, people just tell you the bad stories and make you paranoid. - Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
My family thinks I am insane, but my coworkers and friends envy me most days. - How much planning and preparing have you done?
Winged it a lot - What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
The only indespensible items were my camera, walkman, capris, and t-shirts. They don’t make everything in our size in Asia… but you can buy everything else on the road and require very little. - 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?
It will make me less dependant upon material things, and help me decide what I want to do when I grow up… if I ever do. - If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Best decision I could ever make. - 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?
Once you pass the 3-4 week threshhold your thinking changes. You are no longer locked into thinking you life has to be the way it is… you are more open to the world and opportunities. - What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
That you need to bring every possible medication and precautionary device possible with you. A) you can get everything you need when you get there. B) everyone is not out to rob you. - Why do you like to travel?
To see other ways of life, to meet new people, to try new things. The usual. - What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Plan as much as you need to make yourself comfortable, but not so much that you can’t change your plans. The best day is the day that you start to make your plans as you go…one day at a time.
September 2002