Mary Dowling - Around-the-World Traveler
- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
- How much have you saved?
- How old are you?
- Nationality
- Where do you live now?
- Occupation
- Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
- Have you traveled around the world before?
- What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
- 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?
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
- 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?
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
- Why do you like to travel?
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
November 2002
1-2 Years
€6000
25
Ireland
Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Engineer
It's my career
No
Fly to Bangkok, spend 2 months travelling around Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam before heading down through Malaysia to Singapore where our flight leaves for Melbourne, a year travelling and working in Australia, some time in New Zealand on our way home and if funds allow, some time in South America.
I've always loved travelling and living in other countries and am always planning my next journey. I've been wanting to do this for ages!
Not having enough money and not being able to get work in Australia.
They're envious as hell and most of my co-workers wish they could go to but mortgages etc. don't allow. Family are a bit worried and gonna miss me but supportive too.
Just Enough
Em, not sure yet, sleeping bag, torch, Swiss Army knife, very few clothes, ehhhh??
I think it will make me more open to other cultures, give me a whole different perspective on things. I think it will make me more eager to go travelling again!
Just can't wait to get away from cold wet Ireland and experience things that I've never come close to before. Am so excited I could pee my pants!
Because you never get to see as much as you want to on an ordinary vacation, and you don't get to meet people and experience the culture as you do if you spend more time in a place with less luxuries.
That they don't have the time or money to do it. You only have one life, you might as well enjoy it!
Because of the people I meet, the amazing places I see, the food I get to taste and just the fun and excitement of it all.
Start saving as soon as the idea pops into your head!
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