- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-6 Months - How much have you saved?
£12000 - How old are you?
24 - Nationality
Zimbabwe - Where do you live now?
London, England - Occupation
Press Officer - Is this job one that you actually like, or
are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
I’ll come back if they’ll have me. - Have you traveled around the world
before?
No - What is the route you plan to take/places
you plan to visit?
London – Thailand – Australia – New Zealand – Florida – Fort Lauderdale – Mexico – London - Why did you decide to take this trip? What
got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
I’ve never traveled RTW before and my friends and I decided to seize the
opportunity while we’re still young. - What is your biggest fear about this
trip?
Being able to save enough money before we leave and obtaining visas for
all the different places. - Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc.,
supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the
world?
The friends I’m travelling with are supportive, the others – not so much
as they tend to make me feel bad if I don’t go out with them all the
time. As for my family, they still believe I won’t go because I’ve been
saying ‘I’m going travelling this year’ for the last 3 years and still
haven’t! - How much planning and preparing have you
done?
Just Enough - What are you packing? What do you consider
your most indispensable item(s)?
Bikini, flip-flops, sarong, music and a few other bits and bobs. Most
indispensable item – camera (and of course, my passport) - 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 give me more of an appreciation of different cultures and ways of
life. As I have had to leave my country due to political unrest, I would
hope that my travelling would give me some indication of the
place/country I may want to live in one day. - If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings
about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it
be?
I can’t wait! - 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?
Personally, I feel one/two week vacations are not long enough. You
usually have to leave just when you are getting into the swing of things.
It’s too short a period to experience enough of a place. - What is the biggest myth that people have
about round-the-world traveling?
Hard to say really…… - Why do you like to travel?
I embrace change, enjoy meeting new people, exploring new places and
learning about new cultures. I’m hoping to one day have a career that
allows me to keep this desire alive. - What is your advice for people planning
their own RTW trip?
Take the bull by the horns!
November 2003