Nicole Heyermann - Around-the-World Traveler
- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
- 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?
April 2002
1-2 Years
23
USA
Los Angeles, USA
Banker
One more paycheck and I'm gone
No
Los Angeles, New York, overland Paris to Cairo, Bombay, overland through Nepal, Tibet, the rest of China, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, back to the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
For the adventure and the challenge!
Traveling alone as a woman... loneliness perhaps.
For the most part. My parents are worried, my friends are baffled (the idea of a "gap" year is foreign to most Americans), and my coworkers do not know yet. =)
Winged it a lot
Besides my clothes? Universal sink plug and washing line! Some Mary J. Blige of course. Flashlight, sunscreen, and I've been told that I will be grateful for my earplugs.
This is of course going to be a very common answer... I have traveled a lot but never alone. I'm hoping that I will become more self-sufficient and resourceful.
Bring it!!
I think that always being on the move can sometimes be tiring. I think everyone secretly wishes that they had more time or more money to travel for a longer period of time. If you find someplace you really like on a RTW trip then you can just stay and soak it up.
That it's hard or that you have to do a lot of planning. First of all, for the most part, when you visit a country people go to the same spots. How easy is that? You can figure out the main destinations just by talking to people. Secondly, the adventure is in the journey. I'm all for planning certain things if that's your style, but believe me, where there's a will, there's a way. It's not as hard as people think to find accommodation and get around on the spot.
I'm really into hiking and outdoor activities (not hardcore, I just like nature). There are some incredible natural and manmade wonders out there to see. I think the main reason I love to travel though is that I love to learn. What better way to expand your mind than to travel?
I haven't officially started yet, but my advice is not to sweat it. I got all worried about around the world tickets and what-not... but once I made up my mind to let the wind take me wherever it will I stopped stressing. Cheers!
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