Paul Dumas - 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?
September 2003
1-6 Months
$40,000 for 2
71
France
Paris, France
Retired
It's my career
Yes
India, Thailand, Burma, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Spain, and France.
always been travelling for ab 50 yrs from china to afghanistan
ourbekistan etc...
My and my wife's ages.
All think I am crazy to do it at 71.
Winged it a lot
Camcorder and prescription medicine.
Not at all.
Will keep me young ( at mind ).
To expand their ideas and have a better understanding of this world.
Cost and fear. My own fear; that no one understand my Frenchy English.
To see the world and meet people.
It is easier than you think and people are more friendly than you expect.
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