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Paul Dumas - Around-the-World Traveler

  1. When do you leave?
    September 2003

  2. How long do you plan to be away?
    1-6 Months

  3. How much have you saved?
    $40,000 for 2

  4. How old are you?
    71

  5. Nationality
    France

  6. Where do you live now?
    Paris, France

  7. Occupation
    Retired

  8. Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
    It's my career

  9. Have you traveled around the world before?
    Yes

  10. What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
    India, Thailand, Burma, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Spain, and France.

  11. Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
    always been travelling for ab 50 yrs from china to afghanistan ourbekistan etc...

  12. What is your biggest fear about this trip?
    My and my wife's ages.

  13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
    All think I am crazy to do it at 71.

  14. How much planning and preparing have you done?
    Winged it a lot

  15. What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
    Camcorder and prescription medicine.

  16. 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?
    Not at all.

  17. If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
    Will keep me young ( at mind ).

  18. 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?
    To expand their ideas and have a better understanding of this world.

  19. What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
    Cost and fear. My own fear; that no one understand my Frenchy English.

  20. Why do you like to travel?
    To see the world and meet people.

  21. What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
    It is easier than you think and people are more friendly than you expect.

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