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Susan Elisabeth Davis – Around-the-World Traveler

  1. When do you leave?
    August 2002

  2. How long do you plan to be away?
    6-12 Months

  3. How much have you saved?
    Not a lot, about AUS$20,000

  4. Nationality
    Australia

  5. Where do you live now?
    Australia

  6. Occupation
    filmmaker

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

  8. Have you traveled around the world before?
    No

  9. What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
    We are driving from southern New South Wales up to Cairns which is in north Queensland. From there we will fly to Japan and meet up with a friend in Tokyo for a few days and then to Kyoto and from there to Kanazawa on the north-west coast and then on to Takeyama in the mountains and then back to Kyoto, then maybe to an amazing little paper making village called Kuratani. That is as far as our itinerary goes and from there we will wing it and go where the wind blows us. We have a house to stay in at Peveragnio in the northwest of Italy so will head vaguely in that direction.

  10. Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
    Decided to take this trip because our children are the right age to do it (8 and 11) and we are in a rut and drinking too much booze. We are into this type of travel because we have Romany heritage and just love to be on the road without too much of a schedule going on.

  11. What is your biggest fear about this trip?
    That there will come a day when we have to head back home/one of us will get sick/we run into a war.

  12. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
    Most people think it is amazing and inspiring. The naysayers live in fear. Poor things.

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

  14. What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
    Amex card.

  15. 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?
    My family and I will quickly develop an enhanced sense of being.

  16. If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
    Get me out of here.

  17. 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?
    People are inherently nomadic. All the trouble started when we settled down.

  18. What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
    That it is expensive.

  19. Why do you like to travel?
    Hate being in one place for too long.

  20. What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
    Don’t plan, put the word out that you are going… pretty soon someone will tell you about your first destination. Pack a bag, walk out the door.