- When do you leave?
January 2007
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-2 Years
- How much have you saved?
A$50,000
- How old are you?
38
- Nationality
Australia
- Where do you live now?
Sydney, Australia
- Occupation
Web guru
- Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
It's my career
- Have you traveled around the world before?
No
- What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
Not fixed but very likely to be either: - China, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and then Europe or - Parts of Africa and Europe
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Desperately needed sabbatical.
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Nothing
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
Don't care what they think.
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
Winged it a lot
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
Just absolute basics. Indispensable is the camera.
- 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?
I think it will make me braver, more inquisitive and adventurous.
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
It must be done.
- 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?
It's a commitment to an experience. It's being outside one's comfort zone. It's about discovery and living life. A one or two week vacation is easy and predictable and it serves a different purpose.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
Not sure.
- Why do you like to travel?
Sense of adventure, discovery of new things, beauty of the world, reason to live.
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Have fun!