- When do you leave?
October 2006
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-2 Years
- How much have you saved?
30,000
- How old are you?
58
- Nationality
USA
- Where do you live now?
Annapolis, USA
- Occupation
Craftsworker
- 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?
Portugal, Spain, Morocco, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, India, Nepal, Cambodia, Viet-Nam, China
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Previous world travel, traveller's tails, Ed Buryn, wanderlust, smash the cocoon
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Sickness, incapacitation
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
Very supportive
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
Just Enough
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
Passport, journal, digital camera, at least one change of clothes
- 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?
Don't know
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Escape from the machine - mind prisons to a renewed sense of abundance
- 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?
Time to stay for an extended period in one place
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
Coffee table picture book perfect and easy
- Why do you like to travel?
Because it's there
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Go now