Mike Mayer - Round-the-World Traveler

1. When do you leave?
   October 2006

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

3. How much have you saved?
   30,000

4. How old are you?
   58

5. Nationality
   USA

6. Where do you live now?
   Annapolis, USA

7. Occupation
   Craftsworker

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?
   No

10. 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

11. 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

12. What is your biggest fear about this trip?
    Sickness, incapacitation

13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
    Very supportive

14. How much planning and preparing have you done?
    Just Enough

15. What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
    Passport, journal, digital camera, at least one change of clothes

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?
    Don't know

17. 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

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?
    Time to stay for an extended period in one place

19. What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
    Coffee table picture book perfect and easy

20. Why do you like to travel?
    Because it's there

21. What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
    Go now