- When do you leave?
- 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
October 2006