1. When do you leave?
   December 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?
   28

5. Nationality
   USA

6. Where do you live now?
   San Diego, USA

7. Occupation
   Industrial Engineer

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?
   Yes

10. What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
    South America, Europe, Western Asia, Eastern Asia, Australia.

11. Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
    Improve my physical and spiritual self. I guess mental self as well.

12. What is your biggest fear about this trip?
    Leaving the “american dream”

13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
    Yes and no. Some worry I won’t have a job to come back to while others wish they could come a long.

14. How much planning and preparing have you done?
    Planning is for tourists

15. What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
    Haven’t started yet

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?
    It may provide guidance in my career choice. Presently I’m a bit lost and have only followed exactly what I was “suppose” to do.

17. If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
    Bring it on.

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?
    To experience the culture of the people rather than the excitement and relaxation of the resort. To remove oneself from their comfort zone and test their boundaries.

19. What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
    Its too costly both on a career level and a monetary level.

20. Why do you like to travel?
    Expand my understanding of the worl we live in.

21. What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
    Take a friend.