- When do you leave?
May 2006
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-6 Months
- How much have you saved?
10,000
- How old are you?
27
- Nationality
USA
- Where do you live now?
Denver, USA
- Occupation
pharmaceutical sales rep
- 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 sure - thinking a shortened RTW 3-4 months. Will arrive in Germany in preparation for World Cup 2006 in June
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Always dreamed of it. I am at the optimal point in my life to do it.
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Getting sick in some far away place without access to healthcare.
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
Yes - they love the idea
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
Just Enough
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
A good camera and a guitar are my most indispensible items for travel.
- 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 a trip of this size will fill me with an immeasurable amount of self-confidence.
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
I am ready to open my mind, body, and soul to adventure.
- 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?
Because living for a significant amount of time with minimal resources and no security blanket, should bring out the survival instincts and distills what is truly essential.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
Not sure yet
- Why do you like to travel?
Meeting people, testing myself socially, seeing uncommon beauty, learning about the world I live in.