- When do you leave?
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-6 Months - How much have you saved?
15,000.00 - How old are you?
35 - Nationality
USA - Where do you live now?
New York, USA - Occupation
Teacher - 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?
NY to Africa – Mt. Killi, Cairo
Europe – Greece, Crotaia, Russia
Asia – Beijing, VietNam, Bali
Austraila – Sydney, Great Barrier Reef
South America – Galopagos, Rio - Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Started with a few trips to Europe, need more! - What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Traveling from Mt. Killi to Cairo (fly?), and being overwhelmed by the number of people in Asia – alone.
Visas – they seem elusive. - Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
They are all supportive – they are either envious or seem indiferent. - How much planning and preparing have you done?
Just Enough - What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
Just starting – trying to select the right bag. Money belt, lock, scan important docs, all important. Power bars. - 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 will return with an enlightened view of life – whatever ever that is. - If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Holy shit, am I really going to do this? - 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?
Once you do the RTW, then you will really be able to do some great 1-2 week vacations. Besides, going to 2nd, 3rd, 4th would countires is not vacation, it is travel – much more challenging from what I see. Its more about education and life’s to-do list. - What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
Hippie, pot-smokin’, real liberal, anti-American back-packers - Why do you like to travel?
To quote Elliot Hester: “a lover of leaving” - What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
When I get back, maybe I’ll have some.
August 2006