Alex Litowitz

Round-the-World Traveler

1. When do you leave?
   November 13, 2003

2. How long do you plan to be away?
   6-12 Months

3. How much have you saved?
   $10,000 cdn

4. How old are you?
   19

5. Nationality
   Canada

6. Where do you live now?
   Toronto, Ontario, Canada

7. Occupation
   Student

8. Is this job one that you actually like, or
   are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
   One more paycheck and I’m gone

9. Have you traveled around the world
   before?
   No

10. What is the route you plan to take/places
    you plan to visit?
    Auckland, Sydney, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Cairo, Athens, Rome, Prague,
    Amsterdam, Dublin.

11. Why did you decide to take this trip? What
    got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
    This has been a childhood dream so for as long as I can remeber I’ve
    wanted to travel the world. Plus travelling a bunch when I was younger
    probably got me hooked.

12. What is your biggest fear about this
    trip?
    Not coming back.

13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc.,
    supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the
    world?
    Everyone around is very suppportive, especially my parents, but there is an
    expectation to come home and carry on to university.

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)?
    My digital camera, journal and of course the moneybelt.

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?
    I have no idea. This is the first time living away from home for an
    extended period time.

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

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?
    Get a chance to live the culture and experience people.

19. What is the biggest myth that people have
    about round-the-world traveling?
    Don’t know?

20. Why do you like to travel?
    A change of pace and scenery. Plus this is weird but I like the smell of
    airports.

21. What is your advice for people planning
    their own RTW trip?
    Haven’t been one yet so I can’t help out, yet.

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