Bear Falugo

Round-the-World Traveler

1. When do you leave?
   February 2004

2. How long do you plan to be away?
   1-2 Years

3. How much have you saved?
   As much as possible.

4. How old are you?
   27

5. Nationality
   USA

6. Where do you live now?
   North Miami Beach, FL., USA

7. Occupation
   Baker

8. Is this job one that you actually like, or
   are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
   I’ll come back if they’ll have me

9. Have you traveled around the world
   before?
   Yes

10. What is the route you plan to take/places
    you plan to visit?
    I intentionally have no route. The Countries I plan to visit are
    Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines (maybe), Myanmar (maybe), Pakistan,
    Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal.

11. Why did you decide to take this trip? What
    got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
    I’ve been traveling my whole life and the last few trips I’ve been on I
    really thought about just staying (on vacation). There are too many
    reasons to go on this trip and just one reason to stay – my steady job.
    Enough said!

12. What is your biggest fear about this
    trip?
    Having to come home!

13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc.,
    supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the
    world?
    They’ve all been great! I was bracing for some negative feedback but it
    never came.

14. How much planning and preparing have you
    done?
    Winged it a lot

15. What are you packing? What do you consider
    your most indispensable item(s)?
    All the regular stuff. My mini disk player, my sandals, and my tabasco sauce.

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’m not sure, but I can’t wait to find out! It will definitely slow my
    pace down and it will expand my mind. When you live on the road you
    learn things everyday, and find out that you don’t need much to live and
    be very, very happy. Just a backpack!

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

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?
    If taking a RTW trip won’t hurt someone else’s life (children or
    spouse) then I think everyone should find out what they’re made of.
    Otherwise, go ahead and take that one or two week vaca, it ain’t that bad!

19. What is the biggest myth that people have
    about round-the-world traveling?
    You will destroy everything you’ve worked for. You need $50,000. You
    have to plan every single step of the trip. You can wait till you’re
    retired (how depressing).

20. Why do you like to travel?
    Alone, and when something sounds like fun just do it. If I like where
    I’m at I’ll stay till I don’t.

21. What is your advice for people planning
    their own RTW trip?
    Just friggin’ go! Don’t try to see too much. If you like where you’re at
    then stay longer, the next place isn’t always better and you don’t always
    go back. Start planning now!

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