Paul Dumas

Round-the-World Traveler

1. When do you leave?
   September 2003

2. How long do you plan to be away?
   1-6 Months

3. How much have you saved?
   $40,000 for 2

4. How old are you?
   71

5. Nationality
   France

6. Where do you live now?
   Paris, France

7. Occupation
   Retired

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?
    India, Thailand, Burma, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Spain, and France.

11. Why did you decide to take this trip? What
    got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
    always been travelling for ab 50 yrs from china to afghanistan
    ourbekistan etc…

12. What is your biggest fear about this
    trip?
    My and my wife’s ages.

13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc.,
    supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the
    world?
    All think I am crazy to do it at 71.

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)?
    Camcorder and prescription medicine.

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?
    Not at all.

17. If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings
    about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it
    be?
    Will keep me young ( at mind ).

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 expand their ideas and have a better understanding of this world.

19. What is the biggest myth that people have
    about round-the-world traveling?
    Cost and fear. My own fear; that no one understand my Frenchy English.

20. Why do you like to travel?
    To see the world and meet people.

21. What is your advice for people planning
    their own RTW trip?
    It is easier than you think and people are more friendly than you expect.

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