- When do you leave?
November 13, 2003
- How long do you plan to be away?
6-12 Months
- How much have you saved?
$10,000 cdn
- How old are you?
19
- Nationality
Canada
- Where do you live now?
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation
Student
- 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
- Have you traveled around the world
before?
No
- What is the route you plan to take/places
you plan to visit?
Auckland, Sydney, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Cairo, Athens, Rome, Prague,
Amsterdam, Dublin.
- 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.
- What is your biggest fear about this
trip?
Not coming back.
- 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.
- How much planning and preparing have you
done?
Just Enough
- What are you packing? What do you consider
your most indispensable item(s)?
My digital camera, journal and of course the moneybelt.
- 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.
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings
about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it
be?
Excited/anxious.
- 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.
- What is the biggest myth that people have
about round-the-world traveling?
Don't know?
- Why do you like to travel?
A change of pace and scenery. Plus this is weird but I like the smell of
airports.
- What is your advice for people planning
their own RTW trip?
Haven't been one yet so I can't help out, yet.
