David Lyle

1. When do you leave?
   October 2003

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

3. How much have you saved?
   £30K-ish for us both

4. How old are you?
   36

5. Nationality
   Scotland

6. Where do you live now?
   Glasgow, Scotland

7. Occupation
   Clinical computer analyst

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?
   No

10. What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
    UK - Amsterdam - Egypt- Kenya/Uganda - Thailand/Lao/Cambodia/Malaysia- Oz - NZ - Fiji - USA - UK

11. Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
    Trip of a lifetime, will probably be a one off, and travelling with my partner. Just need a career break, if we decide we really like somewhere, when we get back we may think of immigrating there.

12. What is your biggest fear about this trip?
    That something awful happens to family or friends back at home, no specific fears about the trip itself.

13. Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
    Very supportive, my employers are giving me the career break and I will go back to my job.

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)?
    Digital camera and iPod and some good books

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 sure it will. I'm open to change.

17. If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
    Totally "gagging", so excited, it's my trip of a lifetime.

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?
    Everyone should do it at least once, it's a big world, you can't see a place properly in a short vacation.

19. What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
    That you're dirty amd smelly...rubbish! I'm a total hygiene freak.

20. Why do you like to travel?
    'Cause it broadens your life experience, make life more interesting.

21. What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
    Don't go till you have enough money to enjoy it as you want to in your ideal situation. We waited till we had enough money, so we can do everything we wanted to do, the last thing we wanted to do was work during our trip.

    Decide where you really want to go and compromise as little as possible, don't choose a set ticket just cause it's cheap.