- When do you leave?
May 2002
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-2 Years
- How much have you saved?
$10,000
- How old are you?
30
- Nationality
Canada
- Where do you live now?
USA
- Occupation
Parachute packer
- 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?
I have vague plans only, depending on my success getting working holiday visas. My itinerary may change drastically. Who knows? The plan is to go to Australia, New Zealand, Bangkok as a jumping-off point in Asia, through Europe overland and then home.
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
I don't want to live on drop zones anymore, and a friend suggested I travel...
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Running out of money.
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
For the most part.
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
Winged it a lot
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
I am packing heavier than I would like because I want to be available to work at anything, including temp office work. My most important/indispensable items are my paper credentials, money and my address book.
- 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?
No idea yet. We shall see what happens when I get there.
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Fear, trepidation, excitement, like doing my first skydive all over again, and it just seems like time to do it.
- 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?
You don't see anything in two weeks.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
No idea, but I'll keep you posted.
- Why do you like to travel?
I have a curiosity to see what is around the corner. There may be nothing special, but I haven't seen it for myself yet. Plus, you meet a lot of new and interesting people.
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
No idea yet, but I'll keep you posted.