- When do you leave?
July 2003
- How long do you plan to be away?
6-12 Months
- How much have you saved?
AUD10,000
- How old are you?
24
- Nationality
Australia
- Where do you live now?
Australia
- Occupation
Youth worker
- Is this job one that you actually like, or are you only doing it to pay for the trip?
It's my career
- Have you traveled around the world before?
No
- What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
US (LA - Chicago)
Canda
Scotland
Singapore
Australia
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Always wanted to - parents took me travelling when younger.
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Losing money - not having enough money.
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
Yes, generally.
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
Just Enough
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
Rainbird Goretex jacket.
- 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?
See more - have done different stuff. Am married, so will effect that heaps (developing new social supports etc).
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Very happy to be finally going...looking forward to seeing what is going to happen.
- 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?
Need to live a life somewhere else to understand stuff about yourself and the world.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
That it is dangerous.
- Why do you like to travel?
Exciting - people.
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Talk to as many people who have been as possible.