- When do you leave?
September 2003
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-6 Months
- How much have you saved?
$40,000 for 2
- How old are you?
71
- Nationality
France
- Where do you live now?
Paris, France
- Occupation
Retired
- 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?
Yes
- 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.
- 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...
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
My and my wife's ages.
- 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.
- 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)?
Camcorder and prescription medicine.
- 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.
- 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 ).
- 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.
- 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.
- Why do you like to travel?
To see the world and meet people.
- 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.