Paul Harper's Trip at a Glance
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Route
Round-the-world journey.
2026 note: Route information from early 2000s travel planning; current conditions may differ significantly.
In Their Words
When did you go on your RTW trip?
August 1999-January 2001How old were you when you took this trip?
27Including your air ticket and other expenses (from accommodation to souvenir-buying), about how much did your trip cost?
$3500Nationality
AustraliaWhere do you live now?
Accra, GhanaOccupation Before your trip: loaferNow: loafer
How did your travels affect your career when you got back?
Haven’t made it back yet.What is the route you took/places you visited?
Australia, Indonesia (Timor, Flores, Sumbawa, Lombok, Bali, Java), Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Iran, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Cote d’ Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, MaliWhy did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Publicity campaign and personal protest for the Jubilee 2000 campaign for debt cancellation.Out of all your experiences traveling around the world, what was the:Best Moment
Cold beer at the end of a 150+km ride.Worst Moment
No cold beer at the end of a 150+km ride.Biggest Hurdle, Obstacle or Difficulty?
Being a travelling freakshow wherever I go.Biggest surprise?
That I made it.Who is the most memorable person you met on your trip and why?
Too many to list – maybe the Rwandan paralympic swim team.How much planning and preparing did you do?
Control FreakWhat was your favorite piece of gear?
Ortlieb folding bucket (laundry bucket, bearing service bucket, vomit bucket and novelty hat all in one)What did you bring, that in hindsight you could’ve left at home?
Deodorant.How did your round-the-world trip change your life? How did it affect and change you as a person?
Learned about my own physical and mental limitations, and learned how to bulldoze those limitations and go one step further.If you had to sum up your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Headwinds.Are you planning more trips and travels f
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This profile was originally published on BootsnAll. Budget figures have been adjusted for 2026 context.