- When do you leave?
January 2003
- How long do you plan to be away?
6-12 Months
- How much have you saved?
US$20,000
- How old are you?
33
- Nationality
Ireland
- Where do you live now?
San Diego, California, USA
- Occupation
researcher
- 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?
Nepal - China - a cool island in the pacific! - New Zealand - South America
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Always loved travel – want to see the world before I get old and boring!
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Ending up in too-touristy places!
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
Just Enough
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
Travel documents, money, camera, tent
- 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?
Hopefully open up my mind to a whole new set of possibilities and make me a little less stressed out!
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Can't wait!
- 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?
Life is too short not to experience the world. Broadening your mind is one of the things that matters – along with family & friends.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
People over-emphasize the dangers of some places.
- Why do you like to travel?
It reminds me how trivial many of the day-to-day things that I obsess over really are!
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
GO!