- When do you leave?
November 2004
- How long do you plan to be away?
6-12 Months
- How much have you saved?
US 5000
- How old are you?
22
- Nationality
USA
- Where do you live now?
Paris, France
- Occupation
ESL teacher
- 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?
New Zealand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Paris
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
I have the travel bug.
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Running out of money and missing key places.
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
Yes.
- 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)?
Packing light. Indispensable item is an open mind (and addresses of contacts).
- 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?
We will have to wait and see.
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Anticipation
- 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?
A vacation is a vacation built into a tourist enclave that permits for a taste of a culture/country... a RTW trip is an experience.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
That they cannot do it.
- Why do you like to travel?
I like to travel because there is so much to experience and explore in this world; It is a learning experience.
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Pack lightly, be good spirited, but keep your wits about you.