- When do you leave?
January 2007
- How long do you plan to be away?
6-12 Months
- How much have you saved?
$80,000
- How old are you?
62
- Nationality
Mexico
- Where do you live now?
Monterrey, Mexico
- Occupation
Organizational consultant
- 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?
South America, Europe, China and Australia.
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Because my wife and I are going to get our 65th of age in 2007 and we are thinking to spare time enjoying ourselves and the wonderfuls of the world.
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Isolation, hot weather - 90 fahrenheit degrees or more, miserable places.
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
They are amazing about that, something unusual but promising.
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
To the Nth Degree
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
Cloths, bath items, camera, maps, some medicine, e-mails available, money.
- 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?
To have a profound encounter with us and our selves, enjoyed and spare time, to know the wonders of the world - natural and sofisticated.
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
A prize of our long term effort, as a couple of married, growing children and granchildren and working hard.
- 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?
We are looking for a real change, insightful, for the rest of our lives.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
I do not know.
- Why do you like to travel?
We learn a lot, that help us to have fun and a broader perspective.
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Take your own chance.