- When did you go on your RTW trip?
February 2002-July 2002
- How old were you when you took this trip?
28
- Including your air ticket and other expenses (from accommodation to souvenir-buying), about how much did your trip cost?
€7500
- Nationality
Portugal
- Where do you live now?
Lisbon, Portugal
- Occupation
Before your trip: cinema production
Now: cinema production
- How did your travels affect your career when you got back?
I had to quit my job in order to be away for half an year. When I got back it was not that easy to get a new job (not to want one...)
- What is the route you took/places you visited?
By plane: Lisboa, London, Lima, Buenos Aires, Sydney, Melborne, Bangkok, London, Lisboa
By land: 3 months between Lima and Buenos Aires, 3 weeks from Sydney to Cairns and back to Melbourne, 1 month all around Thailand.
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
I was tired of Portugal, of my job, of feeling old. I got some unexpected money and was lucky enough to have a good friend to come along.
- Out of all your experiences traveling around the world, what was the:
- Best Moment
Impossible to sum up!
- Worst Moment
After 3 weeks, in Chile, I felt really lonely and almost giving up.
- Biggest Hurdle, Obstacle or Difficulty?
Nothing was that difficult.
- Biggest surprise?
Myself.
- Who is the most memorable person you met on your trip and why?
Señor Jaro in peru!
- How much planning and preparing did you do?
Just Enough
- What was your favorite piece of gear?
My toilet bag.
- What did you bring, that in hindsight you could've left at home?
Almost everything at the beginning.
- How did your round-the-world trip change your life? How did it affect and change you as a person?
It made more relaxed, not so anxious about what I can now call little things. On the other hand it got me addicted to changes.
- If you had to sum up your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
I wanna do it again!
- Are you planning more trips and travels for the future? Are you planning another round-the-world trip?
I have already been in Morocco after. I do want to travel again, I suppose in June.
- 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 really get away from everything.
- What is the most valuable thing you learned?
To give proper value to what deserves it.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
That you get to see it all.
- Why do you like to travel?
I just have to.
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Don´t rush from place to place. Stick to the countries really different from your own. Don´t carry too much weight. Choose your companion carefully.