Christine Rowe's Trip at a Glance
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| Route | Multiple destinations |
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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 2002-October 2003How old were you when you took this trip? 29Including your air ticket and other expenses (from accommodation to souvenir-buying), about how much did your trip cost? $20,000Nationality USAWhere do you live now? Panajachel, GuatemalaOccupation Before your trip: Reporter/TeacherNow: Bar OwnerHow did your travels affect your career when you got back? I am not sure. I didn’t end up going back to the newspaper business and tried my hand at teaching again. I realized I could not live in the Corporate world. I was only surviving, not living. I was always thinking about traveling.What is the route you took/places you visited? Dallas – Fiji – New Zealand (South Island) – Australia – Indonesia – Malaysia – Thailand/Cambodia – China – Russia – Eastern Europe – Greece – Turkey – Israel – England – DallasWhy did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go? Becaue two weeks of vacation a year are not enough to really get to see what you want to see. Wanted to have the independence to go where we wanted, when we wanted.Out of all your experiences traveling around the world, what was the:Best Moment
Bicycling with the locals through Angkor Wat/Trans-Siberian TripWorst Moment
Getting robbed on bus ride from Bali to JogyakartaBiggest Hurdle, Obstacle or Difficulty?
Language in ChinaBiggest surprise?
Cambodia, especially the friendliness of the peopleWho is the most memorable person you met on your trip and why?
Brian and Melissa from Canada. Met them in Rhodes. Coincidentally ran into them in Selcuk, Turkey at a grocery store and then intentionally met up with them in Istanbul. They were a lot of fun with many experiences.How much planning and preparing did you do?
Winged it a lotWhat was your favorite piece of gear?
Sleeping bag.What did you bring, that in hindsight you could’ve left at home?
Many, many clothes.How did your round-the-world trip change your life? How did
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This profile was originally published on BootsnAll. Budget figures have been adjusted for 2026 context.