- When do you leave?
September 2005
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-6 Months
- How much have you saved?
$1500
- How old are you?
67
- Nationality
USA
- Where do you live now?
Tucson, USA
- Occupation
Retired
- 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?
Yes
- What is the route you plan to take/places you plan to visit?
New York, London, (Eurail around Europe), Casablanca, Johannesburg, Rio de Janeiro, Costa Rica, Mexico City.
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
I have been travelling off and on since 1971. I have missed some countries and would really take a complete RTW, lacking funds but plenty of time. May be my last chance at my age.
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
Insufficient funds due to living completely from retirement pension.
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
Does not matter, I have always decided what I want to do.
- 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)?
first aid kit, blood pressure medicine (6 mos supply),minimum clothes, writing material, 3 credit cards, several picture ID's
- 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?
I will grow even more, satisfy life-long dreams of freelance travel and writing and teaching.
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
I am a citizen of the world and planet Earth is my home
- 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 satisfy there dreams and know first hand what you have always wondered and wanted to do.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
The world is not safe, certain countries may dislike Americans and to travel would be dangerous
- Why do you like to travel?
It broadens my horizon, I enjoy meeting new people and travelling. Enjoy the adrenaline rush of the idea of travel to distant countries and an opportunity to teach and give back what I have learned.
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Just do it! Exercise your freedom to do it.