- When do you leave?
July 2006
- How long do you plan to be away?
1-6 Months
- How much have you saved?
£2,000 so far
- How old are you?
22
- Nationality
USA
- Where do you live now?
Newcastle, England
- Occupation
Student in Travel and Tourism/Artist
- 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?
Lodon-Nariobi,Cape Town,Delhi,Kathmandu,Bangkok,Sydney,Christchurch, Cook Islands and back home to Boston!!!
- Why did you decide to take this trip? What got you into this type of travel, and/or influenced you to go?
Because this will be a great new start to my life after finishing school, and really give me a sense of the world and myself in it.
- What is your biggest fear about this trip?
running out of money..or getting sick
- Are your family, friends, co-workers, etc., supportive of you? What is their opinion of your going around the world?
Yes very much..all of them are jealous!
- How much planning and preparing have you done?
Just Enough
- What are you packing? What do you consider your most indispensable item(s)?
Enough to get me by, and not to weigh me down when i traveling from place to place. Sleeping bag,camera,money passport, visa,good shoes, and a smile!
- 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 think it will change me in how i look at the world, and how i can survive on my own, and prepare me for anything that might else come my way.
- If you had to sum up your thoughts/feelings about your round-the-world trip in one sentence, what would it be?
Travel isn't what I like to do...but rather who I am.
- 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?
because it's a once in life time opportunity..and will change your life forever.
- What is the biggest myth that people have about round-the-world traveling?
that it is really expensive!
- Why do you like to travel?
because i love to see new cultures and meet new people that open your eyes to a whole new world you would have never known if you hadn't meet them.
- What is your advice for people planning their own RTW trip?
Save..Plan to an extent..And have fun!!!