My advice is not to plan it as a RTW trip. Pick a good city at the edge of a continent (Bangkok, Cape Town, Lima) and book a one way flight. Travel slowly ove

My advice is not to plan it as a RTW trip. Pick a good city at the edge of a continent (Bangkok, Cape Town, Lima) and book a one way flight. Travel slowly overland, talk to people you meet, and let your trip plan itself and evolve as you go. Most important is to never put a date on the calendar. Dates wreck plans and make you rush past things you really should have taken the time to see right. Chances are you'll cover a lot less ground than you expect in a year. That's fine. You can (and will, I guarantee) come back before long. Travel is addicting that way. I sometimes used to book my flight back home as a round trip back to where I'd left off. Good luck! Edit: I wrote a bit more about this idea a few years back: http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?CommentID=8226 http://www.blogabond.com/CommentView.aspx?CommentID=8226 ... and I touched on where to go here: https://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2008/05/laid-off-one-thing-you-absolutely-need.html https://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2008/05/laid-off-one-...