AROUND THE WORLD WITH ROBB MURRAY

Robb Murray doesn't like to waste time. In 1990, when he considered going to Japan, the ticket was so expensive that he asked himself, "Why not just go around the whole world?" And so he did -- starting out with only a backpack and a disposable drugstore camera -- and he made the whole circumnavigation for under $12,000 all-inclusive.

He had been inspired by a travel guide spoof called "Let's BLOW Through Europe!" and, instead of taking six months, he took just six weeks.

Any regrets? Only that he hasn't had time to do it all over again the same way! Robb will talk about the preparation that made the trip NOT one big blur, and about his many cherished adventures.

For the hard-bitten fanatics who have to know the itinerary ahead of time, this is the route Robb followed:

from Chicago to
1 Las Vegas
2 Portland, Oregon
3 Honolulu
4 Tokyo
5 Seoul
6 Taipei, Taiwan

7 Hong Kong
8 Canton
9 Bangkok
10 New Delhi

11 Agra

12 Jaipur
13 Kuwait City
14 Cairo

15 Giza
16 London

17 Dublin
18 Berlin (with wall coming down)

19 Copenhagen

20 Windsor
21 Malaga (Spain)
22 Rock of Gibraltar
23 Asila (Morocco)

24 Tangier
25 Cadiz
26 Edinburgh
27 Rio de Janeiro
28 Sao Paulo
29 Miami
30 New York City, and
home to Chicago.