I've been getting kinder variants of this question from every single person I have talked to about my trip when they learn of it, and especially when they learn how much I plan to budget for myself. ($5,000 minus the cost of my return flight - which could run me $500-$1,000.)
Anyway, to answer the question "Are you fucking crazy?!"
My answer is always:
"Oh, yes. Yes, I most certainly am."
But this is a vision quest. It's not supposed to be sane. And it's certainly not supposed to be easy. But I've accepted the challenge.
The other thing? I don't have to do this alone. My travel partner, Leah, is undertaking the journey with me. We're both doing something really, really big and taking a leap of faith. Our budget is the same as the 2-week guided school trip to London & Paris they tried to sell me on in ninth grade, or the typical 4-week roundabout trip of a student backpacker.
Us, however? We just don't roll that way. We want to go everywhere, and we want to do it now (not a few places now, a few places next year, and so on). Finally, we are totally and utterly determined to make it happen with our chosen budget because it is all we can possibly muster.
This blog was created to discuss how this trip happens for us and how it will work, is working, and has worked out.
I won't just be writing about what I eat (as humorous as it may be), but also the adventures I go on, the people I encounter, the places I sleep, and the locations I visit. Our skimpy budget means we'll probably be staying in questionable hostels, riding sketchy trains, and eating possibly outdated food. We're considering it all "part of the experience".
Care to join me on the ride?
A bit about me:
- 19 years old
- Unschooled during my teen years
- Ready to take on the world!
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