The trip sounds like a blast and I would love to do it if you will have me.

I have experience traveling to all sorts of places and staying in everything from fancy hotels to sleeping alone on the ground 100 miles form the nearest person with all of my supplies in a small backpack.

I have traveled to many other countries including a decent amount in Europe including Spain, Italy, England, Ireland and France. I used public transportation of one form or another in all of them and have extensive experience with trains, buses and walking long distances. I know how to travel by any means necessary not just the normal touristy methods. I love to travel the local ways as they are often cheaper, much more fun and sometimes faster. In addition to English I speak some German and Spanish. I once knew enough Italian and French to get around and can pick up the basics of any other languages I need to know along the way.

I get along with just about everybody and love to meet new people when I travel. The challenges that they assign sound like a great way to meet and interact with people.

I always travel very light. For example when I go on scuba trips I take all of my scuba gear(everything but the tanks) along with all of my other personal belongings carry-on and have no problem fitting my bags in the overhead compartment and under the seat in front of me.

I am great with directions even when I don't know the language. It is amazing how much you can get from someones hand gestures and expressions. I have an excellent natural sense of direction that has always gotten me back where I need to be even when I have no idea which roads or paths lead there.

I am young and very athletic. I am capable of completing whatever tasks will be thrown at us and still have enough energy to hang out and have a good time.

I do freelance work in the film business for a living so I have no problem with taking some time off for this trip. With my job I am used to working at a new location almost everyday solving the many new and unique problems that constantly appear. I do camera work for a living, so when it comes to shooting video or taking pictures I am very qualified.

I work great under pressure and am an extremely laid back guy who stays calm even when the .... hits the fan. (I am from Austin after all)

I have a current passport.

I like to spend a lot of time preparing for trips with useful information like languages, bus schedules, places to stay, things to do yet only make definite plans when absolutely necessary because the adventure of just letting what is going to happen happen is the best part of traveling.

~Jess