Our videoblog will focus on capturing the highlights of backpacking abroad.  

Filmed, edited, and posted biweekly throughout our travels, each episode will be a three-minute mini documentary covering our last few days of travel.  We will not be neutral observers in the action.   In sharing our experiences, our videoblog will be part destination guide, part reality TV and part adventure journalism.

Our adventures, captured on video, will explore the experiences of two 20-something backpackers traveling abroad.  Immersing ourselves in the backpacker culture, we will live on a shoestring budget; we will eat locally, stay with host families or in youth hostels, and embark on wild adventures.  Bringing our unique experience back to the viewers at home will be our priority and goal.

Dan had been driven to succeed since he was a young tyke, and has followed the traditional path to success. Due to the realization that he was much more a nerd than a true geek, Dan left the Rochester Institute of Technology after his sophomore year to join the pretentious ranks of the University of Michigan. There, at the self-described “Harvard of the West,” Dan was taught that he, like his peers, was probably better than you. Upon graduation, Dan moved to DC to pursue a career in government.  Four months after his widely heralded arrival to the nation’s capitol, Dan was still unemployed, and had not been invited to a single job interview. He would eventually land a job working 80 hours a week in a windowless office cubicle for less than living wage (the perks were great though: if he was required to work past the time when the subway closed, they would reimburse his cab fare, excluding tip).  His proudest moments were in fighting for worker rights.  One fateful day in June, he strode in to his boss's office and demanded a month long vacation and a raise in salary. Dan came out on top of the ensuing negotiation and was granted a permanent, unpaid vacation.  He has decided to use this time to backpack around the world.  He encourages others to join the fight against oppressive employment regimes.

Justin is what his father likes to call a lost soul. He reads a lot, runs a little, and shaves occasionally. Justin, by no fault of his own, graduated from the University of Michigan in spring of 2005. He has accomplished little else. He once had a bright future ahead of him as a successful and prominent doctor. Ladies were impressed. Having decided not to apply to medical school, he has now forsaken any and all paths that lead toward medicine. Ladies are no longer impressed. He often wonders why. After graduation, Justin hopped in a car and made for LA. Justin aspired to become rich and famous and rub shoulders with Hollywood's hottest stars. He once passed by Kanye West on the street, and this other time he spilled a Mai Thai on that girl who used to be on Saturday Night Live. Having conquered LA, Justin decided to leave California. Now, directionless, he will roam the planet in search of the meaning of life, like a Samurai without a master. Or perhaps like a blind man without a dog. Once found, he will share his discovery with all those wise enough to listen. He will live the rest of his days in perfect harmony with all living creatures, especially the parasites living in his beard. The amoebas will sing, the cows will dance, and all will thank Justin for his discovery.