 Am I crazy?
jasonkester: I'm a big fan of saving before spending.  Go find a job and save up $10k or so.  Get yourself enough experience to make yourself thoroughly employable.  Then quit and go take that trip.Being in debt sucks, and doing what you propose will put you into debt in about a month.  The end result will be several years of working at some crap  company trying to pay it off.  Get some savings laid in first, get yourself into a position where you're calling the shots, then go for it.