It was naive to the extreme, schoolboy error not doing a search of the area or going into that sort of environment with no experience or knowledge, he struck me as a bit of a dreamer, he was obviously academically smart but it was a suicidal way to go about things. The plan was to live there for two years and he didn't even have any sort of idea of how many calories he would need per day and where that would come from. It's a sad story, I admire his courage though.

It's actually surprising he lasted as long as he did being so unprepared imo.