I've been spending the free time over the last couple days re-reading my journals and sorting the photos I took. I'll have some big fancy homecoming blog entry for you in a few days. But first I thought I'd throw this and some facts at you to make curious people happy.
So, here's the trip breakdown. Request other statistics and I might add them.
Departure from home: Sept 23rd, 2008.
Departure from USA: Sept 27th, 2008.
Continents visited: Seven.
Countries visited: 63-69, depending on how you count.
Country list (*-indicates v. brief stay, layover, or not really independent country): Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands*, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile*, Antarctica*, Brazil, Uruguay*, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong*, China, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland*, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Vatican City, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian West Bank*, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Morocco, Spain, Portugal, USA.
Return to USA: April 27th, 2010-- 19 months after departure from USA.
Final(?) return home: May 23rd, 2010-- 20 months after departure from home.
Longest bus ride: 3 days, Ushuaia to Buenos Aires.
Shortest plane ride: 25 minutes, Quito to Guayaquil, en route to Galapagos islands.
Longest plane ride: 13 hours, Buenos Aires to Auckland (slept through the whole thing)
Number of times crossing equator: Six
Plane rides: 18
Long distance boat rides: Six
Long distance bus/train rides: 1 metric f--- ton.
Photos taken: More than 11,000
Questions? Comments? 
That sounds like an amazing trip! I have only just found your blog so I have plenty of back posts to read. Will the blog be ending now you have returned home though?
ReplyDeleteIt won't 'end' exactly. After a couple posts from home, there's going to be a pretty drastic reorganization. Right now it's set up, like most blogs, to focus on the most recently posted story. I'm going to change it so that you can more easily browse stories from different times and parts of the world you're interested in. I may also post a new tip or two from time to time.
ReplyDeleteAnd the next time I leave this country (not THAT soon), I expect I'll say something about it here. Enjoy!