By the Numbers: 200 Days Down
Trip Start
Sep 26, 2010
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37
44
Trip End
Jun 10, 2011
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Friday, April 15, 2011
# of foreign countries visited: 13
# of days in:
USA: 34
Canada: 9
Costa Rica: 15
Peru: 8
Bolivia: 6
Argentina: 14
Chile: 14
South Africa: 12
Namibia: 11
Botswana: 5
Zambia: 1
Nepal: 28
India: 16
Thailand: 12 (and counting...)
# of new stamps in our passports: 29 (31 for Jeremy who exited and then reentered South Africa to get a better exchange rate on the other side of immigration)
# of hours spent in customs/immigration: 11 hr, 45 min
# of flights: 11
# of hours spent in an airport: 27 hr, 30 min
# of travel legs covered by air: 7
Los Angeles, USA - San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa Rica - Lima, Peru
Santiago, Chile - Puntas Arenas, Chile
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Cape Town, South Africa
Livingstone, Zambia - Kathmandu, Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal - Delhi, India
Calcutta, India - Bangkok, Thailand
# of overland border crossings: 11
USA - Canada
Canada - USA
Peru - Bolivia
Bolivia - Argentina
Argentina - Chile
Chile - Argentina
Argentina - Chile
Chile - Argentina
South Africa - Namibia
Namibia - Botswana
Botswana - Zambia
# of nights spent in a:
Bed: 122
Tent: 37
Teahouse: 16
Bus: 7
Train: 6
In our car: 5
Plane: 4
Couch: 2
Shipping Container: 1
# of times we've couch-surfed: 3 (Canada, Costa Rica, Chile)
# of countries we've done Geeti in: 3 (Namibia, Botswana, Nepal)
# of hours spent traveling by*:
Bus: 387hr, 55 min
Train: 91 hr, 0 min
Private transport (taxi, shared van): 49 hr, 15 min
Plane: 42 hr, 15 min
Boat: 19 hr, 5 min
Mokoru (canoe): 6 hr, 30 min
Metro/subway: 5 hr, 45 min
Matatu (public minibus): 3 hr, 45 min
Raft: 3 hr, 0 min
Tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaw): 2:00
Funicular: 20 mins
Chairlift: 15 mins
Motorcycle: 10 mins
Moped: 1 min
*excludes travel within the US and Canada (the first 43 days)
Total international travel time: 611 hrs, 16 mins (3 hr, 53 min per day) + many more hours researching travel options, buying tickets, and waiting for the bus/boat/train
Greatest latitude reached North: 51 degrees, 40 minutes
Greatest latitude reached South: 53 degrees, 9 minutes
# of times we've crossed the equator: 2
# of parks/natural areas visited: 35
Zion
Bryce
Lake Powell/Glen Canyon
Grand Escalante
Capital Reef
Mesa Verde
Great Sand Dunes
Arches
Grand Tetons
Yellowstone
Glacier
Banff
Yoho
Pacific Rim
Crater Lake
La Fortuna Waterfall
Monteverde Cloud Forest
Manuel Antonio
Machu Picchu
Lake Titicaca
Salar de Uyuni
Torres del Paine
Perito Moreno
Fitz Roy
Volcan Villarica
Iguazu Falls
Table Mountain
Fish River Canyon
Sossusvlei
Spitzkoppe
Etosha National Park
Okavango Delta
Chobe National Park
Annapurna Conservation Area
Phang Nga National Park
# of books Adar has read: 36
Favorite books: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series and Shantaram
# of postcards sent: 66 (Jeremy 39; Adar 27)
# of pictures/movies captured: 8336 (approximately 42/day)
# of blog entries published: 29 (1/week)
# of times Jeremy has grown a full beard: 2
# of barbers who gestured or yelled "Shave?!" as he walked down the street: Too many to count
# of times he said yes to a shave: 1
# of haircuts: 2 (both Jeremy)
# of pairs of shoes broken and discarded: 3
# of pairs of women's shoes that fit Adar in Nepal: 0 (she had to buy men's shoes)
Greatest # of days without a shower: 12 (Annapurna circuit, Nepal)
Best part of the 12 days without a shower: When on Day 10 a man rubbed oatmeal and flour into our hair as part of a Tibetan New Year's blessing
Favorite hostels:
Fireweed (dorm), Field, Canada
The Singing Lamb (dorm), Puerto Natales, Chile
Arrabel Hostel (private room), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Madee (private room), Bangkok, Thailand
Prom Tong Mansion (private room), Ayutthaya, Thailand
# of places we stayed in Nepal that had heat in the rooms: 0
Average height of the door-frames in Nepal: 6'0"
Jeremy's height: 6'3"
# of times Jeremy hit his head on something: Lost count
# of earthquakes felt: 2 (in Nepal on the night after the Japan quake)
# of floods encountered: 3 (Southern Costa Rica, Orange River in South Africa/Namibia, and Southern Thailand)
# of times we've had to resort to antibiotics: 3 (Adar in Costa Rica and India; Jeremy in Argentina)
Things we couldn't tear our eyes away from:
- The rippling red walls of Antelope Canyon, Paige, Arizona
- The cascading glaciers of Icefield Parkway, Banff National Park, Canada
- The view of the ancient city at sunrise, Machu Picchu, Peru
- The blinding white expanse of the Salt Flats, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
- The enormity of the Southern Patagonian Icefield, Torres del Paine, Chile
- The sun and clouds chasing each other across Los Torres, Torres del Paine, Chile
- The brilliant blue of the Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
- The granite mastiff rising over the lake at Fitz Roy, Argentina
- The thundering waterfalls of Iguazu Falls, Argentina
- The otherworldly red sand dunes at Sessriem, Namibia
- The awesome size and power of Victoria Falls, Zambia
- The cold brilliance of the Himalaya mountains, Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
- The gleaming white symmetry of the Taj Mahal, India
- The towering limestone rock at "James Bond Island," Phang Nga Bay, Thailand
# of times Adar made Jeremy listen to "One Night in Bangkok" while in Bangkok: 3
# of times we've mailed packages: 3
# of times we were able to mail the package from the first place we went to: 0
Memorable meals (some of which we may recreate for volume 2 of our cookbook):
Chicken quesadillas with pumpkin mole and lime creme fraiche (Field, Canada)
Date oatmeal squares (Nadine's house, Seattle, WA)
Trout with passionfruit and mint (Cusco, Peru)
Quinoa soup (traditional Peruvian dish)
Ostrich with rhubarb and cheese sauce (Puerto Natales, Chile)
Salmon ceviche with mango (Puerto Natales, Chile)
Ricotta cake (El Calafate, Chile)
Oryx steak (Swakopmund, Namibia)
Bobotie (traditional South African dish)
Dal Bhat, momo's, and Snicker's roll (trekking food, Nepal)
Julebi (Indian sweet)
Cocoa-roasted peanuts (Thailand)
Sticky rice with mango (cooking class, Chiang Mai, Thailand)
# of times we've said "We're so glad we're doing this!": countless
