By the Numbers (so far…)

We did a “Japan by the numbers” post back at the very beginning of our trip (https://werefinemom.com/2013/10/23/japan-by-the-numbers/) and with just under 6 months remaining, we thought another analysis was in order.

Days on the Road: 255
Days Left of the Trip: 165

Total Miles: 57,209 (equals 2.3 trips around the equator)
Flights: 40
Total Accommodations: 78 (hotels/rentals/campervan/tent/sleeper train)
Modes of Transportation: 32 (including bicycle rickshaw, horse, tuk-tuk, scooter, streetcar, safari jeep, helicopter, dugout canoe, and World’s Fastest Elevator)

Cities Visited: 83
Countries Visited: 23 (including North Korea and Hong Kong)
Continents Visited: 5 (including North America)
McDonald’s Visited: 3 or 4 (Japan, Taipei, Delhi, and one we can’t remember)

Cheapest Beers: Cambodia (pitchers were $4 USD)
Most Expensive Beers: Singapore (paid upwards of $12 USD for the most expensive beer there)

Times we’ve done laundry: 35
Clothing Casualties: numerous, including grey-colored shirt with pinkish bleach stains; bikini with awkward stain from a drying on a rusty nail (never worn again); button down shirt with paint spots, oil stains, and a huge rip in the back (worn regularly); favorite pink and orange shirt that went “missing” at Indian Laundromat; and, of course, John’s beloved Adidas sneakers (RIP)
Times we’ve done dry cleaning: 1

Dentist Visits: 5
Broken Caps: 2
Courses of Antibiotics taken: 3 (Myanmar 2/food-poisoning, Chile 1/sinus-infection)
Moped accident resulting in a stubbed toe: 1 (also Myanmar/Amy)

Average Bag Weight (Amy): 24.02 kilos/52.95 pounds
Average Bag Weight (John): 18.66 kilos/41.13 pounds
Times we’ve paid overweight baggage fees: 3

Pounds Gained (Amy): No comment
Pounds Gained (John): Negligible

Postcards Sent: 202 (20% sent to parents)
Packages Shipped Home: 10

Haircuts: 4 (John 3; Amy 1)
Dye Jobs: 7 (Amy; Tokyo, Taipei, Hanoi, Bangkok, Auckland, Delhi, Cape Town…and one to come very soon in Chile!)

Hottest Temperature: 104 (Varanasi, India)
Coldest Temperature: 33 (Beijing, China)

Sporting Events Attended: 6 (Sumo Finals, Horse Racing, Rugby Sevens, Melbourne Grand Prix, Aussie Rules Football, Boca Juniors Football)

Concert: 1 (Lynryd Skynryd, Starship and 10CC)
Star-sightings (other than above rock stars): 3 (Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson at the Grand Hyatt in Tokyo; John Cleese eating sushi at the food court in Ho Chi Minh City Airport)

Does this count as a star sighting? (Does John Stewart know he’s selling suits in Vietnam?)

Political Demonstration: 1 (Occupy Bangkok)
Appearance on Japanese TV: 1 (unseen)

It’s been an amazing 8 months so far. And with less than six months and only one more continent to go, it feels like we’re in the home stretch. We’ve booked all of our transportation for the rest of the trip including our trip home (with the exception of one round-trip flight from the UK to Ireland). We leave for Brazil and the World Cup madness on Wednesday and then, two weeks later, we’ll be in Europe. I think time is going to go very fast once we get there. We’ll see. I think one of our last posts of the trip will be “Superlatives,” i.e. Best Meal, Favorite Accommodation, Most Harrowing Moment, et cetera. Please start thinking about superlatives you’d like to see and send them to us…we have to start the list now, lest we forget!

Drinking wine from bulls’ horns in Chile