To wrap my post-RTW post, here are some numbers and data you may find useless but interesting. To be as accurate as I can be in the actual kilometers traveled, the map shows the exact route I traveled including flight stopovers: Bangkok, Kiev, Santa Cruz, Hong Kong. RTW Stats: #interesting #useless

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Stats are fun.

# Days Wandered – 435
# Countries – 25
# Cities – 110
# Plane – 31 (68,030)
# Bus – 59 (13,213)
# Train – 20 (4,631)
# Boat – 14 (2,871)
# Car – 16 (1,775)
# Kilometers Traveled – 90,694
– (kilometers)

# Blog Posts – 51
# Books Read – 14
# Pictures Taken – 20,021 (dslr+compact+iphone)
# Cameras Broken – 2 (Canon S95)
# Cheap sunglasses Lost – 9
# Scarves Lost – 5
# Breo Roam lost – 4 (3 fakes)
# Dentist Visit – 3
# Doctor Visit – 1

# Luggage – 1 (Eagle Creek, still good to go)
# Trail Shoes – 1 (Columbia, retired)
# Camera Bags – 2 (just needed a bigger 1)
# Flip-Flops – 4
# Dollars Spent – 45,000 (approx)

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Playing Favorites.

“What’s your favorite country/city?” is the usual follow-up question after “How is it being back?“ It’s really hard to name an ultimate favorite with so many contrasting experiences in different places. But I will try here

Experience – Galapagos Diving, Ecuador
> Runner-up – Brazil Carnival
Landscape – Lake Colorado, Bolivia
Cityscape – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Islandscape – San Blas, Panama
Picturesque – Venice, Italy
Craziest – Ibiza, Spain
Food Item – Pastel de Belém, Portugal
Food Experience – Churrascaria, Brasil
Local Experience – Petra, Jordan

Bus Company – Cruz del Sur, Peru
Train Station – OPorto Railway Station, Portugal
Airport – Marrakech Menara Airport, Morocco
Museum – Rynek Underground Museum, Krakow, Poland
Market – Otavalo, Ecuador
Church – Las Lajas Cathedral, Colombia
Old Town Center – Edinburgh, Scotland
Colonial Town – Sucre, Bolivia
Cities I want to live in – Rio de Janeiro & Paris

Hostel (beautiful) – Loki Hostel, Mancora, Peru

Nicest People – Colombians
Most fun People – Brazilians
Most National met (travelers) – German

While these data didn’t make you smarter after reading, I hope you enjoyed it anyway. Feel free to throw in your random questions.
RTW Stats: #interesting #useless