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

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

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

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Playing Favorites.

โ€œWhatโ€™s your favorite country/city?โ€ is the usual follow-up question after โ€œHow is it being back?โ€œ Itโ€™s really hard to name an ultimate favorite with so many contrasting experiences in different places. But I will try here

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

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

Hostel (beautiful) โ€“ Loki Hostel, Mancora, Peru

Nicest People โ€“ Colombians
Most fun People โ€“ Brazilians
Most National met (travelers) โ€“ German

While these data didnโ€™t make you smarter after reading, I hope you enjoyed it anyway. Feel free to throw in your random questions.
RTW Stats: #interesting #useless