By the Numbers

Landing small hopper flight to San Jose, Costa Rica

Lila and I have been home for just about a month now. Setting up house, buying cars, paying bills, and visiting with family and friends. Getting back into this so-called “real life” has been taking up most of our time, so there has been little time to work on finishing up our blog. How do we summarize our thoughts about a whirlwind trip that took us through 22 countries in thirteen and a half months? What did we learn about the world? What did we learn about ourselves? These are all things that will take time of reflection and discussion with family and friends before we truly have answers. In the meantime, we thought we’d give you a different view of our trip. We started this list a couple of months ago while on a night train between Hanoi and Hue, Vietnam. We finished it over a bottle of wine just a few of nights ago…

Our Year in Numbers

5 Continents
22 Countries
23 Planes
14 Trains
30 Buses
16 Ferries & Boats (not including dive boats, houseboats, or kayaks)
9 Motos & Scooters
6 Bicycles
2 Rental Cars
17 Paid Tours (i.e. Safari, Valley of the Kings, City Tours)
100’s of tuk tuks, taxis, and minivans
1000’s of kilometers walked
4 Illnesses (2 each, but not counting 6 weeks of general bellyaches in India)
1 Volunteer Program
40 Dives each (Brazil, Seychelles, Zanzibar, Egypt, Thailand)
49 Coral Species Memorized
2 New Dive Certifications
74 World Beers Sampled
3 Cameras (1st underwater cam got water in it, 2nd camera left in campground in Uganda, 3rd camera huge scratch on lens)
6 pairs of flip flops (Jeff). Lila – too many shoes to count:)
15 cooking classes
15 pounds lost (Jeff)
10 pounds gained (Lila)
Money Spent? Don’t even ask.
Life experience. priceless.

Stuck in the sand just south of Lima, peru

Sleeping in on the night bus - Andean Pass, Chile

Cycling through wine country - Mendoza, Argentina

Our Safari Rig - Kenya, Africa

Lila stepping out of a tuk tuk - Rajasthan, India

Easy Riding - Goa, India

Josh, Lila and I on a slow boat down the Mekong River - Laos

Lila ready to board a dragon boat - Hue, Vietnam

When we catch up with life, Lila and I plan on writing about each of the countries in South East Asia that we never got around to blogging about. Stay tuned.