We arrived safely back in Pisac yesterday after about five and a half weeks of travel in Peru, Ecuador and Chile. We were fortunate enough to visit many amazing places, some of which I’ve described briefly in a couple of previous travel update blogs. For this blog, because I’m kind of obsessed with numbers, I’m going to provide some quick statistics for our trip. Here goes.
- Days of travel: 37
- Places visited: 3 countries, 5 islands, 27 cities and 33 museums, ruins and other archeological sites
- Different lodgings: 18 hotels, hospedajes or hostals, plus two nights on buses/planes
- Hotel reservations before leaving Pisac: 1
- Bus travel: About 2,000 miles with 13 different bus companies, plus various combis, cars and taxis
- Air travel: About 10,000 miles on seven planes
- Hours spent on buses, planes, combis and/or waiting in bus stations and airports: 160
- Days with no travel (i.e., no long bus, combi or plane ride): 16
- Illnesses: 2
- Times tear-gassed: 2 (both in Chile)
- Attempted robberies: 1
- Items stolen: 0
- Lost or confiscated items: 3 (book, camera and swiss army knife)
- Ice cream consumed: 51 ice cream scoops, bars and/or popsicles
- Fistfights: 0
- Arguments, disagreements and debates: Too many to count
Of course, this pales in comparison to some of the other people who we have met recently and who are in the midst of around-the-world tours and/or even more extensive travels in South America (like our friends the Vances who did something similar to us but for 6 months!). Look for photos of our recent travels in the blog sidebar in the next few days and possibly more information in future blogs. In just 10 days we’ll be back home in Portland and look forward to seeing many of you soon.
Matt
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