Monday, August 11, 2008

East Asia by the Numbers

Well as we all know, I'm leaving this part of the continent soon so here're some stats to give yall an idea of what the last 6 months have looked like...

I've taken...
24 Bus rides (b/w destinations)
23 Train rides
8 Border Crossings
6 Flights
6 Boat rides
6 Countries (7 if you count Hong Kong)
4 Bullet train rides
4 Days to get to Saigon by driving a motorbike
1 Ride in the back of a truck (during the pouring rain incidentally)
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6,300 Pictures taken
~2,500 Pictures kept
1,233 Pictures posted to Flickr (with 21,766 views in total)
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16,000 Vietnam Dong = $1
8,000 Lao Kip = $1
4,000 Cambodian Riel = $1
106 Japanese Yen = $1
30 Thai Baht = $1
8 Hong Kong Dollars = $1
7 Chinese Yuan = $1
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30 Malaria tablets taken (out of 79 brought)
12 Nights spent as a bartender
4 Guidebooks used and since discarded
3 Entertainment options for every bus/train/plane ride (iPod, Nintendo DS, Book)
3 Expensive gadgets bought (eeePC, iPod Classic, Sigma 18-200mm lens)
2 Books read (The Mole People, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
1 Sock lost
1 Remaining sock used as iPod case
1 Night inadvertently spent in a hammock
1 Camera lens broken
1 Pair of unstained shorts left
1 McDonald's soft serve ice cream cone per day where available

And Thousands of...
Beers drank
drug offers refused
boom boom/massage/pretty lady offers refused
Custom made suit offers refused
Miles traveled

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Having the time of your life - Priceless