Who says love isn’t in the numbers? Here’s a breakdown of our trip around the world, from start to finish.
580 Days spent outside the USA.
50 Total number of countries.
11.6 Average Days/Country.
35 Amount of couches and spare bedrooms we utilized.
5 Number of those individuals we knew before we started this trip.
113 Nights we spent as a guest in all those homes.
57 Nights we spent sleeping on a moving vehicle.
70 Percentage of nights where we actually paid for lodging.
55 Amount, in USD, of our most expensive accommodation. A campsite in Namibia.
1 Number of nights where we encountered fleas or bedbugs. (First night in Sudan)
4 Longest amount of time, in days, we spent without a shower. (Camping in the Sahara)
10 Times we crossed the equator.
6 Number of seaports where we passed through immigration.
8 Number of airports where we passed through immigration.
44 Number of land borders where we passed through immigration (Non-EU).
3 Number of times we’ve been searched. (Panama, Brazil, China)
2 Number of times we’ve been robbed.
0 Number of times we’ve been pickpocketed.
6 Guidebooks we actually purchased.
7 Shipments of souvenirs we sent home via post.
1 Pair of pants that made it around the world with Jill.
1 Pair of Chacos Danny wore the entire trip.
21 Number of photos, in thousands, we’ve taken.
77 Amount of space, in Gigabytes, needed to store all of those photos.
20 Number of local telephone numbers we either owned or used on our cell phone.
3 Total number of cell phones we’ve used.
23 Languages we’ve learned to greet people in.
42 Currencies we’ve used.
5 Amount, in US cents, of our cheapest beer.
1670 Amount paid, per person, in USD for vi
sas and other government fees.
2 Number of governments that have fallen since our departure. (Honduras & Egypt)
2 Number of weeks that passed after our departure from Honduras before the Coup d’état.
5 Number of times we had GI testing.
0 Number of times GI testing told us something useful.
……And the Valentine’s Day kicker!
43 Percentage of our marriage, upon our return, we had spent as wandering nomads
Happy Valentine’s Day!
woo! brilliant, i love this kind of post
Great idea for a post! I don’t know how you guys figured out all that info though. You must have been very organized during your trip!
Good with numbers! I can’t believe the one – $US1670pp in visas? That’s a major!
wow, thats a lot of stats. nothing more romantic than that!
thats one of the best salt flat perspective photos ive seen as well!
So far I only knew about painting by numbers, now I have learned to travel by numbers too. Cute idea for a post.
What on earth is GI testing?
Loved the numbers. I know my dorky Dad would love this post too. But being competitive, he’d just have to top it. I’ll have to be careful with this post.
Thanks for the posting. The numbers help to put the trip into perspective. Never would have guessed you crossed the equator 10 times.
This is great! Love it!
Glad to see everyone appreciated the statistics. They actually aren’t so difficult to come up with given that we’ve done a post just like this 3 times before for the region we just exited.
i am terrible with numbers and i am overwhelmed by your post. i like it big time! Ü
Great post. What is GI testing though? Never heard of that.
Awesome – I’m amazed you kept up with all these great stats. And how nice that you only encountered bed bugs once!
Love number breakdowns! pretty cool! Looks like you guys have had a great time on the road! Not sure what GI testing is… but again, I guess I won’t learn anything from it… lol
Oooh fun!! Just stumbled across ur site — will have to spend some time to dig around learning about your travels. But from those numbers, it sounds like it has been quite an awesome experience.
GI Testing is when you poop in a cup to find out what’s wrong with you…..It either told us what we already knew (that we had bacteria) or it told us nothing….
Oddly enough I’ve been robbed twice but pickpocketed 0 times too – does that mean we’re smart enough not to be pickpocketed but unlucky enough to be robbed.
@ayngelina- I like the way you think. Smart, but unlucky!
Impressive list! I’m gonna have to get caught up on all your travels. I haven’t seen too many travelers who go to places like Sudan!
We definitely hit some off the beaten track (not to be cliche) places. You can scroll through our travels on the Destinations page or from the home page!