One country down, about 75 more to go. Time to do our first country summary.聽 If you haven’t been reading along, here’s your 30 second summary of Mexico. Drum roll please…
Hours on a bus: 96..4 days exactly, lets not forget the additional 15 hours traveling by boat and train.
Longest Bus Ride: 12 hours
Nights we slept on a bus: 6
Nights we spent in Mexico: 29
Best night’s sleep: Night number two….on the bus….after playing with whales.
Strangest Food: Chapulines. Claro.
Trips to a Medical Establishment: One, for Jill’s leg in Creel
Best Meal: Anything at Martha’s house… 馃檪 Muchas Gracias!!!!
Best alarm clock: Eeeeeeee gaaaaaaaaassssssssss in Zacatecas
Number of times the the time changed: 5, we think.
Best Compliment: From a ‘rico suave’ Mexican…his exact words to Danny: “You are more Americano than a hamburguesa”
Best medicine: The plant that says if it doesn’t work….to try another plant and pray
Worst medicine: Whatever we ate that sent us to the laboratorio
Days of Rain: 0
Other Americans we met: 0, until the day we crossed the border
Most Expensive Meal: 194 pesos in Oaxaca (it was about 13 pesos to the dollar)
Cheapest Meal: 4 tacos for 20 pesos, San Cristobal de las Casas
Number of tequila shots per person: About 3…pathetic, I know
Number of cities we visited: 12
Rivers Kayaked: 2
Mountain Bike Excursions: 3
Gauze pads used on Jill’s Leg: 30
Rolls of tape for Jill’s Leg: 2
Most number of consecutive days in one bed: 4
Cold Showers: 4
Consecutive Days without a shower: 3
Times we hand did our laundry: 4, 100%
Mayan Ruins Visited: 2
And finally….
Hamburgers Eaten: 0
Hey Daniel and Jilian!
it looks Mexico was great!!!
so its a little closer to Brazil right now!
lol
zero burguers!?!?
this is great!!!
we love reading your blog!
byeee
be save guys!
we miss you
Love the count down,it really puts it all into perspective. This will be a conversation starter @ schools next week as everyone seems to ask me about your new adventures every time they see me.
Can you cut down the trips to medical establishments that would make Dad happy, Ha Ha Ha!!!!
We Love ya and miss ya
Awsume Guys!
I am so amazed at the adventures you are having. I’m with Mom and Dad though,let’s keep the medical establishment visit count at 1. If you have to up the count on anything, my personal preference would be to up the tequila shots count. Really Guys, you represent the Malfars.
Love you,
Adventure on Dan and Jillian
Uncle Dan
@Uncle Dan,
We’ll try to keep the count to one, but no promises. I take personal responsibility for the lack of tequila shots. We’re doing better here in Guatemala. 馃檪 Gotta represent the family! ~Jillian
Well, well, only 75 more to go… Which one is Germany on your list? We’ll just count until that cause that’s when we see each other!
We are save in Dresden and the city is still what it has been when we left 馃槈
@Save in Mexico: Well we have the news and it sounds like it’s not save at all there. They have more than a hundred dead people and the Swine Flu is getting worse.
So, good you guys are out of there.
Be save!
Bye,
Gina & Christoph
@Gina & Christoph,
We didn’t even know about the flu until it was already a few days in. Fortunately we were out of Mexico long before. Germany is high on the list when we get to Europe! ~Jillian
Awesome guys! I enjoy reading about your adventures.
I look forward to the next countries.
@Leo-
We’re getting closer, but we just realized we forgot to bring the rules to Truco. You’ll have to teach us again or send us the rules so we can spread it through central america!
Amazing travels, you two! You visited so many places in Mexico – we’re jealous… we’re always adding new places to our list (you know, “next time around the world”).
We were really surprised how little tequila there was in the areas of Mexico we stayed. We even tried to get margaritas and failed, numerous times!