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You are here: Home / Destinations / North America / Mexico / Our Time in Mexico…

Our Time in Mexico…

April 24, 2009 By Jillian

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

Filed Under: Mexico Tagged With: statistics, summary

About Jillian

I'm an adventurer and a fun loving spirit. I'll do almost anything once for the experience, well within reason. I love mountain biking, hiking and swimming. I compete in adventure races, but I'm also a complete nerd and love to read. I try to live my life without regrets, in the words of Ferris Bueller, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "

Comments

  1. Leo says

    April 24, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    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

  2. Mom McKnight says

    April 25, 2009 at 2:11 pm

    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

  3. Uncle Dan says

    April 26, 2009 at 2:38 pm

    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

    • Danny says

      May 5, 2009 at 11:40 pm

      @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

  4. Gina & Christoph says

    April 27, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    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

    • Danny says

      May 5, 2009 at 11:42 pm

      @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

  5. Lewis says

    April 27, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    Awesome guys! I enjoy reading about your adventures.

    I look forward to the next countries.

  6. Danny says

    May 5, 2009 at 11:39 pm

    @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!

  7. Eva & Jeremy Rees says

    May 13, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    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!

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