So we’ve counted and tallied our favorites and not so favorites from East and Southern Asia. It was out last continent, but certainly not our least adventurous. From a moto trip in rural Laos to a major festival in Chang Mai it was a fun place to end the trip. Here’s our index of fun facts:
- 8 Overnight trains.
- 3 Overnight buses.
- 8 Airplane rides within a continent prior to Asia.
- 7 Airplane rides within Asia.
- 3 Days spent on a motorbike.
- 7 Countries.
- 25 Amount in dollars of our most expensive hotel room (a triple).
- 7 amount in dollars of our cheapest hotel room (also a triple).
- 478 Visa cost in USD per person paid officially to the governments of these 7 countries to enter or exit.
- 4 Amount paid in USD per person in unofficial fees to border agents to enter/exit these countries.
- 1 visitor from home.
- 5 weeks that visitor spent with us.
- 3 shipments of clothing and souvenirs sent home.
- 1 cell phone stolen.
- 1 time we saw how the Chinese treat the Tibetans.
- 1 time this whole trip our computer was examined by border agents.
- 6 Hours we once spent adding hot water to our green tea at a Chinese ‘tea hall’.
- 1 Burmese python Danny used to freak Jill out as it wrapped around his neck.
- 17 Custom made dress shirts purchased.
- 10 Average price, in USD, of each of those shirts.
- 2 Roaches Danny killed in his bunk during the night on a Thai train.
- 2 Super holy Buddhist festivals we attended.
- 0 Days spent lounging on the beach.
- 3 Number of cities where we were offered illegal drugs while walking down the street.
- 2 Number of cities where we were able to order illegal drugs off a dinner menu.
- 1 Number of cities in the rest of the world where either of those things happened to us.
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