Quick Trip Reflections

MY TRIP:
October 12, 2006 - January 26, 2007
(106 days)

Countries: 8 (officially, not counting the US)
China- (Oct. 12 - 31)
Tibet- (Oct. 17 - 29)
Vietnam- (Oct 31 - Nov 20)
Cambodia- (Nov 20 - 25)
Laos- (Nov 28- Dec 5)
Thailand- (Nov 25 - 28; Dec 5 - 22)
Malaysia- (Dec 22 - 26)
Singapore- (Dec 26 - Jan 2)
Australia- (Jan 3 - 23)
Hawaii- (Jan 23 - 26)

# of photo's: 646 (camera is still MIA in thailand...)
# of different beds slept in: 38 (different one every 2.8 days!)
Total trip cost: $3613.87 (thats $34.09/day including transportation costs!)
Total miles traveled: 28,500+ (according to a Google Earth estimate)
Top three moments:
1. Surviving the Everest Base Camp hike (barely)
2. Sunrise on the Great Wall after camping in the watchtower, and not seeing another tourist
3. Feeling of pure independence in Australia/ surfing in 80 degree water
Longest stay in one place: Cant remember, but it was definitely less than a week
Favorite drink: coconut shake or vietnam coffee (usually both in the morning for under a buck!)
Favorite dish: chicken with coconut curry over rice (the one in Hoi An was the best and I got to watch the chef make it from scratch)
Weirdest thing I ate: yak jerky and yak butter tea in Tibet (chickened out of eating live scorpion on a stick in Beijing); never got travel belly!
Place I want to go back to most: Vang Vieng, Laos (the place where we drank beer and floated down the river three days in a row...obviously ;) and Queensland Australia
Best beach: Byron Bay, Australia
Cheapest beer: $0.15 for a tall bottle in China
Cheapest accomodation: $1/ night at both hostels in Cambodia
Best quote of the trip: "that happened during the French Colonation" -Carson
Wish I had brought: more maps, less lonely planet books (they weigh less, and give you more freedom)
Wish I hadn't brought: half of the clothes that weighed down my backpack
Honeymoon-worthy spot: Ko Tao, or any of the southern islands of Thailand

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... and I'm still trying to think of more, so email me anything you want to know!