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
still unanswered questions:
Biggest regret:
Most shocking moment:
Biggest surprise:
... and I'm still trying to think of more, so email me anything you want to know!
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2 comments:
those are great! how about moment you wished you were back home in your own bed...
regrets...
item you wished you brought...
item you wished you didnt bring...
place you'd go on honeymoon :)
Awesome! It was so fun seeing you and Kirsten on Sunday. Rock on.
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