"You look unusually fit and young. When you take some photos. I think you are professional. You are bouncy!"
Zhang Miao
Beijing, China
kilometres driven:
4043
kilometres flown:
87321
kilometres by train:
5148
kilometres by bus:
7871
kilometres walked:
873.9
steps taken (yes, I walk with a pedometer):
1148982
airports:
33
train/bus stations:
28
bottled beer drank:
238
pints of beer drank:
258
glasses of red wine:
84
martini:
11
rum / rye / gin / vodka:
18/17/44/40
scotch:
23
tequila:
24
hotels/bed & breakfast:
51
hostels:
37
beds:
92
couches:
4
sleeping bag on the dirt:
3
tent:
5
kinda bed / sofa thing:
2
rooms smaller than 8' x 8':
4
frequency of being awakened by obnoxious young people:
8
accommodation costs to date:
$13976.56
online charges to keep this site updated:
$523.25
asked if I was american:
19
asked if I was canadian:
11
asked if I liked americans after making the mistake of assuming I'm american:
6
canadians I've met:
42
irritable bowel syndrome:
1
foolishly jumping out of a plane:
1
valuable things I've left behind by mistake:
5
cockroaches longer than two inches:
11
snakes slithered past me:
1
Dingoes running past:
6
sharks that have been within 6 feet of me:
1
deadly spiders near my feet:
2
the opposite sex I've walked in on mistakenly while they are naked:
5
people I've met on tour and then met again elsewhere in the world:
16
couples I've walked in on while they are fornicating:
1
hours in a tattoo chair:
1
times I've been propositioned by Thai 'working ladies':
?
someone threatening to kill me:
2
times I've been offered drugs on the street:
24
amount of money paid to personal guides:
$167
cleaning ladies who have not knocked and walked in on me naked:
3
number of near-death experiences while on the back of a motorbike:
3
times I've wanted to stay and live in the country that I'm currently visiting:
82
quantity of art students trying to sell me artwork, but not 'really' selling me artwork:
19
vile weird creepy crawlers I have voluntarily ingested: scorpion / cockroach / seahorse:
1/2/1
amount of money spent on doctors, not covered by health insurance:
$1068
times I've had to show my passport in India:
12
bribes to authority figures wearing uniforms and carrying weapons:
3
amount of horn blasts given to other vehicles from my jeep driving guide in Kashmir:
10000+
frequency of forest fertilization from forced fecal fabrication (poop in the woods):
7
number of different antibiotics I've been prescribed to cure my irritating illness:
8
packages of funny mushrooms that have enhanced my vision and thoughts:
2
cameras I've had stolen:
1
times I've had my haircut:
4
total cost of mailing cheesy souvenirs back to Canada:
$419.00
amount spent on lactose pills so I can eat cheese fondue and chocolate in Switzerland:
$79.00
maximum number of days I've worn the same set of clothing including undergarments:
3
times I've traveled by transit without a valid ticket:
3
number of planes I've flown in:
45
cities I've visited so far:
79
countries I've been to so far:
24
times I got lost in Venice:
100+
penis carvings I've seen in Florence:
lots
largest amount spent on accommodation for one night:
$286.00
smallest amount spent on accommodation for one night:
$14.00
times I've lied about uploading stories:
101
total days spent traveling on my first 'round the world journey:
389
