After 249 days of traveling, we reached - and even passed - the half-way point of our "List of 28", having now completed 16 out of the 28 destinations on our list (and hoping to hit number 17 tomorrow). Hidden deep inside of us, there is a big geek with thick glasses and a love for statistics who is just screaming to get out, so we thought we would bore you a bit with our travel stats to date.
So far we managed to clock up 160,808 km traveling around the world and we made it over to South Africa, Mauritius, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ireland, Holland, USA, Spain, Norway, Greece, Canada, Argentina, Chili, Bolivia, Peru, Israel, France, Scotland and Australia in the process.
In memory of the great John Candy (and I mean great in every sense of the word), here we go with our own version of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". We even take it to another level by throwing some buses and a bunch of boats in the mix. Over the last eight months, we took 41 flights, dragged ourselves on 8 trains, got on 12 buses, boarded 2 boats and we hired 13 different cars. So on average we traveled 646 km a day, dragging ourselves on a plane every 6 days. You got to love statistics...
In memory of the great John Candy (and I mean great in every sense of the word), here we go with our own version of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". We even take it to another level by throwing some buses and a bunch of boats in the mix. Over the last eight months, we took 41 flights, dragged ourselves on 8 trains, got on 12 buses, boarded 2 boats and we hired 13 different cars. So on average we traveled 646 km a day, dragging ourselves on a plane every 6 days. You got to love statistics...
PLANES:
Total distance traveled by plane: 146,763 km
Number of flights: 41
1. London (UK) - Cape Town (South Africa) with Virgin Atlantic in February (9,634 km)
2. Cape Town (South Africa) - London (UK) with Virgin Atlantic in February (9,634 km)
3. London (UK) - Mauritius with BA in March (9,726 km)
4. Mauritius - London (UK) with BA in March (9,726 km)
5. London (UK) - Abu Dhabi (UAE) with Etihad in April (5,478 km)
6. Abu Dhabi (UAE) - London (UK) with Etihad in April (5,478 km)
7. London (UK) - Dublin (Ireland) with Aer Lingus in April (464 km)
8. Dublin (Ireland) - London (UK) with Aer Lingus in April (464 km)
9. London (UK) - Amsterdam (Neth.) with KLM in April (359 km)
10. Amsterdam (Neth.) - London (UK) with KLM in April (359 km)
11. London (UK) - Las Vegas (US) with BA in May (8,423 km)
12. San Francisco (US) - London with BA in May (8,640 km)
13. London (UK) - Barcelona (Spain) with Ryanair in June (1,138 km) *
14. Barcelona (Spain) - London (UK) with Ryanair in June (1,138 km) *
15. London (UK) - Rhodes (Greece) with Easyjet in June (2,792 km)
16. Rhodes (Greece) - London (UK) with Easyjet in June (2,792 km)
17. London (UK) - Bergen (Norway) with Norwegian in July (1,046 km)
18. Bergen (Norway) - Utne (Norway) with a Fonna Fly seaplane in July (123 km)
19. Utne (Norway) - Bergen (Norway) with a Fonna Fly seaplane in July (123 km)
20. Bergen (Norway) - London (UK) with Norwegian in July (1,046 km)
21. London (UK) - Amsterdam (Neth.) with BA in July (359 km) **
22. Amsterdam (Neth.) - London (UK) with BA in July (359 km) **
23. London (UK) - Toronto (Canada) with Canadian Affairs in July (5,731 km)
24. Toronto (Canada) - London (UK) with Thomas Cook Travel in July (5,731 km)
25. London (UK) - Dallas (US) with American Airlines in July (7,659 km)
26. Dallas (US) - Buenos Aires with American Airlines in July (8,455 km)
27. Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Salta (Argentina) with LAN in August (1,267 km)
28. Cusco (Peru) - Lima (Peru) with LAN in August (574 km)
29. Lima (Peru) - Miami (US) with American Airlines in August (4,198 km)
30. Miami (US) - London (UK) with American Airlines in August (7,139 km)
31. London (UK) - Amsterdam (Neth.) with BA in August (359 km) **
32. Amsterdam (Neth.) - London (UK) with BA in August (359 km) **
33. London (UK) - Tel Aviv (Israel) with El Al in September (3,560 km)
34. Tel Aviv (Israel) - London (UK) with El Al in September (3,560 km)
35. London (UK) - Amsterdam (Neth.) with Easyjet in September (359 km)
36. London (UK) - Edinburgh (UK) with BMI in October (534 km)
37. Aberdeen (UK) - London (UK) with BA in October (649 km)
38. London (UK) - Bangkok (Thailand) with BA in November (9,556 km)
39. Bangkok (Thailand) - Sydney (Australia) with BA in November (7,524 km)
40. Cairns (Australia) - Bloomfield Lodge (Australia) with Hinterland Aviation in November (124 km)
41. Bloomfield Lodge (Australia) - Cairns (Australia) with Hinterland Aviation in November (124 km)
TRAINS
Total distance by train: 4,522 km
Number of train rides: 8
1. London (UK) to Maastricht (Neth.) with Eurostar in July (373 km) *
2. Maastricht (Neth.) - London (UK) with Eurostar in July (373 km) *
3. Den Haag (Neth.) - Brussels (Belgium) with NS in September (137 km)
4. Brussels (Belgium) - Valence (France) with TGV in September (834 km)
5. Valence (France) - London (UK) with TGV/Eurostar in September (1,030 km)
6. Ollantaytambo (Peru) - Aguas Calientes (Peru) with PeruRail in September (47 km)
7. Aguas Calientes (Peru) - Ollantaytambo (Peru) with PeruRail in September (47 km)
8. Brisbane (Australia) - Cairns (Australia) on The Sunlander in November (1,681 km)
BUSES
Total distance traveled by bus: 2,441 km
Number of bus rides: 12
1. Salta (Argentina) - San Antonio de los Cobres (Argentina) - Salta (Argentina) in August (328 km)
2. Salta (Argentina) - San Pedro de Atacama (Chili) in August (905 km)
3. Oruro (Bolivia) - La Paz (Bolivia) in August (225 km)
4. La Paz (Bolivia) - Tiahuanaco (Bolivia) - La Paz (Bolivia) in August (126 km)
5. La Paz (Bolivia) - Puno (Peru) in August (214 km)
6. Puno (Peru) - Cusco (Peru) in August (388 km)
7. Cusco (Peru) - Ollantaytambo (Peru) in August (38 km)
8. Aguas Calientes (Peru) - Machu Picchu (Peru) in August (6 km)
9. Macchu Pichu (Peru) - Aguas Calientes (Peru) in August (6 km)
10. Ollantaytambo (Peru) - Cusco (Peru) in August (65 km)
11. Valence (France) - Aubenas (France) with TER in September (70 km)
12. Aubenas (France) - Valence (France) with TER in September (70 km)
BOATS
Total distance traveled by boat: 115 km
Number of boat trips: 2
1. Mauritius - Ille aux Cerfs in March (15 km)
2. Puno (Peru) - Lake Tititcaca (Peru) - Puno (Peru) in August (100 km)
CARS
Total distance traveled by car: 5,967 km
Number of car rides: 13
1. Wineroute in South Africa from Cape Town to Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and back to Cape Town in our Kia Jeep in February (145 km)
2. Day-trip in Mauritius in our Nissan Something in March (120 km)
3. Nevada / Arizona roadtrip from Las Vegas to Flagstaff and back to Las Vegas (US) in our Ford Explorer in June (812 km)
4. California roadtrip from Las Vegas - LA - Santa Barbara - San Francisco (US) in our Ford Mustang convertible in June (1,176 km)
5. London - Amsterdam - London roundtrip in Ruth's Porsche Cayenne in June (494 km) **
6. Toronto to Parry Sound and back to Toronto (Canada) in our VW Jetta in July (450 km)
7. Toronto to Niagara Falls and back to Toronto (Canada) in our VW Jetta in July (142 km)
8. Crossing Bolivia from the Bolivian border to Uyuni in our convoy of Toyota Landcruisers in August (450 km)
9. Escape Uyuni to Oruro in our convoy of Toyota Landcruisers in August (314 km)
10. Israel roundtrip from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and back to Tel Aviv (Israel) in our Mazda 3 in September (120 km)
11. Scottish roadtrip from Edinburgh to the Isle of Skye, Inverness and Aberdeen in our Ford Focus in October (751 km)
12. The Inverness / Loch Ness tour with Frank and his beautiful Mercedes in October (55 km)
13. Sydney to Brisbane in our tiny red Suzuki Swift in November (938 km)
* RJ only one traveling
** Emma only one traveling
