Boston, MA
Countries Visited: 6
Days Away: 90
Distance Traveled: 42,879 km
Distance Traveled Overland: 9880 km
Number of Airplane Flights: 8
Number of Bus Trips: 32
Number of Train Trips: 3
Number of Boat Trips: 18
Overnight Rides: 7 (1 Plane, 1 Boat, 2 Buses, 3 Trains)
Longest Travel Day: 14 hours (Sihounakville to Bangkok)
Number of Different Hotels: 46
Credit Card Transactions: 17
Fees Paid for those Transactions: $60.29
Dollars Spent on Laundry: $0
Dollars Spent on Visas (Including Extensions and Bribes): $514
Average Daily Expenditure: $45.08
Books Read: 15
Photos Taken: 2644
Photos Posted to Trip Journal: 1417
Coldest Temperature: 6°C (43°F) Delhi, India
Hottest Temperature: 39°C (102°F) Angkor, Cambodia
Days of Rain: 4
Days of Illness: 1 (Ann in Luang Prabang, Laos)
Electorlyte Packets Consumed: 3
Different Beers Tasted: 13
Disposable Chopsticks Used in China Annually: 45,000,000,000
Our Contribution to the 2006 Total: 22
Traffic Accidents Witnessed: 4
Fatalities: 1
Hotels That Threw Us Out: 1, Old Darling Hotel, Hanoi, VietNam
Mice Spotted: 5
Rats Spotted: Hundreds, but only in Mumbai, India
Longest Time without Internet Access: 4 Days, from Savannakhet, Laos to Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Messages Received on Trip Journal: 192
Longest Stay: 6 Nights, Luang Prabang, Laos
Favorite Counrty: India
Favorite Foriegn Word: Kem (Vietnamese for Ice Cream)
Favorite Game: Chinese Menu Surprise
Friendliest Local: Phong, Green Discovery Representative in Luang Nam Tha, Laos
Least Favorite Local: Man at Bus Stop in Hekou, China
Most Expensive Hotel: Shapura House, Jaipur, India ($40)
Least Expensive Hotel: Shanti Lodge, Agra, India ($3.11)
Best Meal: Sankrati Feast, Tenali, India
Most Expensive Meal: Tea at the Oriental Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand ($55.30)
Most Unique Food: Fried Spiders
Best Sunset: Rice Terraces, Yuanyang, China
Best Sunrise: Don Khong Island, Laos
Favorite Beer: Beer Lao
StatsApr 1, 2006
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On the Way Home in Mumbai, India
Karin Meets Us at Logan Airport in Boston