Welcome to our blog! We are travelling through SE Asia, Australia, New Zealand and S America from October 2008 - July 2009 and you are welcome to follow us on our travels.
We have very different backgrounds that might manifest themselves in this blog as a kind of wierd, multiple personality:
- Sheila is a hyperactive environmental scientist, proudly Scottish and a bona fide explorer, who expects to get fitter as the days go by
- Clare is a part-time performance poet from near Liverpool, who is abandoning a chequered history and expects this expedition to kill or cure her.
I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.
- Susan Sontag
Latest photo albumUpdated 22 Jul 2009
| Authors | Sheila Ross and Clare Kirwan |
| Home country | United Kingdom |
| Joined | 11 September 2008 |
| Blog posts | 71 |
| Photos | 832 |
| Albums | 20 |
| Videos | 0 |
| Reviews | 8 |
Clare writes:
Oh alright, yes, we're home. I know I said it would be a few days and it's been a few weeks but we sort of hit the ground running with putting ourselves, home and garden in order - including a full rewiring of all the lights in Sheila's house, which involved moving everything... and that's a LOT of stuff.
And yes, there was a little part of me that was quite happy staying in Rio - or many of the other places we've been on this journey.
We hope our readers have enjoyed coming along for the 'virtual' ride... if you're reading this and haven't put a message on our board - please do!!
Anyway, here are some trip(py) statistics for your delectation:
Countries visited: 13
Duration: 9 months / 38 weeks / 263 days
Borders crossed: 22
Flights: 21
Photos taken : 16,426
Haircuts: 7
Boat trips: 39(ish)
Number of times lost at sea: 1
Furthest away from UK: 11,851km (19,070 miles) - Dunedin, New Zealand
Highest point: 4,058m - El Alto, Bolivia
Lowest point: -15m - Lake Eyre, Australia
Hottest recorded temperature: 48oC (118oF) - Alice Springs
Coldest recorded temperature: -2oC - Patagonia
Shortest time: Paraguay(3hrs)
Longest time: Australia (3mths)
Modes of transport: 55
Different beds: 100
PLUS different campsites: 40
Longest stay in one location: Crown Motel, Sydney (10 days)
Colds: Clare - 3, Sheila - 4
Thefts: 3
Keys lost: 3
Locks lost: 2
Number of stalkers: 1
Percentage of stalkers that were German: 100%
Friends visited: 6
Parking tickets: 1
Eyeware lost: 2
Cameras broken: 3
Visits to doc/nurse/dentist: 8
Number of times 'Wow' said: 4,376,502
oh, and this may not be over - there may be supplemental stats and lists to come...
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