Funky Facts and Figures

FRIENDLIEST NATION AND PEOPLE:
Russians (hard to believe right)
Londoners-they were always so helpful
The Irish-with their sing song accent I could listen to them all day
Africans-they are happy with what they have-inspiring to me
Sri Lankan's-Sweet and happy people

FAVOURITE CITY SO FAR ON THE TRIP:
Moscow-Russia
London-UK
Ekaterinburg-Russia
Ulaan Baatar-Mongolia
Munich-Germany
Dublin-Ireland
Bilbao-Spain
Zanzibar-Tanzania
Turmi-Ethiopia
Swakopmund-Namibia
Buenos Aires-Argentina
Rio de Janeiro-Brazil
Lalibela-Ethiopia
Cartagena-Colombia
Easter Island-AMAZING
Quebec City-Canada
Chicago-USA
Las Vegas-USA (always)
Isle of Skye-Scotland

MOST PAID FOR A DRINK:

1. $6.66 for a glass of red wine in Ulaan Baatar

2. $2.50 for a beer on the Trans Mongolian

3. $7.00 for a milkshake in Moscow

4. $6.50 for a glass of Pepsi at St Petersburg Airport - it was like 700ml though

5. $6.00 for a tea in a cafe in Rome

6. $13.00 for a vodka and coke in Amsterdam pub on Queens Day

7. $17EUR ( $25 AUD ) for a drink in an Ibiza nightclub!!!!!!

HIGHEST ELEVATION REACHED:

Driving through the Andes Arequipa to Colca Canyon, Peru - 4910m

Potosi, Bolivia - 4090m

Puno, Peru - 3860m

La Paz, Bolivia - 3640m

Cuzco, Peru - 3399m

Mt Etna - Sicily, Italy 3328m

Quito, Ecuador - 2850m

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia 2355m 

Arequipa, Peru - 2335m

Nairobi, Kenya - 1661m

Eldoret - Kenya 1260m

Ulaan Baatar - Mongolia 1330m

Ger Camp - Mongolia 1600m

Hopfgarten - Austria 1000m

Top of the Rock of Gibralter - UK 487m

Madrid - Spain 400m

Bilboa - Spain 400m

Ekaterinburg - Russia 250m

LONGEST TRAVEL DAY TO DATE:

56 hours Irktusk to Ekaterinburg by train

42 hours Nairobi to Ushuaia-3 continents, 5 airports, 21,099km, 14 transit hours

36 hours-3 planes from Addis Ababa-Frankfurt-Rio-Manaus

31 hours from Beijing to Ulaan Baatar by train

12 hours from Rome criuse terminal to London hotel

13 hours travel day from Dublin to Madrid

12 hour travel day from Lake Malawi to Zimbabwe

MOST EMBARASSING MOMENT SO FAR:

1. Falling over drunk on Ios in Greece and doing a fair bit of damage to my knee

2. Getting helplessly drunk at Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda and getting kicked out of my tent

3. My skirt ripping while putting up a tent at Mtopo National Park - Zimbabwe

4. Getting drunk (again) on my Separation Day party and falling over - no damage done

5. Not fitting into any skydiving suit in Swakopmund

6. Not sure if I would fit in a traditional mokoro on the Omo River in Ethiopia

MOST UNUSUAL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE:

1. Watching Julia eating a snake and scorpion kebab in Beijing

2. The Basque Spanish people have a local drink of red wine and coke - it is delicious! 

3. Eating a camel burger in Morocco - it was amazing

4. Eating a warthog snitzel for dinner in Zimbabwe - it was delicious

5. Eating an Oz's ball at Carnivore in Nairobi

6. The nudity of the San Bushman

7. The amazing Mursi people in Southern Ethiopia