Since I'm kind of a freak that likes to track everything, I thought it would be fun to share some quick stats from the journey!
- miles covered: 22,469 (i.e. 35,950 km)
- steps per day: 12,453 (i.e. 8 km)
- retirement money sacrificed/total spent: $10,165
Additional data in the below appendix, which is a most definite requirement to make a list of numbers seem legitimate. - days traveling: 216
- cities visited: 51
- hostels/airbnbs/homes/huts/tents/salt hotels/cars slept in: 50
- hours of official Spanish lessons: 40
- hours of unoffical Spanish lessons: 24/7
- books read: 24
- waterfalls: 22
- blog posts: 18
- national parks: 17
- mountains summited: 16
- free walking tours: 15
- overnight buses: 9
- flights: 7
- countries visited: 7
- belongings lost/stolen/broken: 5 (two pairs of sunglasses, a towel, a $100 dollar bill, and a shampoo bottle that I had put insect repellent in... ouch)
- weight lost: 2 kg
- life-changing sunburns: 1
- llama sacrifices witnessed: 1
- new sports learned: 1 (wallyball)
- dead phones: 1
Things I don't have exact counts for, but easily number in the several hundreds:
- locals who called me 'chino'
- was asked where I'm from
- answered that I'm from the US
- amount of corn eaten
- mosquito bites
- musuems perused
- engaging, intelligent, gracious, diverse, delightful people met
Appendix
| Country | Days | Total Spend* | Avg Daily Spend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 36 | $1,788 | $50 |
| Bolivia | 38 | $871 | $23 |
| Brazil | 48 | $1,577 | $32 |
| Chile | 14 | $351 | $23 |
| Colombia | 43 | $989 | $23 |
| Peru | 37 | $1,048 | $28 |
| Uruguay | 5 | $170 | $34 |
2. Total Spend by Type