Inspired by my squad mate, Chelsea, I decided to make my own numbers. The bus and plane hours are all complements of her. Enjoy =)
Hours on long distance buses: 260 (that’s almost 11 days!)
Hours on a plane: 66
Borders crossed: 21
Countries I set foot in (not counting airports): 15: Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Italy, Zambia, Malawi, Botswana, Mozambique (if you count the border), Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, United States.
Currencies used: 11… I told myself i’d take a photo of all the currencies I used… I failed!
Most people fit in a 15-passenger van: 17
Stamps in my passport before the Race: 5
Stamps in my passport after the Race: 43
My backpack’s weight at the start: 38 pounds
My backpack’s weight at the end: 48 pounds
Months I slept in my tent: 2… and then 1 week in Malawi 1.0
Months I slept outside: 2
Places I slept in: 19… not including buses
Got miserably sick: 1
Months I had hot showers: 5… I was quite fortunate
Months a hot bucket shower was available: 2
Times I was electrocuted by a hot shower: 3
Times I watched Lion King: 3
Times I used a dishwasher: 0
Times I was a dishwasher: lost count
Times I walked more than a mile to get internet: lost count
Ate rice: lost count. Basically everyday.
Ate Nshima: lost count. Basically all of Africa
New foods tried: lost count
Double rainbows I saw: 3
Times I had Ice Cream: lost count. I LOVE ICE CREAM. This one time I had 11 scoops of caramel ice cream in Kosovo.
Times I preached a sermon or spoke in church: 5
Times I was offered a husband: 3
Books I read: 3
Times I washed my clothes in a machine: 17
Tigers I pet: 4!
People I’ve been on a team with: 22
Babies I held: lost count… here are some of them cuties =)
Languages I’ve worshipped in: 8
(English, Spanish, Bulgarian, Bemba, Nyanja, Chichewa, Khmer, Tamil)
Wonders of the World we saw: 3
(the Colosseum in Rome, Victoria Falls in Zambia, Angkor Wat in Cambodia)
Days spent on the Race: 319
It was quite the journey!!!
Stay Blessed
Kim =)
