(Almost) Half-way Stats

It’s my (Julia) turn again!  We are finally leaving the Americas after almost 6 months and we are almost at the half-way point of our journey.  I thought it would be a good time to provide a few stats of our life on the road, and also give a summary of some things that we will miss about Latin America! 

Unfortunately, there are no pictures for this post. While we were on the Big Island in Hawaii, we took a day to wash every single thing in our bags, air out all of our packing cubes, and clean out our bags of anything we haven’t used so we could send it home with family.  We were a bit astonished to see all of our clothes hanging up and wondered how we could possibly fit all of that into 4 backpacks!  But, we forgot to take a picture 

 

Here is the rundown.  So far:

We have been to                            12 countries

and                                                     73 cities.

We have taken                               21 flights

and been in                                      28 airports.

We have been away for                177 nights

and slept in                                      66 different beds

in                                                         6 different time zones.

We have taken                                12 different modes of transportation

and seen                                           64 different wildlife species sightings (of significance).

We have done                                 58 hikes

and                                                     42 excursions/activities

and gone to                                      7 different churches.

We have tried                                  76 new foods

watched                                            3 TV series

and                                                     1 movie.

 

And we have read so many books!

Matt has read                                19 books.

Julia has read                                38 books.

Marika has read                             74 books (not including for school).

Annika has read                             64 books (not including for school).

On that note, we would LOVE some book recommendations, especially for the girls.  We are running out of book ideas!  You can provide suggestions in the comments here or feel free to send me a message.  We do read books entirely on-line on our devices right now, so we will very much appreciate paper books when we get home!

 

Of our almost 6 months so far, about 5 of them have been in Latin America (the other month was split between Western Canada and Hawaii).  We really enjoyed our time in Latin America and will definitely miss some things about it including:

• Being surrounded by a different language that is still somewhat familiar and uses the same alphabet
• Very kind people
• Some foods that we have discovered and loved – dulce de leche, Mexican tacos, etc
• Green lushness of some of the jungle areas
• Being in time zones close to our own
• Walking through groves of eucalyptus trees

 

Thanks for following our journey so far and sending us notes of encouragement.  We are looking forward to exploring other parts of the world, though are maybe a little nervous about the even larger language barrier that we are about to face!