Now that a full month has come and gone since we landed back in the US, we have had time to reflect on our entire trip.
The most common question we have gotten was: "what was your favorite part." Which as you can anticipate is extremely difficult. Favorite country, excursion, city, food, hotel, activity, etc.. It is hard to compare our favorite country with our favorite experience. As discussed early in the trip, I wanted to compare our most anticipated "experiences" with what we actually enjoyed the most. Here is a ranked list of my favorites pre and post trip.
Actual Top 10 list with pictures we took:
10. Seeing the Terracota warriors
9. Swimming in the infinity pool on top Marina Bay Hotel in Singapore
8. Hiking the W trek in Torres del Paine
7. Drive to the Milford Sound
6. Hiking the Great Wall of China
5. Cruising and landing on Cape Horn
4. Seeing the massive coral at the Great Blue Hole (all video)
3. Snorkeling in Belize (all video)
2. Hiking on a glacier.
1. Bringing in the New Year at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro
(that is what 0.3 megapixels on the front of the iPhone 4S will shot)
Top 10 through video:
10. Seeing the Terracota warriors
9. Swimming in the infinity pool on top Marina Bay Hotel in Singapore
8. Hiking the W trek in Torres del Paine
7. Drive to the Milford Sound
6. Hiking the Great Wall of China
5. Cruising and landing on Cape Horn
4. Seeing the massive coral at the Great Blue Hole
3. Snorkeling in Belize
2. Hiking on a glacier
1. Bringing in the New Year at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro
Here is Kristen's actual top 10 list (they are not ranked in any order):
Snorkeling in Belize
Climbing Great Wall
Hiking on glacier
Mekong
New Years in rio
Cape Horn
Drive to Milford sound
Eating hawker food
Angkor Wat
Hiking W
vs her anticipated list:
10. Spending one night in Bangkok
9. Relaxing on a beach in Phuket, Thailand
8. Playing with wildlife in Galapagos
7. Hiking in Patagonia
6. Drinking Malbec in Mendoza
5. Going outside my comfort zone and routine
4. Spending 80 days with Jake
3. Boating on the Mekong Delta with a Vietnamese hat
2. Eating local food in each country
1. Climbing the Great Wall of China
Now for some random trip facts:
*80 days
*12 countries visited
*17 countries landed in
*36 flights
*41,785 miles flown
*We traveled via "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" and boats and buses
*28 blog posts (including this post)
*89 YouTube videos posted
*19 Picasa Web Albums posted
*1,694 Picasa photos posted
*80.6 GB of video/photo memories copied to PC
*4,320 video/photo files
*Total cost of the trip: Pricele$$
And to think there is soo much more of the world to see!
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