2011 by the numbers
I’m usually a word person (as evidenced by my current career path), but this time I thought I’d share a little about my year in numbers. Enjoy!
$8,465.62 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â US dollars spent on flights
43                      Airports I’ve been to
48Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Flight segments flown
81,933Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Miles flown (Circumference of the Earth = 24,000 miles)
12Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â New countries visited
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Countries revisited
5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Continents visited
5                       Layovers in countries I’ve never otherwise been to (China, Singapore, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia)
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Times I crossed the Pacific Ocean
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Times I crossed the Atlantic Ocean
23Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Books read
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â eBooks written
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Travel bloggers I met up with on the road (Go, See, Write; Nomadic Matt)
198 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No. of blog posts written at AngieAway.com
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Pairs of shoes in my suitcase
47Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Giraffes spotted at one time in the Masai Mara, Kenya
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Mild plane crash
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Near death illness in Thailand
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cockroaches found in bathrooms
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Bicycle accident in Bali
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Canon G12 cameras purchased
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Travel insurance claim
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Groping incidents (Spain, Egypt)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Earthquake in Bali
$400Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Dollars lost to pickpocket in Athens
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Scoundrels from the Commonwealth
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â New scars
13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Most consecutive nights spent in one bed (not including return home visits)
2 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Visits to the USA
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Friend wedding I made it to
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cousin weddings I missed
2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Shark cage dives in South Africa
3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Scuba dives (Fiji, Greece & Egypt)
1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â No. of attempted sky dives (New Zealand)
2                      Breathtaking (literally) hikes – The Tongariro Crossing, New Zealand & Mt. Sinai, Egypt
4Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Visits to London
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Weeks spent in Greece
6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Friends who came to visit while I was in Greece
WHEW! I just have to quit now… I’m wearing myself out reliving all this! Do me a favor and leave me a comment with your favorite/best/worst number from 2011!
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Ummm….1 mild plane crash?!!? Did I miss that blog?
Haven’t gotten to that one yet… stay tuned!
That is a lot of frequent flier miles.
If only they were all on the same carrier! Or even two carriers!
Well, I like the 2 visits home!
Ma
Love Mom. I can’t believe you had six friends visit Greece! I had one friend visit my entire year in Costa Rica. How do you have an attempted sky dive?! What a year!
I know – six friends! I had to extend my trip to six weeks just to accommodate every one! No one came the rest of the time, so it made up for that.
Okay now we know what you spent on airfare what about you total expenses , food, hotel, activities etc
How much do I need to travel for a year after retirement.
Not really sure because I stayed with friends quite a bit and was hosted by hotels often so I could write about them in travel stories… One person can easily do a year on the road with 20k IF staying in hostels & guesthouses. At hotels, the sky is the limit.
What a crazy year!! Writing up the numbers like this is such a good idea…it really puts everything in perspective!
It took me quite a while to calculate some of them, so thanks for your comment!
Wait. Mild plane crash?? Those are a hell of a lot of miles flown. Sorry to hear about the groping incidents. Yuck!
Yeah… the plane crash story is forthcoming. Glad those miles are included in the tally and not the end of my life’s story =)
I want to hear more about the mild plane crash, too!
Stay tuned!
Fun!! And I was just going to tally up the number of flights and different accommodations we stayed at for a post in the new year. You’ve put me to stats shame =)
I’m hoping to have fewer miles next year… still lots of travel, but ideally fewer plane tickets!
Guess you are more afraid of cock roaches than snakes, huh? Other way around for me! Guessed I’d miss a blog about the crash, but you most likely thought to not tell that until after the year ended! Thanks for such a vicariously wonderful year of travel! Love you.
Haven’t written up the plane crash yet… it’s coming though. Going to be a good one =) Love ya, Ms. Mary!
I love the pic of you by the International Press sign! Woot! Woot!:)
Ditto what Abby said on visitors. I did manage to talk my mom into visiting me for her vacation in Panama and my dad visited me while I was living in Buenos Aires.
It’s funny – no one came to see me until I got to Greece, and then I couldn’t keep them away! It was fun to have so many friends come though… a beautiful break from solo travel!
wow! I have no idea how you were able to keep track of all of that! haha
awesome 🙂
Thanks for a dose of inspiration this year, will be crossing paths with some of your 2011 stops on my big trip this year!
Dang, girl, you got around!