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 US dollars spent on flights
43 Airports I’ve been to
48 Flight segments flown
81,933 Miles flown (Circumference of the Earth = 24,000 miles)
12 New countries visited
3 Countries revisited
5 Continents visited
5 Layovers in countries I’ve never otherwise been to (China, Singapore, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia)
3 Times I crossed the Pacific Ocean
3 Times I crossed the Atlantic Ocean
23 Books read
1 eBooks written
2 Travel bloggers I met up with on the road (Go, See, Write; Nomadic Matt)
198 No. of blog posts written at AngieAway.com
3 Pairs of shoes in my suitcase
47 Giraffes spotted at one time in the Masai Mara, Kenya
1 Mild plane crash
1 Near death illness in Thailand
3 Cockroaches found in bathrooms
1 Bicycle accident in Bali
2 Canon G12 cameras purchased
1 Travel insurance claim
2 Groping incidents (Spain, Egypt)
1 Earthquake in Bali
$400 Dollars lost to pickpocket in Athens
2 Scoundrels from the Commonwealth
2 New scars
13 Most consecutive nights spent in one bed (not including return home visits)
2 Visits to the USA
1 Friend wedding I made it to
2 Cousin weddings I missed
2 Shark cage dives in South Africa
3 Scuba dives (Fiji, Greece & Egypt)
1 No. of attempted sky dives (New Zealand)
2 Breathtaking (literally) hikes – The Tongariro Crossing, New Zealand & Mt. Sinai, Egypt
4 Visits to London
6 Weeks spent in Greece
6 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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