Around the world in 603 days: Photos 21 to 42

Well, time to go home. In the end, my trip lasted 603 days. I've been to 23 countries and boarded 31 plane flights (my bag was only lost by an airline once). About 10 months were spent in New Zealand where I had 3 different jobs. I've read about 30 books, taken 10 hours of video footage and I'm guessing about 6,000 pictures. And I did it all with no broken bones and only one trip to jail.

So I guess I should wrap up the last two weeks of my trip and put this blog to rest. My final week in Sweden was great. It's a beautiful country, and it's pretty cool that it never seems to get totally dark at this time of year. At 10:30 it's still rather bright and even in the middle of the night the sky isn't true black. Sweden is ridiculously expensive though, I'll say that. But I spent 3 nights in Stockholm walking around the city and going out with some fun people from my hostel. After that, I took two days to see some islands out on the archipelago - there are about 24,000 islands in the waters outside Stockholm. Very

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You did something that most people only talk about - be proud.

better than the sopranos ending

in a world of the boring, you, my friend, are not.....

how much will you be charging????

Well done buddy. Look forward to seeing you in the east village.

Can't wait to see you, I hope you can make it to our party Saturday at our house. Give me a call when you get in.....

nice pics!!!

I'm not sure if you know, but The Simpsons Movie is coming out Friday. Is it a coincidence that you'll be back by then? I think not. You, my friend, are a true Simpsons fan :) I'm in Honolulu at the moment, but I'll be back in NYC first week of August. Aloha for now!

oh man i recognize those places ... you know i'm working right now in gent(belgium) ... and i was in brussels a few days ago ... went to the shop with the 250 beers and stuff ;P ... ah man .. gotta visist you soon ... i'll write you later a mail ... cya

Coffee Break??? Wish I could have been there with you!

You did something that most people only talk about - be proud.

better than the sopranos ending

in a world of the boring, you, my friend, are not.....

how much will you be charging????

Well done buddy. Look forward to seeing you in the east village.

Can't wait to see you, I hope you can make it to our party Saturday at our house. Give me a call when you get in.....

nice pics!!!

I'm not sure if you know, but The Simpsons Movie is coming out Friday. Is it a coincidence that you'll be back by then? I think not. You, my friend, are a true Simpsons fan :) I'm in Honolulu at the moment, but I'll be back in NYC first week of August. Aloha for now!

oh man i recognize those places ... you know i'm working right now in gent(belgium) ... and i was in brussels a few days ago ... went to the shop with the 250 beers and stuff ;P ... ah man .. gotta visist you soon ... i'll write you later a mail ... cya

Coffee Break??? Wish I could have been there with you!