Numbers

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Keeping statistics
Is not very fun, but it
keeps boredom away!

On one of my train rides I started writing down "numbers" of things from my time away this past year. I thought I'd share some of them here with you.

• # of notebooks used for keeping notes for this blog: 6
  
• # of underwear lost: 1. I wonder if it's still hanging there drying in that hostel in Scotland?
  
• # of socks tossed because they've become too scary: 4
  
• # of pictures taken: over 6000 although the picture count on my camera is currently at 6990. Mind you, I have deleted some along the way.
  
• # of countries I have set foot in: 18 - Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, India, New Zealand, Australia, England, Wales, Scotland, France, Germany, USA, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, Bahamas and Canada. Okay, so some of them I didn't spend a significant amount of time in. 😊 (Plus 3 airports I touched down in ever so briefly in Hong Kong (China), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Vienna (Austria.))
  
• # of train rides: 22 - India, Thailand, England, France, Germany and Canada.
  
• # of times I've said awesome on this trip: Too many to keep track!
  
• # of times I got sick: 2 - Canberra, Australia and Atlanta, Georgia.
  
• # of time people were surprised to find out my real age: 642 (Okay, not the real number but you get the picture.)
  
• # of times people thought I was older than I am: 0
  
• # of modes of transportation taken: 14 (possibly more that I just don't recall). Airplane, car, train, tuk tuk, songtaew, camel, elephant, subway, tram, bus, van, bicycle, motorbike, scooter.
  
• # of times I really, really wanted to get home: 1. When I was literally minutes (well less than an hour) away from home and our train was stopped in the rail yard doing who knows what.
  
• # of people who have fainted upon smelling my boots: Surprisingly 0. haha
  
• # of haircuts: 1. I really need one now!
  
• # of times people actually guessed I was Chinese: 5 (Okay. So once again that is not the true number but more often than not people thought I was Japanese, Filipino, Korean or Thai.)
  
• # of Legislature Buildings Toured: 4. Wellington, New Zealand, Canberra, Australia, Ottawa and Edmonton.
  
• # of times I needed calamine lotion when I had it handy: 0.
  
• # of times I needed calamine lotion once I gave my bottle away: 2.
  
• # of tours taken (including day and bus tours): 14.
  
• Country where I spent the most amount of time in: Australia (9 weeks)
  
• Country where I spent the least amount of time in: Bahamas (1 hour)
  
• # of email addresses collected: Too many to count!
  
• # of packages sent home: 10
  
• # of tubes of toothpaste "consumed": 10
  
• # of razor blades used: 1. Who needs to shave? Nobody to impress. haha
  
• # of packets of floss used: 3.
  
• # of batteries bought: 0. Everything I own has rechargeable batteries.
  
• # of bears spotted in the wild: 0
  
• # of wombats spotted in the wild: 1
  
• # of moose spotted in the wild: 4
  
• # of koalas spotted in the wild: dozens
  
• # of kangaroos spotted in the wild: hundreds
  
• # of mosquitoes spotted "in the wild": millions!
  
  

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