Summing up the Trip

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While travelling through Africa I became increasingly curious how far we had travelled. Using Google Earth I roughly worked out the distance to be a staggering 47,500 km, roughly a 50:50 split between air and land.

Many Individual journeys stood out: 630 arduous kilometers by train from Roma to Innsbruck, a nightmare as we were woken up every 30 minutes to have our tickets checked; 350km through the jungle from Kota Bharu to Jerantut taking nearly 12 hours, 4 hours longer than expected!

The Overland journey from Dar E Salaam to Nairobi was around 2,400km a mere 500km more than travelling along the coast from Cape Town to Durban (1,990km). The road quality played a big part in distances covered in a day; the 480 km between Lusaka to Livingstone was certainly painfully slow, but, I can't say it was as bad as the road from Arusha to the gates of the Serengeti Park; that road highlights the pathetic state of Africa in general; reiterating from a previous blog, where does all the money from the Parks go?

Having your own vehicle makes a journey more enjoyable and it is no surprise that driving over the Alps to Nice was the most memorable road trip, although the last 2 hours into Lusaka was equally memorable as we guzzled all the left over, expired alcohol in the back of the overland truck. I guess sometimes there is no point comparing individual journeys; South America versus Africa, now that would be a worth comparing.



STATISTICS:

EUROPE

Total Kilometers: 8,232 km
Total Kilometers by Air: 2,498 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Road: 2,340 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Train: 3,394 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Ferry: -
Countries visited: 8 countries
Number of days travelled: 42 days

AFRICA

Total Kilometers: 21,467 km
Total Kilometers by Air: 6,842 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Road: 14,625 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Train: -
Total Kilometers travelled by Ferry: 172 km
Countries visited: 8 countries
Number of days travelled: 91 days

ASIA

Total Kilometers: 17,814 km
Total Kilometers by Air: 15,496 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Road: 1,710 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Train: 478 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Ferry: 130 km
Countries visited: 3 countries
Number of days travelled: 30 days

FULL TRIP

Total Kilometers: 47,513 km
Total Kilometers by Air: 24,836 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Road: 18,675 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Train: 3,872 km
Total Kilometers travelled by Ferry: 302 km
Countries visited: 19 countries
Number of days travelled: 163 days

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