January 2003
The Fat Lady Sings
And finally… a few facts and figures we thought might amuse you:
We
were on the road from 16th September 2001 to
30th December 2002
Total 470 days on the road
24 countries visited (if you include Brunei, Hutt River Province and Burma!)
Shortest time in one country - 14 hours in Brunei, 3 hours in Hutt River Province (or 3 minutes in Burma!)
Longest time in one country - 6 weeks in South Africa
We weighed 550 kilos fully laden
Travelled
31,000 kilometres
Longest day on the road - 15 hours
Longest distance in one day - 910kms
Consumed, wore out and lost
2,066 litres of fuel
8 tyres
NO PUNCTURES!!!
4 visors
7 pairs of sunnies
Injuries and Illnesses
1 broken bone
4 stitches
1 torn muscle
1 bout of Malaria
1 bout of Typhoid
5 bouts of food poisoning
3 hospital visits
Drank
3,730 litres of water
2,820 bottles of beer
67 bottles of Jack Daniels
Highest temp 50° (125°) - Lahore, Pakistan
Lowest temp - dunno, but we had a snowball fight, East Turkey
(only) 2 bribes demanded - paid one, bullshited our way out of the other!
Most used piece of equipment - 5 litre Camel Back waterbag
Least used piece of equipment - puncture repair kit
6,200 digital photo's
70 rolls of slide film (2,520 frames)
58 AA batteries
And Finally...
11,942 visits to this website - thanks! Hope you enjoyed it.
THE END
The Fat Lady Sings
