Travel by the Numbers

...because I'm still a mathlete at heart.


Countries Visited: 2.5 (Sudan counts as half and layovers are exempt)

Days Traveled: 109

River Nile Encounters: 4 crossings, 2 rides on.

Modes of Transport: 9 (plane, automobile, on foot, boda boda, matatu, vespa, river boat, bicycle, bus)

Flights: 5

Currencies: 4

Foreign Languages Used (poorly): 4

Places Slept: roughly 30.  I lost track at about 28.

Journals Filled: 3

Hours Spent in a Matatu: 200 might be an understatement.

Hot Showers Taken: 5

Host Siblings: 9

Sunglasses Lost or Broken: 5

Hours Spent Lost on Kigali Public Transport: at least 20.

Chickens Slaughtered: 3

Marriage Proposals: 19

Cows I'm Worth: 9 was the highest offer.

Pages of Research Written: 94

New Families: 3... my Gulu, Kigali, and muzungu families.

Cups of Tea Drank: innumerable.

Friends Made: incalculable.