Well, dear reader, this is the last post from 'Briandvivgoflashpacking'.
Thankfully, the protests we feared following the Supreme Court's decision on whether to seize the former Prime Minister's allegedly ill-gotten billions was postponed till March, and we suffered no delays before leaving Bangkok on schedule on February 28th.
We are now back in the real world with Louise and Dave in Bestwood Village and diligently seeking gainful employment and a home of our own.
Before wrapping up our trip once and for all, I thought I'd summarise a few details about our travels, so here goes: -
Methods of transport used:
Planes - 20
Trains - 3 (1 sleeper)
Automobiles - 9 (4 private hire taxis, 5 self-drive cars)
Cruise ships - 1
Cruise boats - 1
Ferries - 9
Long-distance buses - 9
Recreational Vehicles - 1
Campervans - 1
(The above list doesn't include local journeys in cars, buses, ferries and trains around places we stayed.)
Approximate miles covered in transit:
42,000 (this figure isn't remotely reliable; I suspect air miles, sea miles and road miles are not the same length, and most of the distances between destinations have been calculated retrospectively).
Continents visited:
North America
Australia
Asia
Countries visited:
Canada
USA
Fiji
Australia
Singapore
Malaysia
Cambodia
Thailand
Laos
Vietnam
Currencies used:
Canadian dollar
Australian dollar
Fijian dollar
American dollar
Singaporean dollar
Malaysian ringgit
Cambodian riel
Thai baht
Lao kip
Vietnam dong
Oceans swum or paddled in:
Atlantic
Pacific
South China Sea
Forest fires witnessed:
Lillouet, British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Fairbanks, Alaska
Los Angeles
Blue Mountains, Australia
Books I read:
13 non-fiction
37 fiction
World Heritage sites visited:
Canada - 1
Australia - 6
Malaysia - 2
Cambodia - 1
Laos - 1
Vietnam - 2
Hospital visits required:
Brian - 1 (Calgary)
Me - 1 (Luang Prabang)
Number of posts on this blog:
81 (including this one)
And finally, thank you to everyone who has read this blog (16 of you signed up as followers while many remained anonymous) and emailed me with comments (curiously, only two comments were ever made publicly on the blog itself).
TWOPS, I never figured out who you are - please identify yourselves!!
