Last Blog and Testament

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!!