By the Numbers

If you think statistics are cool, consider me Miles Davis. This is where I’ll keep a running tally of some information that I might find interesting, have some confidence in the accuracy of, or just want to watch the meter go up along the way (recording began as I left New York).

Days: 132

Miles and Kilometers: 38,150 and 61,396

Cities / Towns: 55 / 53

Countries & Continents: 21 & 3

Time Zones: 10

Currencies: 15

Flights: 21 / Trains: 18 / Buses: 21 / Boats: 24 / Drives: 32 / Driven: 14

Elapsed time in transit: 344 hours

Steps (approximate): 2,646,000

Languages I’ve attempted to communicate in: 20

New friends and old friends: 89 and 13

Hikes: 19

Beaches: 29

Synagogues / Churches / Temples / Shrines: 13 / 40+ / 100+ / 30+

Ruins: 50+

Museums: 25?

Castles / Palaces / Forts: 14 / 40+ / 5

Cemeteries / Crypts / Mausoleums: 13 / 2 / 5

Universities: 20+

Islands: 32

Oceans / Seas / Lakes / Rivers: 3 / 9 / 20 / 44

Haircuts / shaves: 5 / 3

Lodging (# Nights): Hostels: 40 (81); Hotels: 14 (22); AirBnBs: 8 (13); Hosts: 3 (5); Boats: 2; Red Eye Planes: 7; Overnight Trains: 1; Monastery: 1