If you weren’t travelling vicariously with us on the twelve-month grand tour of the globe that we recently completed, you may be wondering why we’ve been complaining in recent posts of being so tired. Well, we were busy. Very busy. Don’t believe us? Here are some statistics from our yearlong trip…
365 days on the road
34 destinations experienced
88.417 km / 54,940 miles travelled – or around a quarter of the way to the moon! See Tripline.
30 planes, 26 trains, 8 buses, 13 cars, and 2 boats caught
36 holiday rentals that we made our homes
723 meals cooked in holiday rentals
40 recipes created for The Dish & Weekend Eggs
44 tours taken
499 blog posts uploaded
424,150 words written
57,000 photos taken
Countless memories created
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Camels & Chocolate
May 10, 2011 at 9:02 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Wow, insanity! Congrats you guys. A virtual post to just as many more happy travels!
Lara Dunston
May 11, 2011 at 3:29 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Yeah, what were we thinking…?
Thanks!
Kieron
May 10, 2011 at 10:16 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Wow, some massive numbers – it’s really be an awesome journey and glad we could follow along!
Lara Dunston
May 11, 2011 at 3:29 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Thanks, guys! Much appreciated.
Brenna
May 10, 2011 at 10:55 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
You guys worked so hard – I used all of your Morocco tips before my trip to Marrakesh. A great project! Congrats!
Lara Dunston
May 11, 2011 at 3:31 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
We did, but if it means people like you have a great time with the fruits of our labour (this website), then it was all worth it! Thanks!
Kristina
May 10, 2011 at 11:42 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Love the post! 57.000 pictures taken, wow!
Happy future travels, I am so looking forward to see more beautiful photography from you!
Lara Dunston
May 11, 2011 at 3:33 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Thanks, Kristina! Crazy numbers, I know – which is why we thought we should share them. Terence will do his best for you in the photography department. Images from Thailand, Laos and Vietnam will go up with posts soon to accompany stories on our recent travels.
Risamay
May 11, 2011 at 8:58 am (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Wow! Those are some numbers!
Lara Dunston
May 11, 2011 at 3:33 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Insane, hey?
Skott and Shawna
May 11, 2011 at 12:09 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Those are indeed some intense stats!! We are most jealous of the 25 wine and liquor tastings…in fact if it would have been our trip, I think we would have eased of on the charitable deeds, and put a bit more focus on the merlot samplings….
Nice work guys!
Lara Dunston
May 11, 2011 at 3:37 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
And you know we were going to do more… we were hoping to write about the quintessentially local liquid in each place we stayed but sometimes we just couldn’t find the right experts or the right tour/experience in time…
If we would have had an assistant helping to coordinate each two week stay we could have done more of everything. I actually would have loved to have covered more charitable deeds, but it always took ages to find things to do and often we’d identify them on the last couple of days. Shame.
Has anyone done a “365 days of tastings” tour of the world? Maybe that’s *your* trip?!
Antonio
May 12, 2011 at 2:14 am (UTC 10) Link to this comment
What a wonderful journey and how nice to follow you all the way! You guys have been terrific, we go back and forth throughout your posts and find so much inspiration! You are our guide on our future trips! When is a book due..?
Lara Dunston
July 12, 2011 at 11:58 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Thanks, Antonio. Sorry for missing this message before. Thanks for the kind words. Not sure when the Grantourismo book will be finished, we have a guidebook to Bangkok first, and still debating whether to go with a traditional publisher and do the Grantourismo book in print or release it as an iPad book. We’ll see…
flip
May 16, 2011 at 8:41 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
working so hard eh… 499 blog posts and 57000 pictures… that’s overwhelming… take a little break
Bluegreen Kirk
May 23, 2011 at 7:50 am (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Not only are the stats impressive but the fact that you actually keep track makes it more wonderful and amazing. Best wishes on future travels.
steph
May 27, 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC 10) Link to this comment
Wow, that’s brilliant – 57,000 photos and so many words. Great stuff