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10 months...or 310 days
14 countries / 19 languages
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Indonesia
Singapore
Malaysia
Myanmar
Nepal
Turkey

- Considering the amount of land I have covered, I have taken only 12 flights
- Favorite country - Nepal, with Vietnam as a close second
- Least favorite country - Singapore (sorry Luis but I did have fun there)
- Overall favorite foods by country - Nepal, Malaysia (but only Penang-Thanks Dan), Thailand

- Lived six weeks in a place that was without electricity 12-16 hours a day
- Longest time without a shower - 4 days (Indonesia)
- Longest time without a real shower (meaning rinsing with water while wearing a sarong) - 9 days (West Nepal)
- Most showers in one day - 4 (both Thailand and Indonesia)
- Different types of whiskey sampled - 16
- Cheapest beer - $0.40...in Vietnam
- Longest bus journey- 28 hours (Nepal)
- Longest train ride - 16 hours (Vietnam)
- Least amount of money spent in one day which included accommodation - $7.40
- Most amount of money spent in one day on only accommodation, food, beverage - $68.00
- Most expensive country overall with the exception of Singapore because I think of it as a city - Malaysia

- Spent 9 days in quarantine dealing with a month-long severe eye infection
- Suffered bronchitis twice, strep throat once, something doctors thought could be Dengue Fever, twisted knee which caused me to miss the Mt. Kinabalu hike in Malaysia and other minor viruses
- Twice, thrown up on by children on buses
- An old woman tried to hand me her bag of orange vomit on a 12-hour bus ride in Laos
- Ate BBQ rat and lizard as well as various smoked animal organs (Nepal)
- Attended weddings in two different countries (India and Nepal)
- 2 Regrets: Missing a really interesting train ride in Cambodia, and not spending time at an Ashram
- Sang solo in front of local people 8 different times in three countries