OUR ISLANDS TOUR BY THE NUMBERS

Here are a few random figures we’ve compiled from our travels.

Days living out of a backpack: 90
Days officially “backpacking” (after we left Iguana Ranch): 67

(All remaining numbers refer to the days between Iguana Ranch and arrival in Chilliwack, unless otherwise noted.)


Sleeping

Nights spent in our tent: 42
Nights in a motel: 13
Nights in a hostel: 6
Nights spent in some other accommodations (including in a cottage, at a relative’s house, on a ferry and on a bus): 6

Approximate amount of money spent on accommodations for all 90 days: $2, 018


Travelling

Islands we visited: 14
Ferry rides (including rides in boats that weren’t technically ferries, but served the purpose of ferrying us between islands): 27
Rides on Greyhound buses: 4, which was 4 too many
Train rides: 3

Approximate amount of time we spent walking each day: 2 to 4 hours
Approximate number of rides we had via hitchhiking: 44
Approximate number of those rides that were scary: 3, all due to speed and seeming lack of caution of the driver (then we got home and rode with our dads – they scored the highest on the fear factor scale)

Approximate amount of money spent on transportations for all 90 days: $1,312


Eating

Approximate number of granola bars we ate before we got sick of them: 128
Approximate number of pieces of fruit leather we ate: 160
Approximate number of packages of dry soup we dumped into boiling water and consumed before wanting to vomit at the sight of the powdered soup: 12
Number of times Eric tried frying eggs, before he realized how difficult and time-consuming it was to clean the entire greasy mess: 1

Approximate amount of money spent on food for all 90 days: $1,726


Randomness

Approximate number of days and nights it rained: 20 (not counting those days of random drizzle or mist)
Approximate number of sunny days: 20

Approximate number of different outhouses we used: 17
Approximate number of different pay phones we used: 19
Approximate number of quarters we shoved into coin laundry wash machines and dryers: 60
Approximate number of pictures we took: 1048

Crib games we played: 29
Number of those that Eric won: 16