Stats, Facts and Figures from 6 months travelling South America

​With our South American adventure sadly coming to a close in November, we also reached our first of many milestone dates….. six months on the road! This got us thinking. We keep track of so many facts and figures during our travels that we thought it would be worth sharing some of them for anyone who's interested.
 
So here it is, a brief compilation of a few fun and interesting trip statistics, facts and figures from our first six months of this indefinite adventure! Enjoy!
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• Number of days away = 180

• Countries visited = 7 (​Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)

• ​Number of rooms slept in = 52

• Longest stay in one place = Cartagena, Colombia where we studied Spanish for 2 weeks

• Types of accommodation = hotels, hostels, guest houses, dormitories, tents, hammocks, airport floor, airbnb apartments, overnight buses

• Cheapest accommodation = Metropole Hotel in Ipiales, Colombia ($11/night)

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• Most Expensive Accommodation = Airbnb Apartment on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro for FIFA World Cup ($191/night)

• Nights spent sleeping in hammocks = 3

• Nights spent sleeping in airports = 2

• Flights = 11

• Overnight buses = 12

• Longest bus trip = 20 hours from Salvador to Fortaleza, Brazil

• Total Hours spent travelling on buses, planes and boats = 344 hours

• Vehicles driven by us = Quad bike in Brazil, Jet ski in Colombia, Jeep in Ecuador, car on Easter Island

​UNESCO world heritage sites = 15
(Click on the blue links to see our Photo Albums!)

Argentina:

• Iguazu National Park

Brazil:

• Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
• Iguaçu National Park
• Rio De Janeiro
• Amazon Rainforest Complex

Chile:

• Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Colombia:

• Port, Fortresses and Monuments of Cartagena
• Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia

Ecuador:

• City of Quito
• Galapagos Islands​

Peru:

• City of Cusco
• Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
• Historic Centre of Lima
• Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca
• Historical Centre of Arequipa

• Pairs of Havi's destroyed or lost = 8

• Wade’s Favourite Meal = Argentinian BBQ in Mendoza, Argentina

• Sarah’s Favourite Meal = Garlic Lobster in Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

• Favourite Street Food = Chicken Empanada with boiled egg in La Paz, Bolivia and frozen Açai bowls in Brazil

• Worst meal = An accidental serving of tripe stew at a restaurant on Morro De São Paulo in Brazil

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• ​Tried and tested local brews = if they sell it, we’ve tried it

• Tried and tested local spirits = 4
  (Cachaça in Brazil, Aguardiente in Colombia, Ron Medellin in Colombia, Pisco in Chile and Peru)

• Scuba Dives by Wade = 17

• Longest trek = Inca Trail 43km

​(Read all about our Inca Trail Trek on our blog here)

• Highest altitude reached = 4870m at Geysers of Solar de Mañana in Bolivia

(Read all about our tour across the Salt Flats of Bolivia in our blog post "A Land of Distant Horizons!")

Overall Favourite Destinations = Galapagos Islands and Easter Island (Rapa Nui)

​(Click the photos below to see our complete Photo Albums from these mind-blowingly awesome destinations!)

Facts:

We visited the......

• Driest desert in the world = Atacama Desert in Bolivia and Chile ....... (see photos of this incredible landscape here)

• Highest capital city in the world = La Paz, Bolivia ...... (Halloween, Death Road and Llama foetuses. Check out our pics from La Paz!)

• Highest navigable lake in the world = Lake Titicaca ..... (See how culture and tradition live on in this stunning lake across the border of Peru and Bolivia)

• Longest mountain range in the world = the Andes.... (we visited various sections of the Andes more times than I can count, but crossing for the first time was special. See our first week of travel here!)

• Largest rainforest in the world = the Amazon .......... (We held sloths, caught Cayman and fell out of hammocks deep in the Amazon Jungle. See our Amazon adventure here)

Stay tuned to www.wadeandsarah.com for more Stats, Facts and Figures blogs as we continue our travels around the World!