Week 43 Statistics

DATES: March 22nd, 2010 – March 28th, 2010
START LOCATION: La Paz, Bolivia
END LOCATION: La Paz, Bolivia

TOTAL DISTANCE CYCLED: N/A
DAYS ON BIKE: N/A
AVERAGE DISTANCE PER DAY: N/A
LONGEST DAY: N/A
SHORTEST DAY: N/A
MAXIMUM SPEED: N/A
TOTAL DISTANCE CYCLED TO DATE: 2,705.73 miles (4,354.45 km)

EXCHANGE RATE:

US $1 = 7 Bolivianos

TOTAL MONEY SPENT: US $85.29
AVERAGE SPENT PER DAY: US $12.18
MOST EXPENSIVE DAY: US $17.14
LEAST EXPENSIVE DAY: US $4.12
TOTAL MONEY SPENT TO DATE: US $4,662.15
TOTAL DAYS TRAVELING: 301
TRIP AVERAGE SPENT PER DAY: US $15.49

NIGHTS OF CAMPING: 1
NIGHTS IN CASAS DE CICLISTAS: 3
NIGHTS IN COUCHSURFERS’ HOMES: N/A
NIGHTS IN FRIENDS’ HOMES: N/A
NIGHTS IN STRANGERS’ HOMES: 1
NIGHTS IN FIRESTATIONS: N/A
NIGHTS IN POLICE STATIONS: N/A
NIGHTS IN HOSTELS: 3
NIGHTS IN HOTELS: N/A

HIGHLIGHTS:

Cities visited: Uyuni, Potosi, Oruro, and the great salt flat
Times climbed through bathroom window to use hotel shower: 1 (owner with key was playing soccer)
Gourmet pizzas eaten at a Boston man’s restaurant: 2
Stolen wi-fi at pizza place: shhhhhh
Llama count to date: 3,234,001
Hours on train: 6
Death-defying taxi rides: a long one
Irish travelers met: 8
Mochas with interesting Northern Irish girl: 1
Salar de Uyuni photos taken: many
Free steak meals: 3
Sunsets & sunrises watched with intense curiosity: 5
Cheapest hotel room: US $1.43
Protests that interrupted travel plans: 2
Overnight buses endured: 2
Museums visited: 2 (National Mint in Potosi & Coca Museum in La Paz)
Minutes completely and blissfully one with the void in El Salar, completely by accident: about 60