Numbers Summary

We are sad our trip has come to a close yet look forward to what lies ahead. As a look-back on our trip, we made a summary of fun facts:

We spent 75 days in South America
Traveled approximately 25,826.17 miles
Visited 25 cities
Ate 15 (delicious) Argentine empanadas
Used up 5 rolls of campers toilet paper (personally bought for use on trek and public bathrooms)
Traveled through 6 countries that were celebrating their 200th Anniversary (Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina)
Obtained 20 new stamps in each of our passports
Spent 121.5 hours on bus rides
Met 5 couples who were moving to Australia after traveling South America for 3 months or more
Didn't shower a total of 12 nights (non consecutively!)
Visited 44 Oscar Niemeyer buildings
Ate 9 whole fish
Ching Jen did laundry 10 times, while Jon did laundry 4 times
The coldest temperature we were in was 14 degrees F and the hottest was 104 degrees F
For Jon, the average number of photos taken per day is 56, but he took 140 photos in Recoleta Cemetery alone!
We visited 14 markets and 34 churches
Our cheapest hostel cost USD$9.37 per person a night; our most expensive boarding was USD$76 per person a night (it was a hotel)
We ate 4 meals in a foodcourt
Encountered 22 different modes of transportation
Witnessed 24 panoramic views
Accidentally stepped in 3 dog poo piles (which is a good percentage considering Chile had a LOT of dog poo!)

Thanks for reading and coming along for the ride, we promise some photos later on!
Ciao/Hasta Luego,
Ching Jen and Jon