INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OUR TRIP THUS FAR:
Vaccinations- 20
Travel Bags Purchased- 4 (returned 2)
Months Planning- 19
Consecutive days jeans worn without washing our jeans – 15
Times people have asked us if we are lesbians (just because we are traveling together) – 3
Times people have asked if we are sisters and/or twins – too many to count
Times we chased down a bus after leaving our bag on it - 1 (hopefully the only time)
Guinnesses consumed in Ireland – 14
Liters of beer consumed in Munich – 7
Times we sat down for a restaurant meal in Europe- 12
Countries visited – 31
Months traveled -12
Flights – 23
Trains – 37
Busses – 35
Ferries – 10
Modes of transportation – train, plane, bus, ferry, camel, donkey, felucca, tuk tuk, rickshaw, elephant, bamboo raft, motorbike, slow boat, junk, long tail boat, miniature airplane
Places we would want to live – Granada, Cinque Terre, Greece, Heidelberg, Sydney, Auckland, South America… still deciding
Places we never want to visit again – Delhi, Jakarta
Weeks Jayme has gone without eating meat – 22 (up until Australia)
TRIP QUOTES:
“Hostels are great, it’s like they automatically come with free friends!” – Jayme
“Do you usually pay for your friends?” – Chelsea
“Nutella equals happiness!” – Chelsea
“Why in the heck is all of Europe under construction?!?!?” – both of us in every single city
“Does it mean that we are getting old when we choose cookies over alcohol?” – Chelsea
“But it’s GREEN!” – both of us (avoiding getting hit while running across the street even when the little green man says it’s okay)
“YES…YOU…CAN!!!” – German friends in Berlin
“We deseve a chocolate bar prize when we make it back tonight!” – both of us
“Watch out for the hanging testicle!” – Sarah in Egypt
“When push comes to worse…” – Christine in Egypt
“This is the worst bathroom we have had and now I’m stuck in it!” – Jayme after getting locked in the bathroom in Nuweiba, Egypt
“I need this in my life!” – Harry in Thailand
“Same same, but different” – Everyone in Laos
“Hello Mr.” – Everyone in Indonesia (something went wrong in English class)
“We saw this the other day on the music screen…. I mean the TV… I need to practice my English” – Jayme
¨BOOM¨ – Matt
¨It makes me sick¨- Scotty
¨Get on with your bad self¨ – Ariane and Bec
¨You either need to have thick skin or no skin.¨ - Chelsea
¨Giggling must be one of the side effects to Globalizing.¨ – Cyndi (Chelsea´s mom)
¨Every day feels like a new day. ¨ – Chelsea
¨I need ocean in my life.¨ – Mindy
“Eva – come out, come out, wherever you are!” – Steve
“I am going to live in the street now!” – Junior
“Vacationships…” – Jenn
“Do you have the cream of lettuce?” – Steve and Naomi
“In between your legs…” – Rich and Chris
“Hey llama” – Chelsea, Jayme, Rich, and Chris
“Smack that!” – Jayme, Chelsea, Chris, and Rich
“Menos blaghghgh!” – Chris
“GROUP, GROUP…. Clear the idea… Spice… follow the V” – Machu Picchu tour guide
“Where´s the freaking pedophile when you need him?” – Jayme and Chelsea
“This years gonna be a good year!” – Chelsea and Jayme
Looking good! The dare section is up and running already???
By: Will on May 3, 2009
at 3:22 AM
Killer web site, now I know why you were suddenly named the globalizers. I am thinking of an awesome dare for you guys for here in South America!! Check back later, it´s going to be good.
By: Jennifer on June 3, 2009
at 8:49 PM
Are any of your new friends ‘keepers’?
By: Barbara on July 7, 2009
at 7:56 AM
Cinque Terre is one of my favourite places ever! It’s so beautiful there
By: Olesia on July 14, 2009
at 2:44 AM
Chels, I LOVE Nutella! Makes me hungry just thinking about it!
By: Bridget on July 14, 2009
at 11:42 AM
hahaha I’m glad some of my stupid quotes didn’t get thrown up here!
By: Kyle on September 6, 2009
at 11:11 PM
“Hostels are great, it’s like they automatically come with free friends!” – Jayme
I love this quote… Yeah, one of the advantages of staying in hostels apart from the fact that they are cheaper!!
By: Mr Whattaworld on March 4, 2010
at 10:10 PM