--Kyle and Audrey
** All statistics refer to things experienced during our time abroad, unless otherwise noted. **
FINANCES
Amount Spent on Airfare (each):
$2,854.10
Amount Spent on Other Expenses (jointly):
$4,707.64
Amount Spent on Internet Access (jointly):
$56.89
Amount Spent on Coffee (Audrey):
$31.40
Currencies Used:
Thai baht
Cambodian Riehl
Kenyan Shilling
Turkish Lira
Bulgarian Lev
Czech Koruna (Crown)
Euro
US Dollar
Approximate To-Dollar Exchange Rates for These, Respectively:
1:35
1:4000
1:80
1:1.6
1:1.5
1:20
1:0.75
1:1
In Bank Transactions, Largest Numerical Cash Amount Received:
334,900 Cambodian Riehl ($84)
Smallest Numerical Amount:
80 Bulgarian Lev ($53)
HEALTH
Diseases Other White People Caught in Kisui, Kenya:
amoebic dysentery, e. coli, miscellaneous bacterial infections (resulting in intestinal bleeding)
Diseases We Caught:
minor one-day fever (Audrey)
On a Clinic's Worm Infestation Severity Scale of 1-4,
Kyle's Score: 2
Audrey's Score: 3
Number of Ambiguously Dead Green Mamba Snakes Sighted:
3
Number of Such Snakes We Picked Up:
0
Number of Such Snakes Picked Up by a Member of our Party:
3
Likelihood of Death from a Green Mamba Bite without Anti-Venom:
100%
Approximate Weight Gain/Loss (Kyle):
- 12 lbs
Approximate Weight Gain/Loss (Audrey):
-10 lbs
Doxycycline (Anti-Malarial) Pills Taken (jointly, as of May 1):
164
Doxycycline Pills yet to be Taken (jointly, as of May 1):
36
Bouts with Diarrhea:
1 (each, concurrently, in Cambodia)
Significant Injuries:
Audrey -- sprained ankle; various skin rashes; towel-whipping welt
Kyle -- unexplained foot rash; vomit intrusion into sinus cavity; giant thorn in heel
TRAVEL
Hours Spent Traveling by Boat:
17
Minutes Spent on Compulsory Boat Ride with Mr. Steve:
15
Number of "I'm On a Boat!" Jokes Made:
0 (we hadn't seen that skit until last night)
Hours Spent Traveling by Bus:
54
Hours Spent Traveling by Plane:
57
Hours Spent Traveling by Train:
69
Hours Spent on Layover in Airports:
30
Number of Foreign Countries Entered (i.e. physically):
8
Number of Visa Stamps/Stickers Acquired (each):
18
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
Number of Times "Mzungu!" was Yelled at Us:
Lim x ->
Alternative Versions of Kyle's Name Encountered:
Kyer, Keith, Carl, Carlos, Kayas, Mr. Cavyas
Gender Ascribed to Audrey by Most Students at King Solomon Junior School:
man
Number of Pomona Sightings in Foreign Countries:
0
Number of Near-Pomona Sightings (False Positives):
more than two dozen
Number of Unexpected Pomona Sightings in US:
1
Fellow Travelers we Befriended, By Nationality:
Australians (3)
Germans (3)
South Africans (2)
Cote d'Voire(ans?) (1)
French (1)
OTHER
Movies Seen:
"Notorious," "The Wrestler," "Slumdog Millionaire"
Number of Pictures Taken:
1,567 (figure includes re-takes, etc)
US President Upon our Departure:
George W. Bush
US President Upon our Return:
Barack Obama
Number of Times we were Informed that Barack Obama is Kenyan:
Lim x ->
Wildlife Observed Within Kenya's Ruma National Game Park:
Springbuck, Roan, Dik-Diks?, Giraffe, African Peacock, Owl, Fish Eagle, various birds
Wildlife Observed Outside Ruma:
various birds (Egyptian Ibis, Masked Weaver, vultures...), Zebras, Baboons, Elephant
Angkor Temples Visited:
~19
Ruins in Angkor Archaeological Park:
more than 100
Significant Fails:
1) paid 500 baht for a taxi ride from the airport upon arriving in Bangkok
2) fell for various scams in Cambodian border crossing debacle
3) bought tickets for and boarded train bound for domestic (i.e., rather than international) airport, hours before our departure from Thailand to Kenya
4) spending an agonizing week pinching every penny during our 'beach vacation" while under the assumption that the exchange rate for Kenyan shillings was 50:1 rather than 80:1
5) purchasing a flight into Istanbul and out of Prague, operating on the assumption that all of Eastern Europe is one big, happy transit corridor the size of Pennsylvania
