Wednesday 22 May 2013

The map of my travels around the world

I've found a site where I could actually map out my trip around the world.   Hope this works !


http://www.travellerspoint.com/member_map.cfm?user=mesmenard


The map site calculated the approximate mileage I covered.   It's more or less accurate since the exact route is not followed by road necessarily,  it hops over from location to location,  rather than a Google Map calculation.    Still gives a good idea of how much territory I covered.
111,663 km / 69,387 miles  

I have now also counted the number of photos I took and kept (did not count all the ones I deleted) and I have a total of 32,050.

On March 12, 2013 I left Mesa Arizona to return to Ottawa after an absence of more than 1 1/2 years.

Same luggage as when I left Ottawa on Sept 7, 2011  just a little worse for wear.

If you are just now finding this blog,  it is an accounting of my,  Aline Menard, travels arround the world from September 2011 to December 2012.    It was published as I travelled, so it appears in reverse order of date.   If you are looking for details about one specific country, here is a listing by date of where I was during any specific period of time:

Venezuela                  Sept 8 to Sept 13, 2011  
Colombia                   Sept 13 to Sept 27, 2011
Peru                           Sept 27 to Oct  25, 2011
Bolivia                       Oct 25 to  Nov 9, 2011   
Chile                          Nov 9 to Nov 18, 2011   
Argentina                   Nov 18 to Dec 1, 2011
Brazil                          Dec 1 to Dec 16, 2011
South Africa               Dec 17 to Jan 26, 2012     Zimbabwe & Botswana    Jan  5 to 9, 2013
Zanzibar                      Jan 26 to Feb 1, 2012
Tanzania                     Feb 1 to Feb 14, 2012       (Camping Safari in the Serengeti)
Kenya                         Feb 14 to Feb 22, 2012
India                           Feb 23 to Mar 23, 2012
Nepal                          Mar 23 to Mar 26, 2012
Hong Kong                 Mar 26 to Apr 5, 2012
China                          April 5 to Apr 26, 2012
Japan                           April 26 to May 21, 2012
Thailand                      May 21 to May 26, 2012
Laos                             May 27 to June 2, 2012
Vietnam                       June 3 to June 12, 2012
Cambodia                     June 13 to June 18, 2012
Thailand                        June 19 to July 13, 2012
Malaysia                       July 13 to 18, 2012
Singapore                      July 18 to 25, 2012
Indonesia                        July 25 to Aug 25, 2012            (Java & Bali)
Australia                        Aug 26 to Oct 24, 2012
New Zealand                Oct 25 to Nov 21, 2012
Fiji                                 Nov 21 to Dec 9, 2012
Hawaiian Islands           Dec 9 to Dec  22, 2012

December 23, 2012       Return to North America after 15 months of travelling around the world.