Executive summary of the journey

Continents: 5

 

Countries: 27*

 

Days on the road: 370

 

Flights: 55 regular flights plus 3 scenic tourist flights

 

Dives: 244

 

Pictures saved: 2100 (Average of 6 pictures per day)

 

Lost items: Kindle, Sigg drinking bottle, various caps and earphones

 

Brocken items: Laptop, several sunglasses, my main Deuter duffel bag, some poles of my tent

 

Books read: 39, approximately 27’000 pages **

 

Costs: Equivalent to a brand new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with 580hp

* Country list:

 

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bolivia, Botswana, Brasil, Chile, China (Hongkong and Taiwan), Fiji, France (New Caledonia), Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Vanuatu, Zambia

 

** Book list:

 

Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)

The Art of War (Sun Tzu)

Buddenbrooks: Verfall einer Familie (Thomas Mann)

 

A Game of Thrones: Books 1-5 (George R.R.Martin)

Wheel of Time: Books 1-14 (Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson)

Mistborn Trilogy: Books 1-3 (Brandon Sanderson)

Stormlight Archive: Books 1-2 (Brandon Sanderson)

The Demon Cycle: Books 1-4 (Peter V. Brett)

 

The Bat / The Son / Cockroaches (Jo Nesbo)

The Girl with the Dragon tattoo: Books 1-3 (Stieg Larsson)

Tiefe Narben (Petra Ivanov)