Of Planes, Trains and Automobiles...

Okay, so I did not take any trains but 2 weeks travelling sadly came to an end this weekend. While I'm still adjusting to post trip jet-lag and inexplicable waves of sleepiness at work, I've been contemplating a couple of stats I racked up on my travels:

• Number of planes travelled on in 2 weeks: 12
  
• Number of mind-numbing hours in transit: 24 (what? a full day in transit?)
• Number of gambling slot machines played while in transit at Reno Airport, Nevada: 2

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• Amount of dollars won gambling at Reno airport: -3.00
  
• Number of really nice, posh hotels stayed in on trip: 1
• Number of really shady/dodgy motels stayed in (i.e. home to escaped cons and drug dealers): 1
• Number of trips made to San Francisco: 3
  
• Number of times I saw the Golden Gate Bridge while in San Francisco: 0
• Number of times I went to Chinatown, San Francisco while in San Francisco: 0
• Number of times I saw Alcatraz Island while in San Francisco: 0
• Number of tourist attractions visited in San Francisco: 0
  
• Number of ATMs in the whole of Tahoe City, Lake Tahoe: 3
  
• Number of Conference buffet meals consumed: 10
• Amount of kilos gained in 2 weeks: 5 (yikes!)
• Number of high-brow presentations/lectures listened to: 25
• Number of high-brow presentations slept through: 7
  
• Number of cups of coffee consumed: 45
• Number of hours "incarcerated" while in transit in Cancun, Mexico without a visa: 4
  

• Number of (really polite) Cancun airport officials on the case: 5

• Number of Mexican Quesadillas consumed in the US: 5

• Number of Mexican Quesadillas consumed while in Mexico: 0
• Number of times conned by airport porters in Ghana and Mexico: 2 (what happened to once-bitten?)
  
• Number of times camera failed when Presidents of countries randomly passed by : 2
• Number of life-altering minutes spent at the Che Guevara memorial in Santa Clara: 30
  
• Number of caves visited: 2
• Number of rides by boat across a river: 2
  
• Number of hours travelling by car sightseeing: 15
  
• Number of divine Starbucks Frappuccinos consumed: 1
  

• Total amount of money spent on credit card: unthinkable

This really sums up my trip; sad it is all over, glad to be back and not on another plane and enriched by new experiences!