South America

In South America we have studied Spanish, lunched on llama, trekked to the Torres del Paine, gazed at glaciers, bussed through boredom, posed with penguins, photographed flamingos, and many other things that don't bear alliteration.  As to the hard and fast facts of our journey in the south ...

Date arrived:                   13th January 2012
Date departed:                 22nd May 2012
Length of stay:                 130 days

Total distance travelled:   19,156 km

Time on buses:                     330 hrs
Time on boats:                       19 hrs
Time in 4x4s:                         13 hrs
Time on trains:                        5 hrs
Time hiking:                          63 hrs
Time on the back of a truck:     2 hrs  (felt like 7)

Border crossings:                    15
Carbon footprint:                1.15 metric tons CO2